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Integrating DameWare Mini Remote Control 9.0 with Symantec Altiris Deployment Console 6.9

I hope this helps anyone who is trying to set this up emoticons_happy.png:


1. Install the DameWare Mini Remote Control client application in the machine where Altiris Deployment Solution is installed.

2. Locate the Deployment Solution share folder. (in a default Simple install it is: %ProgramFiles%\ Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server)

3. Edit the file “RemoteControlTools.ini” and append the following 4 lines:

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[DameWare Mini Remote Control]

Display-Name=

RemoteToolEXEFilePath=

CommandLine=

Use the following table as reference:

Line

Detail

Suggested Parameters

Display name

This is the name that will be displayed in the Console’s “Remote Control” context menu.

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DameWare Mini Remote Control

RemoteToolEXEFilePath

This line must indicate the exact path in the local computer where DameWare Mini Remote Control is installed.

x86 OS

C:\Program Files\SolarWinds\DameWare Remote Support 9.0\DWRCC.exe

x64 OS

C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\DameWare Remote Support 9.0\DWRCC.exe

Command Line

This field allows you to pass application-specific arguments*. Here you can set two variables to pass asset data from the Deployment Solution to DMRC:

Variable

Asset property

%COMPNAME%

Host name

%AGENTIPADDR%

IP Address

-c -h -m%COMPNAME%-u:myUserName -p:myPassword -d:myDomainName

*A full list of arguments available for DameWare Mini Remote Control are available in the following article:  http://www.dameware.com/support/kb/article.aspx?ID=30000

Once set, the RemoteControlTools.ini should look something like this:

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4. Save the “RemoteControlTools.ini” file and launch Altiris Deployment Solution

5. DameWare will now be available as a custom Remote Control application available in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution interface. If you decide not to set the –u, -p or –d arguments in the ini file, the credentials will be requested to you when you try to establish the MRC session.