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Corbett
Engaged Sweeper
FYI: Lansweeper 5.0 which is currently in beta will have this feature build-in for Dell, HP, Lenovo


This isn't exactly a "custom action" but this topic seems the best. I wrote an application that when executed it will update the Purchase Date and Warranty Date custom fields of all Dell computers in the LS database. It accomplishes this by making an HTTP request to Dell's support site and pulling down the appropriate dates. Some assumptions are made here: The oldest date found on the support page is the purchase date and the most recent date found on the page is the warranty expiration date.

EDIT (3/21/2012): Dell changed their support site which broke the program. The program now uses the web service that Dell provides for getting warranty information. Due to this change a new line needs to be added to the .config file:

<add key="DellWarrantyURL" value="http://xserv.dell.com/services/assetservice.asmx"/>


This is a .NET application and therefore requires Framework 3.5.

Before running the program be sure to edit the .config file and set the connectionString option with the appropriate SQL Server computer name, database name, username and password.

In my situation I used the Task Scheduler to run this application once a week (UpdateDellWarrantyInfo -all) to make sure all computers have the most recent warranty information and once a day
(UpdateDellWarrantyInfo -warrantyInfo) to get the warranty information for new computers.

12/21/2009, 4:15PM ET - Added most recent version of utility.
12/24/2009, 10:50AM ET - Attached most recent version (v1.4) of utility and updated the documentation.
01/04/2010, 1:30PM ET - Fixed bug where invalid Asset Tags (AAAAAA5 for example) would throw an exception. It now just skips it and keeps going. Attached v1.5.
01/13/2010, 10:07AM ET - Added a proxy authentication mechanism (integrated authentication only), fixed a SQL statement that failed on SQL 2000, added -verbose option for troubleshooting (rewrote argument handling routines), added stack trace to error output for additional troubleshooting. Attached v1.6.
01/18/2010, 8:16AM ET - Rewrote date handling routine to better handle different date formats. Attached v1.7.
07/02/2010, 12:16PM ET - I haven't had much time to maintain this lately. Attached v1.7 of the source.
03/21/2012, 8:26AM ET - Rewrote the warranty fetch routine to use the Dell web service. Note this version now requires a DellWarrantyURL key in the .config file. Attached v2.0.

Usage: UpdateDellWarrantyInfo [options] [-verbose]

Options

-all
Will update the warranty information for all Dell computers in the Lansweeper
database.

-warrantyInfo
Will update the warranty information only for the Dell computers that have
empty warranty and purchase dates in the Lansweeper database.

-assetTag <assetTag>
Will update the warranty information for a single Dell computer based on the
asset tag. Must provide a single asset tag.

-computer <computerName>
Will update the warranty information for a single Dell computer based on the
computer name. Must provide a single computer name.

-verbose
Print troubleshooting information to the console.

-help
Will display this screen.

NOTE: If no options are provided, will update all Dell computers.
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Corbett
Engaged Sweeper
I've been quite busy and haven't had much time to maintain this so I attached the C# source code.
diegotam
Engaged Sweeper
Excelent Program !!! you are a genius !!! I have some HP's Servers, do you know if HP have the same service han Dell (inform the purchase date and warranty expiration)?? Regards, Diego
CSSSC
Engaged Sweeper
Hi,

The url for waranty of lenovo computers is:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?template=/warranty/warranty.vm&sitestyle=lenovo

and we need two values from the lansweeper 4.0 database

Model: 7360PV6
Service tag: MJB1519

thanks
poweld1
Champion Sweeper
I can't download the attachment, can anyone help me out?
Hemoco
Lansweeper Alumni
poweld1 wrote:
I can't download the attachment, can anyone help me out?

Can you try again now?
poweld1
Champion Sweeper
Lansweeper wrote:
poweld1 wrote:
I can't download the attachment, can anyone help me out?

Can you try again now?


Thanks works now.
ture_tekniker
Engaged Sweeper
Just looking for a download of this "add-on" but the link on the first page is just text?
novasam
Engaged Sweeper III
This should be Voted as one of the Top add-ons
taeratrin
Champion Sweeper
I've already tested this on 4.0, and it seems to work fine.
physh
Engaged Sweeper
Do you plan to make it compatible with 4.0?

Thanks