Altiris Notification Server

Altiris Notification Server

MachineGuid Registry Locations

Last update: 04.11.2004

Author: 4107

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Table of Contents

Legal Notice2

Table of Contents3

Introduction4

Clean NS Client Installation5

NS Client upgraded to the NS Agent6

CleanNS Agent Installation9

Summary11

Reasoning behind MachineGuid instances11

Introduction

A Notification Server Managed Resource is defined as a machine that is running either the NS Client (5.5.0.537 and earlier) or the Altiris Agent (6.0.0.803 and later). There are three scenarios in which the NS Client and NS Agent can be installed.

Clean NS Client installation.
NS Client upgraded to the NS Agent.
Clean NS Agent installation.

When the NS Client or NS Agent has been installed, it communicates with the Notification Server and receives its MachineGuid. Each scenario dictates the locations of the MachineGuid within the Registry.

This information is required when including the NS Client or NS Agent in an image. This ensuresthe removal of all instances of the MachineGuid from the machine that will be imaged. This willalso prevent duplicate MachineGuids within the environment, thus allowing all of the NS Managed Resources populate the AeXNS or Altiris databases.

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Clean NS Client Installation

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Altiris\eXpress\MachineGuid