http://www.edugeek.net/forums/enterprise-software/205256-sccm-deploying-solus-3-sims-net.html#post1758080

Due to strange issues pushing out the Solus agent from the Solus server, I have decided to take a leaf out of @Boredguy's book and not bother pushing out from the server console... but instead deploy it with a script which records the GUID in a CSV file for easy reinstallation.

Notes:

The following is setup for a 64 Bit Windows OSes, but can be modified to work with 32 Bit by adding a few lines of code and the installer. If you can not find a copy of the Solus agent on your server, you can go into Solus Deployment Service, click Settings, SOLUS3, SOLUS, Export agent installer.

Let's get started...

In a new folder on your software deployment server share, create a folder called Solus and copy the following items:

Solus3.Keys.DeploymentService.Public.xml (From the Solus Server)

SOLUS3AgentInstaller_x64.msi (From the Solus Server)

Agents.csv (new blank file, needs user write permissions to this file only)

SolusInstaller.ps1 (i.e. coding below).

Coding note:

1) Replace \\DEPLOYMENT-SERVER-HERE\SHARE-HERE$ with your Deployment share that holds the Solus folder you created.

2) Replace SOLUS-SERVER-HERE with your Solus Server Name.

PowerShell code for SolusInstaller.ps1:

$Found=$false
$CSV = "\\DEPLOYMENT-SERVER-HERE\SHARE-HERE$\Solus\Agents.csv"
$SolusAgentDataList=IMPORT-CSV $CSV -Header ("ID","Name")
$GUID=[system.GUID]::NewGuid().ToString()
$ComputerName = (Get-Childitem env:computername).Value
ForEach ($SolusAgentDataItem in $SolusAgentDataList)
{
   If ($SolusAgentDataItem.Name -eq $ComputerName)
   {
       $Found=$true
       $GUID=$SolusAgentDataItem.ID
   }
}
If (!$Found)
{
   Add-Content $CSV "$GUID,$ComputerName`n"
}
&msiexec.exe /i `"\\DEPLOYMENT-SERVER-HERE\SHARE-HERE$\Solus\SOLUS3AgentInstaller_x64.msi`" AGENTSERVICEADDRESS=`"net.tcp://localhost:52966`" AGENTID=$GUID DEPLOYMENTSERVERADDRESS=`"net.tcp://SOLUS-SERVER-HERE:52965`"  RSAKEYPATH=`"\\DEPLOYMENT-SERVER-HERE\SHARE-HERE$\Solus`" /qn /l*v C:\solus.log
Start-Sleep -s 5

To ensure you reuse the same GUID, and get your SIMS/FMS/Discover automatically reinstalled when you rebuild your PC, you can get existing Solus agent GUIDs by looking at AGENTID located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CCS\SOLUS3\Agent and adding manually to the CSV file in the format.

01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef,Computer-Name-Here

with a new line at the end.

When the script is run on any machine with a computer name that hasn't been recorded in the CSV file, as long as you have given the Installer write permissions to the CSV file, a new GUID and the computer name will be added into the CSV file. You can then go on Solus and assigned SIMS/FMS/Discover to the Agent.

When the script is run on any machine with a computer name that IS recorded in the CSV file, the GUID is picked up from the CSV file and Solus will install with the software you had previously specified.