Dell Command | Warranty User’s Guide June 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Dell Command | Warranty ............................................................................................ 4 Supported client operating systems............................................................................................................................... 4 Supported server operating systems..............................................................................................................................4 Chapter 2: Installing Dell Command | Warranty .
1 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.
2 Installing Dell Command | Warranty Dell Command | Warranty can be installed either as a stand-alone application, or as part of the Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center on systems running Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. NOTE: You must be logged in as the system administrator to install Dell Command | Warranty.
3 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.
4 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.
5 Retrieving warranty information 1. If the system on which Dell Command | Warranty is installed has access to Configuration Manager and connects to the Internet (including through proxy): a. Launch Dell Command | Warranty. For more information, see Launching Dell Command | Warranty. b. Configure Dell Command | Warranty. For more information, see Configuring Dell Command | Warranty. c. To retrieve the warranty information through the Configuration Manager database: ● Use the command: DellWarranty-CLI.
A Command-line interface (CLI) options Use the following CLI options and syntax when engaging the warranty tool. Table 1. CLI options and syntax CLI Option Name CLI Option Abbreviatio n Description Syntax /Help /H Display usage (this information). DellWarrantyCLI.exe /H /Usage /U Display usage (this information). DellWarrantyCLI.exe /U /InputFile /I NOTE: For the warranty tool to function, you must provide at least one of the two input flags, /I or /Ics. DellWarranty-CLI.exe / I=C:\FileName.
Table 1. CLI options and syntax (continued) CLI Option Name CLI Option Abbreviatio n Description Syntax The parameter is optional. dbname];Integrated Security=true;" The /Ocs command creates a database with the name given as above. The location of the database is %USERPROFILE% \[Warranty dbname].mdf, while the log file is %USERPROFILE%\[Waranty dbname]_log.ldf. The %USERPROFILE% variable is typically C: \Users\[username]\ on a Windows 10 system.
Table 1. CLI options and syntax (continued) CLI Option Name CLI Option Abbreviatio n Description Syntax name] /Pd=[proxy user password] /Verbose /V Display additional information while executing (/V) DellWarrantyCLI.exe /I= C: \FileName.csv /V The parameter is optional. /Wait /W Wait for user input before terminating - best used when debugging (/W) DellWarrantyCLI.exe /I= C: \FileName.csv /W The parameter is optional.
B Warranty output database schema The following data dictionary is created when you use the /Ocs switch. Sample command: DellWarranty-CLI.exe /I=C:\Users\[username]\Documents\FileName.csv /Ocs="Data Source=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Database=[dbname];Integrated Security=true;" NOTE: Supply the variable [dbname] within the /Ocs switch parameters as illustrated by the above. Table 2.
