Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell Client Integration Pack for Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager And System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Version 3.1 User’s Guide
- Introduction
- Using DCIP With Configuration Manager
- Dell Warranty Utility
- Dell Intel vPro AMT Plugin
- Troubleshooting
- Authenticode Signature
- Windows XP Installation Fails
- KVM Over Wireless
- Hardware Inventory Report Memory Speed is reported as Zero
- Max Password Length Change
- KVM Power Control to Boot to OS in S3
- Windows XP(x86) OS Deployment Hangs During Installation
- Apply Operating System Task Sequence Action Has A Red Bang
- Related Reference
a. Launch the Warranty Utility.
For more information, see Launching The Warranty Utility.
b. Configure the Warranty Utility.
For more information, see Configuring The Warranty Utility.
c. Export the Dell client system's service-tags from Configuration Manager to a CSV file.
For more information, see Exporting Service-Tags From Configuration Manager To A CSV File.
d. Copy the generated CSV file to a system with an active internet connection and the DCIP Warranty Utility installed.
e. While configuring the Warranty Utility on the system with an active internet connection, set the desired output format
to .csv or .xml only.
For more information, see Configuring The Warranty Utility.
f. To retrieve the warranty information for the service-tags saved in the CSV file:
● Using the configuration settings saved to the registry, enter the following command: DellWarrantyInfo.exe
get_info MyTags.csv.
● Using the configuration settings saved to a file, enter the following command: DellWarrantyInfo.exe
get_info MyTags.csv config_file=<name of the file>.
NOTE: The MyTags.csv contains the list of services-tags retrieved in Step C.
g. Copy the CSV results to the Configuration Manager database.
For more information, see Copying CSV Results To A Database.
3. Generate a report to view the retrieved warranty information for the Dell client systems.
For more information see, Generating Reports.
Exporting Service-Tags From Configuration Manager
To A CSV File
In order to retrieve a list of service tags present in the Configuration Manager inventory and export them to a .csv file, you can
use the export_svc_tags command.
To retrieve the warranty information through WMI:
● Using the configuration settings saved to the registry, enter the following command: Dell.WarrantyInfo.exe
export_svc_tags tags.csv.
● Using the configuration settings saved to a file, enter the following command: Dell.WarrantyInfo.exe
export_svc_tags tags.csv config_file=<name of the file>.
To retrieve the warranty information through Configuration Manager database:
● Using the configuration settings saved to the registry, enter the following command: Dell.WarrantyInfo.exe
export_svc_tags tags.csv internal_sccm_db.
● Using the configuration settings saved to a file, enter the following command: Dell.WarrantyInfo.exe
export_svc_tags tags.csv internal_sccm_db config_file=<name of the file>.
NOTE: The export_svc_tags command generates a .csv file in the current directory.
Copying CSV Results To A Database
To copy the warranty information from a .CSV file to the Configuration Manager database use the csv_to_db command.
NOTE: The connection strings specified in the configuration file or registry is used.
To copy the warranty information to the Configuration Manager:
● Using the configuration settings saved to the registry, enter the following command: Dell.WarrantyInfo.exe
csv_to_db <name of the .csv file>.
● Using the configuration settings saved to a file, enter the following command: Dell.WarrantyInfo.exe csv_to_db
<name of the .csv file> config_file=<name of the file>.
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