Resolution
NetIQ Group Policy Administrator 4.0
symptom
The 'Compare AD Version' and 'Differentiate AD Version' reports always show differences in software installation package settings.
cause
This issue occurs because NetIQ Group Policy Administrator (GPA) compares the full script path to the
.aas file of the software installation package. The version in the Repository will have the full path to the .aas file with reference to the Local_GPOs share of the client machine; the GPO version in Active Directory will have the path to the SysVol directory of the domain. fix
This issue is addressed in Hotfix 41280, which can be downloaded at:
To install this hotfix, run GPA40000_Hotfix41280.exe on each GPA console computer.
To customize the report layout after installing Hotfix 41280:
- Edit the
\Bin\XML\Common\faReptLayout.xmlfile. - If you want to customize whether or not the report displays in the column or section layout, change the following lines in the faReptLayout.xml file:
- If you want to use the column layout and change what columns the report displays, change each of the column lines as follows:
<SECTION NAME="Software Installation" ID="Msi" ENABLE="1" STYLE="0">
<SECTION NAME="System Services" ID="SecService" ENABLE="1" STYLE="0">
<SECTION NAME="File System" ID="SecFile" ENABLE="1" STYLE="0">
<SECTION NAME="Registry" ID="SecRegistry" ENABLE="1" STYLE="0">Specify
STYLE="1"to view the section in column format.
SpecifySTYLE="0"to view the section in the old section format.
SpecifyENABLE="1"to display the section.
SpecifyENABLE="0"to not display the section.
<
ATTRIBUTE NAME="Script Name" ID="P" ENABLE="0"/>Specify
ENABLE="1"to display the column.
SpecifyENABLE="0"to not display the column.
For more information on additional issues addressed by Hotfix 41280, please refer to the following NetIQ Knowledge Base article:
NETIQKB41280: "What is the purpose of NetIQ Group Policy Administrator 4.0 Hotfix 41280?"
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For more information, please contact NetIQ Technical Support.