Joseph Klimczak

How I Use ChatGPT to Help Me with Workspace One

How I Use ChatGPT to Help Me with Workspace One

As an IT administrator, I often need to manage many devices and applications for my organization. One of the tools I use for this purpose is Workspace One, a comprehensive endpoint management platform that enables me to deploy, configure and secure devices and applications across various operating systems and platforms.

However, sometimes I encounter challenges or questions that require expert knowledge or guidance beyond my own experience or resources. That’s when I turned to ChatGPT, a powerful AI language model developed by OpenAI that can provide helpful and concise responses to various questions and tasks.

Here are some examples of how I use ChatGPT to enhance my productivity and efficiency with Workspace One:

  1. Troubleshooting issues: Whenever I encounter an error message or unexpected behavior with Workspace One or one of its components, I can ask ChatGPT for suggestions on how to diagnose and fix the problem. For example, I might ask “How do I troubleshoot a device enrollment failure in Workspace One?” or “What are some common reasons for an app deployment error in Workspace One?” ChatGPT can provide me with relevant articles, documentation, or best practices to investigate and resolve the issue.
  2. Automating tasks: Another benefit of ChatGPT is its ability to generate scripts or commands that can automate repetitive or complex tasks in Workspace One. For instance, I might ask “How do I remove an app from a device in Workspace One?” or “How do I create a compliance policy for macOS devices in Workspace One?” ChatGPT can suggest a step-by-step procedure or script that I can adapt to my specific needs and environment.
  3. Learning new features: Workspace One is a constantly evolving platform that introduces new features and capabilities on a regular basis. To stay up-to-date and leverage the latest functionalities, I can ask ChatGPT for explanations or demonstrations of how to use them. For example, I might ask “What is the Workspace One Hub app and how does it work?” or “How do I enable conditional access for Windows 10 devices in Workspace One?” ChatGPT can provide me with concise and accurate explanations that I can apply in my own context.
  4. Streamlining communication: Finally, ChatGPT can be a useful tool for facilitating communication and collaboration with other IT professionals or stakeholders who use or support Workspace One. Instead of emailing or messaging back and forth, I can ask ChatGPT to summarize or clarify a question or request, or to provide additional context or resources that may be helpful. For example, I might ask “Can you explain to my colleague how to enroll an iOS device in Workspace One?” or “What are the best practices for communicating a Workspace One incident to our service desk team?” ChatGPT can help me to provide accurate and clear responses that save time and avoid confusion.

In conclusion, ChatGPT is a valuable asset for IT administrators who use Workspace One or other endpoint management platforms. By leveraging its expertise and capabilities, we can improve our efficiency, accuracy, and learning curve, and focus on more strategic or value-added tasks.

Deem For Mac Install

Create The App Inside WSO under the uninstall script. Please use

!/bin/bash

#Generate application uninstallers for macOS.

#Parameters
DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
TIME=`date +%H:%M:%S`
LOG_PREFIX="[$DATE $TIME]"

#Functions
log_info() {
    echo "${LOG_PREFIX}[INFO]" $1
}

log_warn() {
    echo "${LOG_PREFIX}[WARN]" $1
}

log_error() {
    echo "${LOG_PREFIX}[ERROR]" $1
}

#Check running user
if (( $EUID != 0 )); then
    echo "Please run as root."
    exit
fi

echo "Welcome to Application Uninstaller"
echo "The following packages will be REMOVED:"
echo "  VMware.Deem-21.12.191"

#Need to replace these with install preparation script
VERSION=21.12.191
PRODUCT=VMware.Deem

echo "Stopping the daemon: deemd"
set -e
/bin/launchctl unload "/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vmware.deemd.plist"
rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vmware.deemd.plist || true

echo "Application uninstalling process started"
# remove link to shorcut file
find "/usr/local/bin/" -name "deemd" | xargs rm
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
  echo "[1/4] [DONE] Successfully deleted shortcut links"
else
  echo "[1/4] [ERROR] Could not delete shortcut links" >&2
fi

#forget from pkgutil
pkgutil --forget "com.vmware.$PRODUCT.$VERSION" > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
  echo "[2/4] [DONE] Successfully deleted application informations"
else
  echo "[2/4] [ERROR] Could not delete application informations" >&2
fi

#remove application source distribution
[ -e "/Library/Application Support/VMware/${PRODUCT}" ] && rm -rf "/Library/Application Support/VMware/${PRODUCT}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
  echo "[3/4] [DONE] Successfully deleted application"
else
  echo "[3/4] [ERROR] Could not delete application" >&2
fi

#remove deem log file
[ -e "/Library/Logs/VMware/Deem" ] && rm -rf "/Library/Logs/VMware/Deem"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
  echo "[4/4] [DONE] Successfully deleted logs"
else
  echo "[4/4] [ERROR] Could not delete logs" >&2
fi

echo "Application uninstall process finished"
exit 0

VMworld 2017

This years VMworld was a change of pace for me. This year was not a typical release with more focus on security and partnerships then core applications maybe some of that is saved for Europe. I had a rocky start with a bout of food posing not fun. So i lost a day of Talking with vendors and some sessions I wanted to check out. Relays will have to do.

Had some interesting conversations around Workspace One and Sailpoint and the guys from both teams came over to whiteboard this is a welcome conversation vmware has become more open to working with partners then just trying to pitch more of their solutions.

Kobo / PKS / Kubernetes a Partnership that needs more clarity. Maybe its the system admin in me but I feel like there was to many ways to do this right now. And some of the projects are really cool but now info on cost or will it be free open source.

VMware AppDefense / Goldilocks

I been asking VMware for this type of app to be built in for some time. The more we can learn how the app talks and update we can get a good baseline. Can’t wait to see partners take advantage of some of the API

 

The last but my Favorite Announcement. SKYLINE

There has been apps on the market that did some of what CloudPhysics has been doing for some time. Bigdata for support. I hope this helps VMware Find and alerts on major bugs faster. The one thing it wont do till the next update is driver support. Vendors and VMware have allways need a way to tell you what version you should be on. This will hope fully be the answer very soon.

Thanks for sticking around.

PowerCli on OSX

Step 1 – Download and Install .NET Core for Mac OS X from here

https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#macos

  1. brew update
  2. brew install openssl
  3. ln -s /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libcrypto.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/
  4. ln -s /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/

Step 2 – Download and Install PowerShell for Mac OS X using the instructions and packages this will also include the install of homebrew

https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell

  1. Sudo installer -pkg powershell-6.0.0-alpha.10.pkg -target /

Step 3 – Perform the following steps to ensure you are using the latest OpenSSL and Curl:

  1. brew install openssl
  2. brew install curl –with-openssl
  3. sudo install_name_tool -change /usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib /usr/local/opt/curl/lib/libcurl.4.dylib /usr/local/microsoft/powershell/6.0.0-alpha.10/System.Net.Http.Native.dylib
  4. sudo install_name_tool -add_rpath /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib /usr/local/microsoft/powershell/6.0.0-alpha.10/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.dylib

Step 4 – Create the following directory if it does not exists by running the following command:

  1. mkdir -p ~/.local/share/powershell/Modules

Step 5 – Extract the PowerCLI modules into the directory you created above by running the following command:

  1. Copy the unzip files to ~/.local/share/powershell/Modules
  2. unzip PowerCLI.ViCore.4523941.zip -d ~/.local/share/powershell/Modules
  3. unzip PowerCLI.Vds.4523941.zip -d ~/.local/share/powershell/Modules

Launch PowerShell

Step 1 – Open terminal

Step 2 – Start Powershell in the terminal by running the following command: powershell

Step 3 – Import the PowerCLI Modules into your PowerShell Session: Get-Module -ListAvailable PowerCLI* | Import-Module

Step 4 – Connect to your vCenter Server using

Connect-VIServer PS> Connect-VIServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vSphere.local -Password VMware1! Name Port User —- —- —- 192.168.1.51 443 VSPHERE.LOCAL\Administrator