What I'm trying to do is (using Ghost Console and Client) send remote
commands to machines while they are logged out to upgrade the Alchemi
Executor software. My thought was to do something along the lines of:
1) net stop "Alchemi Executor Service"
2) msiexec /uninstall "C:\Winnt\Installer\Alchemi.msi" /passive
3) copy newAlchemi.msi C:\Winnt\Installer\Alchemi.msi /y
4) msiexec /i "C:\Winnt\Installer\Alchemi.msi" /passive
5) copy masterAlchemi.Executor.config.xml "C:\Program
Files\Alchemi\Executor\Alchemi.Executor.config.xml" /y
6) run batch file to make my specific changes (i.e. Executor start on
logout, stop on login, user can start or stop Executor service at will)
The problem is step 4 as the Executor MSI opens up the GUI as part of the
install so it stalls there (and opens up the next time someone logs in)
I've tried to use Scriptit to give the GUI the key combination Alt-E-Enter
to exit but that doesn't seem to work. Doing this the next log in has the
Scriptit script is still running (and the GUI isn't) and the install has
not worked.
Anyone have any suggestions how to get this to work or a better way of
doing it?
I'd rather not walk around the 300+ machines and do it manually :-)
My fallback position is to just include the upgrade as part of the next
image to be put out during the next re-imaging cycle but it seems to me
there should be a relatively easy way of doing this.
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Reece Arnott
Learning Environments Specialist
School of Business
University of Otago
Dunedin
New Zealand
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