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Dell Command | Warranty
The Dell Command | Warranty can be installed as a stand-alone application or part of the Dell Command | Integration Suite
for System Center on systems running Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 SP1
Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, and Microsoft System Center Current Branch. Dell
Command | Warranty helps you to retrieve the warranty information for a list of client systems stored in the Configuration
Managers database, or in a file. Client systems are specified by their Service Tags.
Topics:
Launching Dell Command | Warranty
Configuring Dell Command | Warranty
Retrieving warranty information
Exporting Service-Tags From Configuration Manager To A CSV File
Copying CSV Results To A Database
Generating Reports
Disabling Logging
Launching Dell Command | Warranty
Launch Dell Command | Warranty using a command-line tool.
1. Open a command prompt.
2. Go to the folder in which you have placed the Dell Command | Warranty files.
For example, type: cd C:\Program Files\Dell\Command . . .
3. Type the name of the executable file.
For example, type: DellWarranty-CLI.exe
Configuring Dell Command | Warranty
Before you use Dell Command | Warranty, do the following:
1. Launch Dell Command | Warranty.
For more information, see Launching Dell | Command Warranty.
2. Enter DellWarranty-CLI.exe /H to display usage.
NOTE:
For Dell Command | Warranty to function you must provide an /InputFile or an /InputCfgMgrConnectionString
parameter. See CLI Options.
Saving The Configuration To The Registry
To save the Dell Warranty configuration to the registry, enter the following command DellWarranty-CLI.exe
setup_config in the Dell Warranty window. Enter all the configuration information required to set up Dell Warranty. For
more information, see Configuring Dell Warranty.
The configuration parameters are stored in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Dell\Warranty registry location.
NOTE: The password is stored in an encrypted form.
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