Hey folks,
We manage a mix of personal Windows and Mac laptops, most of which run Windows VMs for work apps. We’re now trying to deploy an app to these VMs, but there’s a catch. Some run on Macs with Apple Silicon and need the ARM64 installer, while others on Windows laptops need the x64 version.
Is there a way in Hexnode to group or identify these devices based on processor architecture so we can deploy the correct version to each set?
Any suggestions are welcome!
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Hey, I think you can use dynamic device groups for that.
Yeah, we looked into dynamic groups, but I couldn’t find any tag or field that shows “Processor” info.
Hello!
It’s a bit of a workaround, but here’s what we did — we used a PowerShell script to detect the processor type (like “x64” or “ARM64”) and then manually added that info to each device’s Device Notes field.
The PowerShell script we used:
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$cpu = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Processor switch ($cpu.Architecture) { 0 { $arch = "x86" } 1 { $arch = "MIPS" } 2 { $arch = "Alpha" } 3 { $arch = "PowerPC" } 5 { $arch = "ARM" } 6 { $arch = "Itanium" } 9 { $arch = "x64" } default { $arch = "Unknown" } } Write-Output "CPU Architecture: $arch" |
Once that’s done, you can create a dynamic group using something like:
It’s a bit of a hassle initially, but once set up, it makes grouping based on processor much easier.
That’s super helpful, thank you! We have used dynamic groups before, but didn’t even think of using the device notes field like that.
Where exactly do you find the Device Notes field? Is it visible by default, or do I need to enable something first?
Hey, you can find it in the device details page, there’s a section called Device Info. Device Notes is typically editable right from there.
Thanks much!
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