PowerShell Extensions for Ivanti DSM

New in version 5.0

In PSX-version 5.0, 21 new cmdlets have been defined to further simplify your handling of objects, functions and possibilities of Ivanti DSM and to increase the comfort. This means that a total of 167 cmdlets are now available for your scripting tasks:

Managing DSM Schedule variables:

• Get-EmdbSchedule
  Retrieves an objects of type Schedule
  
  
• New-EmdbSchedule
  Creates a new object of type Schedule
  
  
• Set-EmdbSchedule
  Sets the value for Schedule-type objects, either at a DSM object (like computer, ODS variable, etc.) or at an object created via New-EmdbSchedule
  
  
• Test-EmdbSchedule
  Checks for the specified Schedule object whether it has the the desired activation status at the time specified
  
  

Managing DSM Package Platforms:

• Add-EmdbSoftwarePlatform
  Adds OS objects as supported platforms to Software Packages
  
  
• Get-EmdbSoftwarePlatform
  Gets the supported platforms for Software Packages or the complete list of platforms available
  
  
• Remove-EmdbSoftwarePlatform
  Removes supported platforms from Software Packages
  
  
• Test-EmdbSoftwarePlatform
  Checks for the specified Software Package whether the specified platforms are supported
  
  

Import and Export of DSM Software-Packages:

• Export-EmdbSoftwarePackage
  Exports Software Packages to the specified destination directory
  
  
• Import-EmdbSoftwarePackage
  Imports Software Packages from a specified source directory
  
  

Synchronization of structures between DSM environments:

• Sync-EmdbObjectSchema
  Synchronizes the object schemas of two DSM environments
  
  
• Sync-EmdbOdsStructure
  Synchronizes the ODS structure of two DSM environments
  
  
• Sync-EmdbPermission
  Synchronizes the User-Defined Permissions of two DSM environments
  
  
• Sync-EmdbRole
  Synchronizes the User-Defined Roles of two DSM environments
  
  
• Sync-EmdbUITask
  Synchronizes the User-Defined Tasks of two DSM environments
  
  
• Sync-EmdbVariable
  Synchronizes the User-Defined Variables of two DSM environments
  
  

Managing Software-Policies and -Instances:

• New-EmdbShopPolicyInstance
  Creates Policy-Instances for the specified computers and Shop-Policies
  
  
• Update-EmdbPolicy
  Updates Policy objects to the specified software revision
  
  
• Update-EmdbPolicyInstance
  Updates Policy-Instance objects to the software revision of the associated Policy-Objects
  
  

Miscellaneous:

• Get-EmdbAssociation
  Retrieves objects of the type Association
  
  
• Get-EmdbTopLevelContainer
  Returns the list of the top level container objects
  
  

In addition, the following extensions and additions were made:

• New chapter about Uninstalling Policy-Instances