Administrator Guide

Enterprise tools

Topics:

• WMI Providers

• DPOCMD.EXE

• Setup command line switches

• Using SCCM and WSI

• KACE

WMI Providers

Dell Precision Optimizer 5.0 and later includes a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)provider to allow access to the following

information. Please refer to Appendix A for MOF descriptions. The following two files are part of the Dell Precision Optimizer package:

• Dell Precision Optimizer WMI Provider: dpoProv.mof

• Dell Precision Optimizer SMS MOF definition file: sms_def_dpo3.mof

• DDV Reports

• Product Version

• Last Check For Update Time

• Last System Update Time

• Last Check For Profiles

• Profile or Policy Trigger History

• List of Active Profiles

• Performance Notifications

DPOCMD.EXE

Dell Precision Optimizer 5.0 and later provides CLI tool, dpoCmd.exe, that allows the IT administrator the following capabilities:

• Add a new Profile or Policy

• List all Profiles

• Enable or Disable a Profile

• Schedule System Analysis report(s) with specific filters

• Run Dell Precision Optimizer Dell System Update with filters

• Check for Dell Precision Optimizer Dell System Updates with filters

• Export a user created profile

• Import a user created profile

• Enable/Disable UI features using the following CLI options; these are also controlled using new command line switches in Dell Precision

Optimizer installer:

Table 6. Command line switches

Control Definition Default Command line switch

ProfileControl If 0, then do not allow user to

enable or disable profiles

1 PROFCTRL

ProfileUpdate If 0, then do not allow user to

check for new profiles

1 PROFUPD

SystemUpdate If 0, then do not allow user to

check for system updates

1 SYSUPD

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