Re: Mass edit of App. objects

[Shaun Pond]

Arjen,

depends on what you want to do... one option is
http://www.caledonia.net/zfixapp.html

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[Anders Gustafsson]

Arjen Robben,
> Is there a tool to do a global eDirectory change on all App.Objects at
> once? I have several hundred objects that I need to alter some settings
> to.
>
What Shaun said :) As the athor, please feel free to tell me exactly what
you want to do.

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[Anders Gustafsson]

Arjen Robben,
> I need to change the *Common* | *Reporting* | *Events* attributes of
> each App.Object in my customer's tree. 'Launch Success', etc, etc. Can
> this be done with your ZFixApp Utility?
>
> If yes, what does the demo give me so I can prove the tool
> pre-purchase?

The demo is full-function, but limited to ten app objects. It is mainly
geared towards the ZEN specific objects that are coded in special stream
objects and thus not accessible via LDAP.

In your case, the attributes you need are:

�App:Reporting Events [00000004 / 00000004]
�App:Reporting Output [00000001 / 00000001]

Ie, you should be able to export one AO as LDIF, do the change then
export again and compare. Then just use a LDIF file to update all
objects.

[Anders Gustafsson]

Arjen Robben,
> So I can't use your tool to apply a change(s) to all my Application
> Objects in my tree?
>
Yes, you can, but not *that* particular change :) As I said, I focused
on the stuff you *cannot* do through a simple LDIF file.

Anyway, feel free to download the demo and read the docs.

[Shaun Pond]

LurveLeif,

JRB Utils - 100% recommended by me

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Shaun Pond

[Anders Gustafsson]

Shaun Pond,

> JRB Utils - 100% recommended by me
>

Same here. The only thing it cannot do is change the ZEN-specific
attributes.

[craig wilson]

Which is where you tool steps in ;>

[craig wilson]

Which is why Anders Recommended JRB to set that value.

On 2/18/2010 9:36 AM, LurveLeif wrote:

> Not quite true?
> Setname can write some ZEN specific values (like this case mentioned)
> as long as the values aint "encrypted" but plain text/numbers.
>
> Example: setname .yourapphere.context /a=zenappReportDBEvents
> /o=app:application 15
>
> Which sets application logging to database (Launch Success, failure and
> Distribution Success/failure).
>
>

[Anders Gustafsson]

Craig wilson,

> Which is why Anders Recommended JRB to set that value.
>

Exactly. Or LDIF. What I meant when I said "ZEN-Specific attributes", I
was referring to the ones that hold stuff like distribution rules,
registry changes etc. Those are not encrypted, but rather stored using
a clever, but not publicly documented linked format.

[Anders Gustafsson]

Arjen Robben,
> Anders recommended his own tool initially! Not JRB Utils!

No. Shaun did. To put the record straight, this is what you said:

"Is there a tool to do a global eDirectory change on all App.Objects at
once? I have several hundred objects that I need to alter some settings
to."

And my reply was:

"What Shaun said :) As the athor, please feel free to tell me exactly
what you want to do."

Based on your initial question, there was no way to know *what* you
wanted to change and as such, what tool was the most appropriate. Once
you had provided us with that info, I suggested a way, to do it through
LDIF. Ie a free option. JRB is another as others have pointed out.

I always take great care not to recommend my own tools where not
appropriate.