HP Client Management Script Library 1.3 released
Today we announce release 1.3 of the HP Client Management Script Library. You can get it at https://ftp.hp.com/pub/caps-softpaq/cmit/hp-cmsl.html.
With this release, we are moving the goalpost and noting that the minimum supported PowerShell version going forward will be PowerShell 5.1.
What's new
Get-HPDeviceDetails
A new function, Get-HPDeviceDetails allows you to translate between system IDs and platform names. To get all names for a system ID, simply pass the ID to the function:
PS C:\> Get-HPDeviceDetails -platform 83b2 SystemID Name DriverPackSupport -------- ---- ----------------- 83B2 HP EliteBook 840 G5 Notebook PC True 83B2 HP EliteBook 846 G5 Notebook PC True 83B2 HP EliteBook 850 G5 Notebook PC True 83B2 HP ZBook 15u G5 Mobile Workstation True 83B2 HP ZBook 14u G5 Mobile Workstation True
And you can also quickly find the operating systems this platform supports, by adding the oslist switch:
PS C:\> Get-HPDeviceDetails -platform 83b2 -oslist | ft SystemID Architecture OperatingSystemVersion OperatingSystemRelease OperatingSystem -------- ------------ ---------------------- ---------------------- --------------- 83B2 64 10.0 1607 Microsoft Windows 10 83B2 64 10.0 1703 Microsoft Windows 10 83B2 64 10.0 1709 Microsoft Windows 10 83B2 64 10.0 1803 Microsoft Windows 10 83B2 64 10.0 1809 Microsoft Windows 10 83B2 64 10.0 1903 Microsoft Windows 10
And you can turn everything on its head, and get the system id based on the product name:
PS C:\> Get-HPDeviceDetails -name 'HP EliteBook 846 G5 Notebook PC' SystemID Name DriverPackSupport -------- ---- ----------------- 83B2 HP EliteBook 846 G5 Notebook PC True
Or you can do a partial match: (note: do not use wildcards here):
PS C:\> Get-HPDeviceDetails -match '840' SystemID Name DriverPackSupport -------- ---- ----------------- 198F HP EliteBook 840 G1 Notebook PC True 2129 HP Z840 Workstation True 2216 HP EliteBook 840 G2 Notebook PC True 8079 HP EliteBook 840 G3 Notebook PC True 828C HP EliteBook 840 G4 Notebook PC True 83B2 HP EliteBook 840 G5 Notebook PC True 8418 HP EliteBook 840r G4 Notebook PC True 845D HP EliteBook 840 G5 Healthcare Edition Notebook PC True 8549 HP EliteBook 840 G6 Notebook PC True 8549 HP EliteBook 840 G6 Healthcare Edition Notebook PC True
HP Sure View support
We've added functions to control HP Sure View where available. This allows real-time control of the feature (albeit, with Administrator rights required). The functionality is meant to complement the BIOS Settings available through public WMI, which can be used to force HP Sure View on or off.
Extract support in Get-Softpaq
The Get-Softpaq module now supports a flag to automatically extract a softpaq after download. For more information, see the function documentation for Get-Softpaq.
More filter categories added
Both the Get-SoftpaqList and the Add-RepositoryFilter functions receive additional category filters: manageability, diagnostic, utility, dock, and driverpack. The driverpack filter specifically makes it easy to quickly retrieve a driver pack for a platform, where available. For more information, see the function documentation for Get-SoftpaqList and Add-RepositoryFilter.
Auto-update from the command line (Preview)
The library now has an auto-update feature (unfortunately it cannot be used to update from 1.2 to 1.3 since it did not exist in 1.2). There are known issues with anti-virus behavior-based malware detection and self-updating PowerShell modules, which is why we are marking this module as a preview, to see if it makes sense. For more information, see the module documentation.
What's fixed or changed
- We've fixed an issue where the proxy setting would not be honored when downloading CVA files from ftp.hp.com. The library should not use the default proxy settings for the current account.
- When using BIOS flash functionality, a single one-byte file was created in the current working directory. That is now fixed.
- We've fixed an issue where BIOS flash would fail on G6 platforms due to a change in the BIOS file structure.
- We've also fixed a flash failure when attempting to flash with an EFI partition that was missing the EFI folder. This was usually encountered when flashing during OSD.
- The -friendlyName flag was not working on the Get-SoftpaqList function, and we fixed that too.
- We will now be advertising the library version in Add/Remove programs via 3-segment value rather than the previous 4-segment version. So version 1.3.0 will show up as "1.3.0" not as "1.3.0.0". The fourth segment will henceforth be reserved for internal use, so users should disregard it if encountered.
Some things we've had to let go
The Warranty module has been removed, unfortunately, due to the unavailability of the API. We are currently in discussion on how we can return this functionality to the library.
Where to next
Going forward we are focusing on adding support for HP platform security features, and also embarking on a general cleanup of the library. We expect a number of changes that may affect a limited number of customers. Most of the changes will be focused on simplifying the API and removing rarely used parameters such as the 'noexception' suppression flags available on some functions.
We are also working on integrating our portfolio of tools to leverage a common technical vocabulary - for example, the repository functionality is going to find its way in other tools such as HP Image Assistant.
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