Thanks for all information, I am proficient in writing MSIs (WiX or preferably MakeMSI), including writing wrappers for .exe's (and writing exe's with NSIS or InnoSetup).
This network sometime has trouble propagating GPOs, so I thought it would be best to have another system to fall back on. Also, with its GLPI integration, I will be able to do everything needed for an Intranet, IT HelpDesk and maintenance all from a single interface. Gonéri: Looking forward to your completed project :] On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Rob Townley <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Guillaume Rousse > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 13/08/2011 18:00, Alec Taylor wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the suggestion, I will use either that or [more likely] >>> OCSInventory-ng. >> >> opsi, ocsinventory or fusioninventory are mostly tools for payload >> transfering between machines. To handle software management, you also need a >> packaging system, which means .msi packages, rather than interactive >> installation wizard (.exe). Otherwise, you'll have to handle the logic of >> installation/uninstallation/upgrade manually for each of your software in a >> custom vbs (or any other script language) wrapper, which is painful and >> cumbersome. >> >> And once you have .msi packages, you may as well use AD GPO for deployment, >> which offer all the grouping you need. The only advantages of previous tools >> are better bandwidth usage if you have network limits, and more options for >> installation time (GPO only allows for installation at boot and logon time). > > Setup.exe can be made silent or even switchless and silent. MSI may > be better at uninstalls, but exe installs can be reversed. > > GPO only works with Professional Editions of Windows and is not meant > to work across the internet. > > If the grouping is not powerful enough, then setting up multiple > instances on the same server seems doable and probably safer. > >> -- >> BOFH excuse #85: >> >> Windows 95 undocumented "feature" >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fusioninventory-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fusioninventory-user >> > > _______________________________________________ > Fusioninventory-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fusioninventory-user > _______________________________________________ Fusioninventory-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fusioninventory-user
