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AshishP asked a question.

February 18, 2022 at 10:41 AM

Hi Folks,

I have a few questions on SLM - Reharvest Application scheduled task:

Is this task created for uninstalling the unused application from endpoints?
If yes, will it uninstall without enabling uninstallation workflow? or Do you have to configure uninstallation workflow first, and then we can use this.
Will it uninstall all applications that are not deployed in the Snow AP? or just specific applications that are available in the Snow AP.
Can we uninstall applications from specific endpoints using Snow AP?
Do we have a report where we can check how many applications are uninstalled/how much money we saved in a week or in a month? (just like we have a report "Application in Software Store").

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AxelLa
4 years ago
Hi Ashish,

I'll try to answer, hoping Oskar will not have to correct me 😀

Yes, this task is exactly created for uninstalling the unused application from endpoints
The task is basically a PowerShell script that at some point invokes the "Uninstall Software" workflow.
It will uninstall applications available in Software Store only, as only these applications will have a reharvesting date. But I haven't seen any check for an ordered state.
Not with the default task, as this task only allows to add exclude and include AD groups.
No.

Kind regards,
Axel

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AxelLa
4 years ago
Hi Ashish,

I'll try to answer, hoping Oskar will not have to correct me 😀

Yes, this task is exactly created for uninstalling the unused application from endpoints
The task is basically a PowerShell script that at some point invokes the "Uninstall Software" workflow.
It will uninstall applications available in Software Store only, as only these applications will have a reharvesting date. But I haven't seen any check for an ordered state.
Not with the default task, as this task only allows to add exclude and include AD groups.
No.

Kind regards,
Axel

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- Community Manager (Flexera Software)
  4 years ago
  A small comment on no 3
  
  It will only reharvest applications published AND marked to reharvest under uninstall options
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Oskar Frolin (Flexera Software)
4 years ago
Sounds about right @Axel Lamparth , I can just add that even if there are no reports specifically for the savings connected to reharvest, there are reports in SLM that show the "uninstallation" but please confirm this with an SLM consultant.

In AP there is also the Statistics page that can generate an excel file of the requests, and you could filter out uninstall workflows to build your data here.

But my recommendation, if a precise return on investment is important, is to to build tracking around this as a step in the uninstall workflow.

Hope this helps!
//Oskar Frölin
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- AshishP
  4 years ago
  Hi Oskar @Oskar Frölin,
  
  Is it possible to run SLM - Reharvest Application for specific applications or specific users? If not, is there any alternate solution to get it done?
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  - Community Manager (Flexera Software)
    4 years ago
    There is a parameter called "IncludeGroup" on the re-harvest job. If you specify a group there only the users in that group will be eligible for re-harvest. The re-harvest job will re-harvest all applications that have been marked for re-harvest by default. You could modify the re-harvest job if you want to target a subset of the applications.
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  - AshishP
    4 years ago
    Thanks @Joakim_locked Johansson(Retired), I will add a group in this parameter and test this re-harvest job.
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  - Community Manager (Flexera Software)
    4 years ago
    Great, and remember. It is always wise to run that job with Reharvest=False first to review what will happen
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  - AshishP
    4 years ago
    Okay, I will check this parameter before running the re-harvest job.
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