Jaan Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 We have 10 people or so that use inventry here onsite. We have a script that maps a drive so the user can launch the inventry app. This a .vbs script that runs at startup on the computer. it works most of the time.... periodically it just doesn't want to map the drive. a restart or two will fix it. But it's a real pain when people need it. Anybody else have this issue?
sister_annex Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 If you're mapping to the Inventry Console there is a 10 concurrent connection limit afaik. This is due to the version of Windows that they use. 1
TechMonkey Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 Why use a script? If you share the folder where the console is and have the shortcut point directly there you can just deploy the shortcut. Does sound like a connection limit though.
Jaan Posted June 9, 2021 Author Posted June 9, 2021 If you're mapping to the Inventry Console there is a 10 concurrent connection limit afaik. This is due to the version of Windows that they use. Hi I'm aware of this, however i thought the limit was 20? we have this script on 13 pcs
Jaan Posted June 9, 2021 Author Posted June 9, 2021 Why use a script? If you share the folder where the console is and have the shortcut point directly there you can just deploy the shortcut. Does sound like a connection limit though. The Inventory machines aren't on the domain and as such dont have the credentials to connect (MS removed that feature) so its do via a .vbs script
sister_annex Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 Hi I'm aware of this, however i thought the limit was 20? we have this script on 13 pcs It would appear you are correct (not actually needed to check this since the XP days) As for how we do it here: we create a shortcut on the specific users desktops that points to the Console executable i.e. "\\192.168.xxx.xxx\InVentry\V4\Console\InVentryConsole.exe" The Inventry folder is shared on the main console machine and there is no other need to access the folder other than for accessing the console
Jaan Posted June 9, 2021 Author Posted June 9, 2021 It would appear you are correct (not actually needed to check this since the XP days) As for how we do it here: we create a shortcut on the specific users desktops that points to the Console executable i.e. "\\192.168.xxx.xxx\InVentry\V4\Console\InVentryConsole.exe" The Inventry folder is shared on the main console machine and there is no other need to access the folder other than for accessing the console Won't the user need the network credentials to access this share, or does inventry allow anybody to connect? Cheers
sister_annex Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 Won't the user need the network credentials to access this share, or does inventry allow anybody to connect? Cheers For us it allows everyone to connect however YMMV - I'm not sure if that's how Inventry set it up or whether it was asked for by our site
TechMonkey Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 The Inventory machines aren't on the domain and as such dont have the credentials to connect (MS removed that feature) so its do via a .vbs script Ah, we added it to our domain as we were not happy having an unmanaged device on our network.
thebatman Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 Not much of a help, but we have a script that runs every night, copying the content of the InVentry share to our file server. We then map the users to our local share. This alows us to have as many or few people mad to the drive as we like (as long as we dont have more than 15 people (aprox) signed in, it works ok). This allows us to use our GPO ect to manage.
Jaan Posted June 9, 2021 Author Posted June 9, 2021 Not much of a help, but we have a script that runs every night, copying the content of the InVentry share to our file server. We then map the users to our local share. This alows us to have as many or few people mad to the drive as we like (as long as we dont have more than 15 people (aprox) signed in, it works ok). This allows us to use our GPO ect to manage. cool concept, does this mean that all the data in the console isn't "live" data?
thebatman Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 cool concept, does this mean that all the data in the console isn't "live" data? As long as the Base URL is set to be there PC/system then it will use the live data. The only reson we copy the folder eatch night is due to them updating the program. 1
Jaan Posted June 9, 2021 Author Posted June 9, 2021 As long as the Base URL is set to be there PC/system then it will use the live data. The only reson we copy the folder eatch night is due to them updating the program. [ATTACH=CONFIG]62087[/ATTACH] fancy sharing that script?
thebatman Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 (edited) It is a bat file that is run via a Task Scheduler. Net Use I: \\[iP address InVentry]\InVentry /USER:Inventry Inventry1983 /PERSISTENT:NO xcopy I:\ G:\Programs\InVentry\ /Y /H /E (G:\Programs\InVentry\ is the location where you have the share on your server) Net Use I: /D Edited June 9, 2021 by thebatman 3
Jaan Posted June 9, 2021 Author Posted June 9, 2021 It is a bat file that is run via a Task Scheduler. Net Use I: \\[iP address InVentry]\InVentry /USER:Inventry Inventry1983 /PERSISTENT:NO xcopy I:\ G:\Programs\InVentry\ /Y /H /E (G:\Programs\InVentry\ is the location where you have the share on your server) Net Use I: /D thanks for this. the task is run from the server you're copying to or the inventry machine? thanks again.
Oaktech Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 Just pick up the inventry files off the inventry device, stick the files on a domain server that the user has read to, run the shortcut off the server. It's not a supported config and you need to make sure you update the inventry files when inventry do an update but it's the only way we've discovered to make it run with acceptable speed and reliabilty. 1
mullet_man Posted March 21, 2022 Posted March 21, 2022 Hi all, We've recently had Inventry installed setup as a standalone machine but are running into the connection limit. What is the best method to get more people to be able to access the console? Thanks
Jaan Posted March 21, 2022 Author Posted March 21, 2022 We copied ours to a server share and ran it from there. it's been rock solid ever since. Just make sure you check if there's been a update on the inventry machines, you copy the new console over.
mullet_man Posted March 21, 2022 Posted March 21, 2022 We copied ours to a server share and ran it from there. it's been rock solid ever since. Just make sure you check if there's been a update on the inventry machines, you copy the new console over. Thanks @Jaan so is that as simple as copying the whole Console folder and then running it from there? Do I need to change the base URL as mentioned earlier in this thread. - - - Updated - - - We copied ours to a server share and ran it from there. it's been rock solid ever since. Just make sure you check if there's been a update on the inventry machines, you copy the new console over. Thanks @Jaan so is that as simple as copying the whole Console folder and then running it from there? Do I need to change the base URL as mentioned earlier in this thread.
HFloyd Posted March 21, 2022 Posted March 21, 2022 We've had issues with InVentry before, we can only have about 4 staff on it at one time before it starts freaking out... But then again i don't see why more than a few people would need to have it open 24/7?
Jaan Posted March 21, 2022 Author Posted March 21, 2022 Thanks @Jaan so is that as simple as copying the whole Console folder and then running it from there? Do I need to change the base URL as mentioned earlier in this thread. - - - Updated - - - Thanks @Jaan so is that as simple as copying the whole Console folder and then running it from there? Do I need to change the base URL as mentioned earlier in this thread. We copied the whole "Console" folder over to our server area. Think its found in "V4" iirc Base url is whatever the primary "server" inventry machine is on your site. Your simply running the console from the server area, but it connects to inventrys machine on your site. edit: remember this isn't support by inventry tho....
mullet_man Posted March 21, 2022 Posted March 21, 2022 We copied the whole "Console" folder over to our server area. Think its found in "V4" iirc Base url is whatever the primary "server" inventry machine is on your site. Your simply running the console from the server area, but it connects to inventrys machine on your site. edit: remember this isn't support by inventry tho.... Thanks - Yeah we are struggling at the minute because we are quite a large site we a few people who need to access to it. Two receptionists, two attendance staff, so it starts to add it up pretty quickly. We are going to try this as Inventry didn't really give us any help. Out of interest how often are updates?
Jaan Posted March 21, 2022 Author Posted March 21, 2022 Thanks - Yeah we are struggling at the minute because we are quite a large site we a few people who need to access to it. Two receptionists, two attendance staff, so it starts to add it up pretty quickly. We are going to try this as Inventry didn't really give us any help. Out of interest how often are updates? Not sure tbf. we check every month 1
mullet_man Posted March 21, 2022 Posted March 21, 2022 Think we are up and running, the only thing we've noticed is that the baseURL section needs credentials so this has been set but each time someone runs the console they will be using that users credentials to connect?! Not a major issue at all. I might script the files copying over to the server. Cheers. 1
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