Best Practices

We currently have a stable environment of over 450 workstations installed with the KACE Agent. We have created a GPO install script to be run at logon across the entire organization to handle future installations of the KACE Agent on new machines.  This script works great and by utilizing a WMI filter we can limit its use to only workstation and not to install on servers, domain controllers, or terminal servers.

We do have an issue where the agent constantly installs on newly provisioned desktops that make up our floating pools in our VMware View environment. Is there a way for the KACE agent to be aware of and not install if the computer type is virtual? Or does anyone else have any other strategies we could use that would prevent the agent from being installed on a subset of machines, VDI or otherwise?

The script and WMI filter are below if anyone is interested in using it:

Login.CMD pushed out via GPO Login Script with WMI filter enabled

• Namespace: root\cimv2
• Query: select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where ProductType="1"

@echo off

if /i %processor_architecture%==x86 GOTO x86

if /i %processor_architecture%==EM64T GOTO x64

if /i %processor_architecture%==AMD64 GOTO x64

:x86

echo ...Run the x86 Check for KACE

if not exist "C:\Program Files\Dell\KACE\" goto needkbox
echo KBOX-x86 Agent already installed.
goto end

:needkbox
MsiExec.exe /I \\yourcomapany.com\shared\install\kace_agent\ampagent-5.3.53177-x86_youservername.msi /quiet /norestart 
:end

GOTO END

:x64

echo ....Run the x64 installer

if not exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\KACE" goto needkbox
echo KBOX-x64 Agent already installed.
goto end

:needkbox
MsiExec.exe /I \\yourcompany.com\shared\install\kace_agent\ampagent-5.3.53177-x86_yourservername.msi /quiet /norestart 
:end

:END