Administration Tools
The ADSIReader program (ESI.Octopus.ADSIReaderApp.exe) allows to import users, computers (workstations and servers) and printer queues stored in your Active Directory. User import can include, among others, first name, last name, Windows username, title, department, phone numbers (with...
WMIUpdater (ESI.Octopus.WMIUpdaterApp.exe) allows the update of the configuration in Octopus (hardware and software) of computers in your network. You can synchronize on a particular CI or you can run the update from an automated Windows task.
MailIntegration (ESI.Octopus.MailIntegrationApp.exe) is a program used in Octopus to create new requests (incident or events) or update the activities of a requests received via email.
The DataImporter program (ESI.Octopus.DataImporterApp.exe) can be used to import and/or synchronize data from an external source that is compatible with OLEDB/ODBC.
DataImporter can be used to perform the initial import of data or to synchronize on a regular basis data contained in...
Introduction
Whenever an Octopus tool, such as MailIntegration, is executed, a log file is created. By default the file is created in the Octopus folder of the computer that ran the program.
To run the Octopus programs automatically, you need to create a Windows scheduled task. This article will provide you with guide lines to do so.
Generate encrypted password - Hide password when running Octopus tools
At Octopus, data security is always at the heart of our concerns. Thus, a feature has been implemented to protect a password through the encryption method when using the following applications:
This article presents various scenarios for computer management and its impact on AD synchronization and the collection of WMI data.
By default, Active Directory integration imports all data from the entire Active Directory tree. It is also possible to specify to which OU the import can be done. This way, the program will read that OU and the tree below that OU. We assign the OU with the parameter /Domain: in the program...
To automatically assign a site to users and computers contained within a specific OU, follow these steps:
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