Managed installation order
I have a managed installations setup 1 for each branch. The installation is a program upgrade that installs over the top of the old program. When the upgrade happens it will overwrite two files. Since it overwrites the files I have a file syncronization setup to copy the files back to overwrite the files made from the upgrade.
How do I setup the kace to syncronize the files once the upgrade has happen. Can I somehow say once the install is complete then move the files over. I know I could set the installation times for the two events but I am not sure how long the deployment will take for the first action.
How do I setup the kace to syncronize the files once the upgrade has happen. Can I somehow say once the install is complete then move the files over. I know I could set the installation times for the two events but I am not sure how long the deployment will take for the first action.
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Posted by:
pdenadel
12 years ago
The managed installation is an MSI. I tried looking into extracting the vendors MSI and replacing the (Access) files in there but I know its not recommended and I do not know how to repackage the extracted folder anyways.
Posted by:
cmccracken
12 years ago
What if you zipped the msi and the two files, then controlled it with a batch file? For all of mine, I have a batch file in the zip called "setup.bat" that does the install. In your case it could be a three line file:
Then in the MI setup, you can tell it to just run setup.bat.
Casey
Command to install MSI
copy file1.mdb c:\whereitgoes /y
copy file2.mdb c:\whereitgoes /y
Then in the MI setup, you can tell it to just run setup.bat.
Casey
Posted by:
pdenadel
12 years ago
Well it worked....kind of.
It will copy the the files over to the pc and run the insall and then transer the access files.
The hang up is that on some of the tests when I click on the shortcut for the program on the desktop it will act like it is running the install again so one or two of the transferred files will get overwritten again.
It will copy the the files over to the pc and run the insall and then transer the access files.
The hang up is that on some of the tests when I click on the shortcut for the program on the desktop it will act like it is running the install again so one or two of the transferred files will get overwritten again.
Posted by:
cmccracken
12 years ago
It isn't an application we use. I'm taking a wild swing, but I wonder if that "installer" when the shortcut is first clicked is the MSI self repair. If so, perhaps disabling it would help?
http://itninja.com/question/service276&mpage=1&key=&
If you install the application, then overwrite the files (by hand) does it run the installer again and overwrite them?
Casey
http://itninja.com/question/service276&mpage=1&key=&
If you install the application, then overwrite the files (by hand) does it run the installer again and overwrite them?
Casey
Posted by:
GillySpy
12 years ago
remember that MIs are installed via the SYSTEM account so perhaps you need to add an all users property or something to make the shortcut stop that behaviour. Or if you need to run it as a user then set it up as a script. A script is also good for tying several steps together.
You could also have a script that verifies just the files. It could be an offline script that makes sure your files are installed and if not then recopies them.
You could also have a script that verifies just the files. It could be an offline script that makes sure your files are installed and if not then recopies them.
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