Following are the Windows Agent Package parameters that you can set when you deploy this package to a managed computer.
Registry Key — ListenTime
Variable name in the .swp file — LISTENTIME
This parameter is enabled and applies only when Listen mode is set to Program runs in listen mode.
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
30 minutes (Default) |
30 (Default) |
Thirty minute interval between polling the configuration server. |
none (push only) |
0 |
Ignores the action interval and the computer does not poll the server. After a push, jobs are immediately executed. |
1 minute |
1 |
One minute interval between polling the configuration server. |
2 minutes |
2 |
Two minute interval between polling the configuration server. |
5 minutes
|
5 |
Five minute interval between polling the configuration server. |
10 minute |
10 |
Ten minute interval between polling the configuration server. |
20 minutes |
20 |
Twenty minute interval between polling the configuration server. |
1 hour |
60 |
One hour interval between polling the configuration server. |
2 hours |
120 |
Two hour interval between polling the configuration server. |
Registry Key — ListenMode
Variable name in .swp file — LISTENMODE.
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
Program runs in listen mode (Default) |
yes (Default) |
The CCM Windows Agent reads the configuration server when started and continues listening if there is no job to execute. If there are jobs to execute it ends after the execution and keeps listening for further jobs. |
Terminate program after job |
no |
The CCM Windows Agent reads the configuration server when started and ends if there is no job to execute. If there are jobs to execute it ends after the execution. |
Registry Key — RunAsLoggedOnUser
Variable name in .swp file — RUN_LOGGED_ON
Implemented for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP only.This parameter overwrites the value set in the LOGOFFUSER entry in the script environment section of a package’s config.swp file and determines whether the package job will be executed with the user logged in or not.
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
Yes |
0 |
Logs out the current user before executing the job. |
No |
1 |
Executes the job without logging out the current user. |
Registry Key — SearchLoc
Variable name in .swp file — SEARCHLOC
Sets the bit mask for the depot substitution location in an environment with an alternative Vendor File Depot. Used in conjunction with the Search priority parameter.
If the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\Software\ csd\control\2.0\LocalServer does not exist, no search will be made. If the key does exist, searching and any substitutions will be attempted based on the following values.
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
No search (Default) |
0 (Default) |
No search. |
Local floppy and hard disks |
1 |
Search local floppy and root directory of hard disks drives. Use this value only if the intended depot resides at the root level of the directory. Otherwise use the Local servers from parameter for UNC path or local path to depot value listed below. |
Local CD drives |
2 |
Search local CD drives. |
Local floppy, hard disk, and CD drives |
3 |
Search local floppy, root directory of hard disk drives, and CD drives. |
Local servers from parameter for UNC path or local path to depot |
4 |
Search local servers from the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ csd\control\2.0\LocalServer. You must specify the path to the depot. |
Local floppy, hard disk drives, and local servers from parameter for UNC path or local path to depot5 |
5 |
Search local floppy, root directory of hard disk drives and local servers from the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ csd\control\2.0\LocalServer. You must specify the path to the depot. |
Local CD drives and local servers from parameter for UNC path or local path to depot |
6 |
Search local CD drives and local servers from the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ csd\control\2.0\LocalServer. |
Local floppy, hard disk, and CD drives, and local servers from parameter for UNC path or local path to depot |
7 |
Search local floppy, root directory of hard disk drives, and CD drives and local servers from the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ csd\control\2.0\LocalServer. |
Registry Key — SearchPrior
Variable name in .swp file — SEARCHPRIOR
Sets the search priority implementation for substituting the alternative Vendor File Depot path. Used in conjunction with the Search locations parameter. See "UNC path or local path to depot" . Lcation types are represented in the following way:
CD represents local CD-ROM drives
Floppy/Hard disk represents local floppy and hard disk drives
Server represents UNC paths taken from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ csd\control\2.0\LocalServer
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
CD -> Server -> Floppy/Hard disk
|
0 (Default) |
Sets search order to:
|
CD -> Floppy/Hard disk -> Server |
Local floppy and hard disks |
Sets search order to:
|
Server -> CD -> Floppy/Hard disk |
2 |
Sets search order to:
|
Server -> Floppy/Hard disk -> CD |
3 |
Sets search order to:
|
Floppy/Hard disk |
4 |
Sets search order to:
|
Floppy/Hard disk |
5 |
Sets search order to:
|
Registry Key — ConnectTries
Variable name in .swp file — CONNECTTRIES
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
Suppress Error Message (Default)
|
0 (Default) |
Limitless failed attempts to connect to the configuration server. No Error Message displays. |
5 Retries before Error Messages |
5 |
Five failed attempts to connect the configuration server before an Error Message displays. |
10 Retries before Error Messages |
10 |
Ten failed attempts to connect the configuration server before an Error Message displays. |
You can augment the Server retry limit parameter with the following additional parameters provided in the CCM Windows Agent Settings package:
Registry Key — ScriptTimeout
Variable name in .swp file — SCRIPTTIMEOUT
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
120 (Default)
|
120 (Default) |
The elapsed time in
minutes before the CCM Windows Agent stops the execution of a
package and sets the package status to You can type any value in minutes in this field. |
Registry Key — LocalServer
Variable name in .swp file — LOCALSERVER
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
“ “(Default)
|
“ “(Default) |
Semi-colon separated list of valid Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths on a remote machine. The entries in this search path are searched in the order they appear in the string. Example: LocalServer = \\Myserver\remotedepot;C:\mydepot |
Registry Key value — MobileClient
Variable name in .swp file — MOBILECLIENT
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
No (Default) |
0 (Default) |
Identifies the computer as a normal computer that is connected to the configuration over the LAN. |
Yes |
1 |
Identifies the computer as a dial-up computer that is connected to the configuration server over a modem. |
This parameter is augmented by the If vendor files are not available parameter in the CCM Windows Agent Settings package.
Variable name in .swp file — WC_NODEPOT_CS
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
No (Default) |
0 (Default) |
The CCM Windows Agent first looks for alternative Vendor File Depot sources defined in the UNC path or local path to depot parameter. If not found, the CCM Windows Agent next looks for the local CCM Package Depot on the CCM Configuration Server. |
Yes |
1 |
The CCM Windows Agent looks only for the alternative Vendor File Depot sources defined by the UNC path or local path to depot parameter. |
Registry Key — AnswerTime
Variable name in .swp file — ANSWERTIME
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
10 minutes (Default) |
10 (Default) |
Ten minute interval before dialog automatically executes the default action. For example, ten minutes before the Reboot dialog restarts the computer. |
1 minute |
1 |
One minute interval before dialog automatically executes the default action. |
2 minutes |
2 |
Two minute interval before dialog automatically executes the default action. |
5 minutes |
5 |
Five minute interval before dialog automatically executes the default action. |
20 minutes |
20 |
Twenty minute interval before dialog automatically executes the default action. |
30 minutes |
30 |
Thirty minute interval before dialog automatically executes the default action. |
1 hour |
60 |
One hour interval before dialog automatically executes the default action. |
2 hours |
120 |
Two hour interval before dialog automatically executes the default action. |
Wait on user confirmation |
0 |
The default action does not execute unless and until the user confirms. |
None |
no |
The job immediately executes without asking the user. No user confirmation dialog opens. |
Registry Key value — RunBgcopySvc
Variable name in .swp file — RUN_BGCOPY
Implemented for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP only. This parameter enables you to copy files to and remove files from a managed computer as a background activity without logging off the current user
Display Value |
Registry Key Value |
Description |
No (Default) |
0 (Default) |
No background copy activities are enabled. |
Yes |
1 |
Activates the instructions in a configuration file that dictates which files are to be copied or removed from the managed computer without logging off the user. |
The Use Background Copy Service parameter is augmented by the following additional parameters.
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