Re: [wpkg-users] how to safely copy wpkg.xml to a central UNC location when using Wpkg Agent (for after-processing with wpkgCreateReport)
From: wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org [mailto:wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of Urs Rau (UK) Sent: 26 January 2012 13:04 To: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org Subject: [wpkg-users] how to safely copy wpkg.xml to a central UNC location when using Wpkg Agent (for after-processing with wpkgCreateReport) I am probably missing the tree for the forrest on this one. It seems so easy and even the product docs for wpkgCreateReport says under point 2.2 2. Prerequisites cut some The prerequisite is that you have copied the wpkg.xml file of every client to a central directory, carrying the name of the computer it originates from. This can easily be achieved by appending something like the following command line at the end of the script file you are calling wpkg from. copy /Y %windir%\system32\wpkg.xml %wpkgshare%\clientStates\%computername%.xml I can see how this is easily achieved in a deployment where a batch file calls up wpkg.js processing, one adds it just after cscript has finished executing wpkg.js and returns. But how do you practically do it when using the wpkg agent, which is a service that does not really finish or return in that sense ? It seems that anything I try to do from it finds the wpkg.xml locked because the wpkg agent is currently processing it. Doohh! There must be an embarrassingly easy answer to this, surely? Thanks for pointing out what must be really obvious to most. Regards, -- Urs Rau Operation Mobilisation (OM) - a company limited by guarantee - The Quinta, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, SY10 7LT, United Kingdom Company reg no: 2564320 (England Wales) - Charity reg. no: 1008196 (England Wales) - SC040988 (Scotland) Web: http://www.uk.om.org Urs, I was just testing this myself. Drove me nuts for a while since it would work for me, but not for the agent. The way to get it work (at least on a Windows 7 64-bit OS) is to map the network drive to a drive letter first. It would not work until I mapped the drive letter. Cheers, Leon Hedding OM International Limited - Unit B Clifford Court, Cooper Way - Carlisle CA3 0JG - United Kingdom A company limited by guarantee - Charity reg no: 1112655 - Company reg no: 5649412 (England and Wales) - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
[wpkg-users] WPKG Agent Error
On a brand new computer I am getting the following error message when I install the WPKG Agent and try to sync. The command line I am using is wpkg.js /synchronize /nonotify /quiet. I have enabled debug logging but that is not telling me anything more. I don't know what else to try to figure out why it is failing? I am running WPKG Agent 1.3.6 and wpkg.js is at 1.1.0. Event Type: Error Event Source: WSH Event Category: None Event ID: 1 Date: 03/06/2009 Time: 15:50:03 User: N/A Computer: ComputerA Description: Message: Unable to notify user that the system was about to begin updating. Path not found Description: Unable to notify user that the system was about to begin updating. Path not found Error number: 1 Stack: undefined Line: undefined For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. It then exits with the following error: Event Type: Error Event Source: WSH Event Category: None Event ID: 1 Date: 03/06/2009 Time: 15:50:03 User: N/A Computer: ComputerA Description: Scrip execution failure. Exit code 1 Cheers, Leon Hedding - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG Agent Blocks Shutdown
I did not have any replies on this one. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Cheers, Leon Hedding From: Leon Hedding (ICT) Sent: 18 November 2008 18:55 To: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org Subject: WPKG Agent Blocks Shutdown I am running into issues where a package install/upgrade command fails to complete. It hangs on an setup.exe process indefinitely. In the past this has not been an issue. I am now using version 1.3.6 which now causes an issue because the computer no longer allows you to shutdown or logoff the computer if the wpkginst process is still running. You can logoff if you are a local administrator, but otherwise the computer cannot reboot or logoff as a standard user. Is this a design feature? I had not expected this feature and it has caused some issues for me because I did not know it was going to occur. I had as well expected a timeout feature, but that does not seem to have occurred as well. Cheers, Leon Hedding Senior IT Engineer OM - ICT Clifford Court Cooper Way Parkhouse Carlisle Cumbria CA3 0JG United Kingdom +44 (0)1228 615 124 +44 (0)1228 515 607 fax - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG Agent Blocks Shutdown
The problem I have with the 1.3.5 client is that it does not work to use the settings file when it is located on a UNC. Cheers, Leon Hedding - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
[wpkg-users] WPKG Agent Blocks Shutdown
I am running into issues where a package install/upgrade command fails to complete. It hangs on an setup.exe process indefinitely. In the past this has not been an issue. I am now using version 1.3.6 which now causes an issue because the computer no longer allows you to shutdown or logoff the computer if the wpkginst process is still running. You can logoff if you are a local administrator, but otherwise the computer cannot reboot or logoff as a standard user. Is this a design feature? I had not expected this feature and it has caused some issues for me because I did not know it was going to occur. I had as well expected a timeout feature, but that does not seem to have occurred as well. Cheers, Leon Hedding Senior IT Engineer OM - ICT Clifford Court Cooper Way Parkhouse Carlisle Cumbria CA3 0JG United Kingdom +44 (0)1228 615 124 +44 (0)1228 515 607 fax - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG Agent 1.3.5 Install Failure
The thing is I am not using a script. I am just using the server IP or name and the script field is greyed out so that I cannot put any information in for the delay. Cheers, Leon Hedding -Original Message- From: Tomasz Chmielewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 November 2008 13:02 To: Leon Hedding (ICT) Cc: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG Agent 1.3.5 Install Failure Leon Hedding (ICT) schrieb: This one: server-connecting-script-timeout/server-connecting-script-timeout Should have a value, even if it's not used. So, just put 3 there, and it should work for you. -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG Agent 1.3.5 Install Failure
Tomasz, I did not have time to test and reply until now. It does matter if I have spaces in the path. These are the command lines I am using. msixexec /i \\server\share$\app\wpkg agent\wpkg agent.msi SETTINGSFILE=\\server\share$\app\wpkg agent\settings.xml /qn ALLUSERS=1 REBOOT=ReallySuppress AND msixexec /i \\server\share$\app\wpkg agent\wpkg agent.msi SETTINGSFILE=\\server\share$\app\wpkg agent\settings.xml /qn ALLUSERS=1 REBOOT=ReallySuppress The first one fails and tells me that my command line is incorrect. I assume this because I have spaces in the UNC. The second one fails because it cannot find the settings file and gives me the error I told you about before. I have copied the exact error message below. Product: WPKG -- Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action _A9459942_EE79_497A_9080_F39DDA8A7B80, location: C:\Program Files\wpkg\wpkginst.exe, command: --SETTINGSFILE=\\server\share$\app\wpkg agent\settings.xml Cheers, Leon Hedding - wpkg-users mailing list archives http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] MS Office 2003 Install
The issue is that you need to put quotes around the transform and drop the path part of the statement. TRANSFORMS=quot;New Custom Setup File.MSTquot; Cheers, Leon Hedding - Reporting bugs, all WPKG mailing lists http://wpkg.org/Support ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG Client 1.3.4 released (testing release), including 64 bit support
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Falko Trojahn Sent: 08 July 2008 13:03 To: Rainer Meier Cc: wpkg Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG Client 1.3.4 released (testing release), including 64 bit support Yes, this is clear. It's just an idea for convenience: if I restart the wpkg service on local or remote pc from Wpkginst tool I don't have to open event log viewer, connect to the Client, open events, open application and have a look through the messages. Easily I could have a look at the messages in wpkg tool. Perhaps a button / link to open the application event log of the pc there I (re)started wpkg would be ok, too. Opening the event log of the pc and filter for WSH is perhaps easier to integrate in wpkginst than opening the log file for the client, isn't it? [Leon Hedding] I sort this issue by using centralized logging that I can run tail -f upon. I do this by modifying wpkg.js to not overwrite the log file and by adding log rotation to wpkg.js. The reason I don't use logrotate is because WPKG might not be installed on a Windows box which does not have this installed and because I could not be bothered trying to figure out how logrotate would work with my logging scheme. [Leon Hedding] - Reporting bugs, all WPKG mailing lists http://wpkg.org/Support ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Package Renaming [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
So possibly using a GUID as the package could already be done. The main difficulty with that is that it is not easy to remember and type in. The advantage is that once a package has been installed you don't ever have to worry when renaming a package for any reason. It would be an optional header in the XML that is only checked for upgrades and uninstalls and only if it did not already meet the requirement of the package ID. The upgrade from Gaim to Pidgin was possible, but required two packages. I bring this point up because I have had difficulties with case sensitivity in the past and had to perform a rename of all my packages. I know that wpkg now support non-case sensitive checks so that is a big bonus. There are places that have run once cmd's which do not create a residual file that is used for checking. In those instances as well it would be helpful to have a GUID option as well. Cheers, Leon Hedding - Reporting bugs, all WPKG mailing lists http://wpkg.org/Support ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Profile inconsistency: Package with ID'imageresize' is listed in profile but ...
Remove command is incorrect. Should be:
msiexec /qb /l* c:\netinst\logs\powertoy.log
/x{1CB92574-96F2-467B-B793-5CEB35C40C29}
You missed the /x. Review of the eventvwr usually helps with MSI
packages to see why they failed to install or uninstall.
Cheers,
Leon Hedding
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose Cortijo
Sent: 20 May 2008 09:27
To: Rainer Meier
Cc: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org
Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] Profile inconsitency: Package with
ID'imageresize' is listed in profile but ...
Hi again,
this is what I have in packages.xml
package
id=imageresize
name=Image Resize
revision=1
reboot=false
priority=100
notify=false
execute=always
!--
notify=false - does not notify the user (with true user would be
notified)
execute=always - always executes install cmd - sets time in this
example
execute=once - executes only once, and never again
--
check type=uninstall condition=exists path=Image Resizer
Powertoy for Windows XP /
install
cmd=\\delchnpek-fs002\wpkg-1.0.2\software\powertoys\ImageResizerPowerto
ySetup.exe /S /v/qn /
remove cmd='msiexec /qb /l* c:\netinst\logs\powertoy.log
x{1CB92574-96F2-467B-B793-5CEB35C40C29}' /
/package
and this is what I have in imageresize.xml
package
id=imageresize
name=Image Resize
revision=1
reboot=false
priority=100
notify=false
execute=always
!--
notify=false - does not notify the user (with true user would be
notified)
execute=always - always executes install cmd - sets time in this
example
execute=once - executes only once, and never again
--
check type=uninstall condition=exists path=Image Resizer
Powertoy for Windows XP /
install
cmd=\\delchnpek-fs002\wpkg-1.0.2\software\powertoys\ImageResizerPowerto
ySetup.exe /S /v/qn /
remove cmd='msiexec /qb /l* c:\netinst\logs\powertoy.log
x{1CB92574-96F2-467B-B793-5CEB35C40C29}' /
/package
The installation works fine, now I am trying uninstall the software. I
remove the entry in profile.xml and profiles\default.xml but the
software doesnt get uninstalled
some help?
thanks a lot man.
jose
2008/5/20 Jose Cortijo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi Rainer,
thanks a lot man. You were absolutely right. It is working right now. I
create an imageresize.xml in the packages folder with that lines but I
didnt know I should modify the packages.xml .
So, the first file is not needed??
Thanks a lot
2008/5/20 Rainer Meier [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi Jose,
Jose Cortijo wrote:
But before I tried to run it in my own computer from cmd.
I get an error the wpkg database is empty It should be empty as
far I didnt install any softwarre yet.
I create the variable SOFTWARE with the value path to software
folder in the server and run manually the script.
coudl you give me any suggestion??
Sure, let's try to sort it out.
Successfully loaded XML file:
\\DELCHNPEK-FS002\WPKG-1.0.2\profiles.xml
Reading XML file:
//DELCHNPEK-FS002/WPKG-1.0.2/profiles/default.xml
So two profile definition files have been read. Probably
profiles.xml is just the sample one included. You might remove it.
Successfully loaded XML file:
\\DELCHNPEK-FS002\WPKG-1.0.2\hosts.xml
OK, it seems to use host.xml. No host definitions stored within
the hosts/ subdirectory.
Successfully loaded XML file:
\\DELCHNPEK-FS002\WPKG-1.0.2\packages.xml
Reading XML file:
//DELCHNPEK-FS002/WPKG-1.0.2/packages/imageresize.xml
Good, here it read pacakges.xml (probably just the sample file
included). You might remove it if you don't need the packages defined
there. Reading imageresize.xml seems to be fine too.
Profiles applying to the current host:
default
OK; the profile assigned (look at hosts.xml) ist default.
Hosts file contains 1 hosts:
DELCHNPEK-WIT01
Just one host? Hmm, you might consider to use a regular
expression for productive use. Something like .+ will match all hosts.
Settings file contains 0 packages:
This is correct - your local wpkg.xml has not been written yet.
Packages file contains 4 packages:
wpkg1
wpkg2
wpkg3
time
Looks a bit like the default list of packages. And here the
problem seems to be actually. The default packages.xml includes
exactly these 4 sample packages. It seems that either your
imageresize.xml does not contain any package - or you just copied an
entry and forgot to change the ID to imageresize. Your package
definition within imageresize.xml
Re: [wpkg-users] Package Renaming [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
What you describe is exactly what I am thinking. The other bit is as you
say, it is quite difficult to read logs since the GUID would be in the
logs then. That is why I am wondering if having an actual (optional)
GUID value would be of benefit. It might be over kill, but would
certainly help in at least the run once instance.
Cheers,
Leon Hedding
-Original Message-
From: Rainer Meier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 20 May 2008 09:37
To: Leon Hedding (ICT)
Cc: wpkg
Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] Package Renaming [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
To make it clear again. WPKG uses two attributes within the package
which can be used:
id:
This attribute is the unique identifier of each package. It cannot be
changed/renamed without making WPKG think it is a different package. So
if you put the GUID there it's fine - as long as you don't change the
GUID.
name:
More descriptive name - you can put any string in here. You might also
change this name later on without affecting WPKG at all.
So to take our Pidgin example again you could create a package like
packages
package
id={unique-GUID}
name=Gaim
revision=1
reboot=false
priority=100
...
/package
/packages
After the release of Pidgin you can do the following:
packages
package
id={unique-GUID}
name=Pidgin
revision=2
reboot=false
priority=100
...
/package
/packages
This would upgrade the Gaim Package to Pidgin. As long as you do not
change the GUID within the id field.
I am not fully sure if this is what you meant. So please don't shoot me
if not. I am sure you could explain it to me if this did not match your
expectations.
br,
Rainer
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Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG client upgrade
Found this interesting article on myITforum entitled Windows Installer and In Use Files. It is dated 2003, but the Windows Installer should still behave this way. http://www.myitforum.com/articles/6/view.asp?id=6107 Cheers, Leon Hedding -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marco Gaiarin Sent: 22 April 2008 09:30 To: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG client upgrade Mandi! Rainer Meier In chel di` si favelave... I don't think it is very hidden or a hack. Just did a quick (very quick) Google search and found the following interesting pages: More links (ss64.com is my gold reference for windows batch and scripting, please add a link to wpkg.org site!): http://www.ss64.com/nt/mv.html http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365240(VS.85).aspx http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B140570x=11y=17 i think the only trouble could be that wscript/cscript interpreters or the .msi installer framework does not 'export' the MoveFileEx() function, but i hope this is not the case. -- dott. Marco Gaiarin GNUPG Key ID: 240A3D66 Associazione ``La Nostra Famiglia''http://www.sv.lnf.it/ Polo FVG - Via della Bontà, 7 - 33078 - San Vito al Tagliamento (PN) marco.gaiarin(at)sv.lnf.it tel +39-0434-842711 fax +39-0434-842797 Dona il 5 PER MILLE a LA NOSTRA FAMIGLIA! http://www.lanostrafamiglia.it/chi_siamo/5xmille.php (cf 00307430132, categoria ONLUS oppure RICERCA SANITARIA) - Reporting bugs, all WPKG mailing lists http://wpkg.org/Support ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users - Reporting bugs, all WPKG mailing lists http://wpkg.org/Support ___ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
Re: [wpkg-users] Thanks for everything - WPKG is nice but it still needs improvement
You need to run /force with the other commands as well. So /synchronize /quiet /force Cheers, Leon Hedding -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Handy Sent: 26 March 2008 22:09 To: Steve Handy; Leon Hedding (ICT); Rainer Meier Cc: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] Thanks for everything - WPKG is nice but it still needs improvement I tried it and it said no parameters specified. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Handy Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:07 PM To: 'Leon Hedding (ICT)'; Rainer Meier Cc: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] Thanks for everything - WPKG is nice but it still needs improvement I was thinking the same thing. So basically if I run cscript \\Store1\WPKG\wpkg.js /force it should work? I will try this Steve -Original Message- From: Leon Hedding (ICT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:04 PM To: Steve Handy; Rainer Meier Cc: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org Subject: RE: [wpkg-users] Thanks for everything - WPKG is nice but it stillneeds improvement Steve, From my understanding, once WPKG has confirmed that the software has been installed it will add that information to wpkg.xml and no longer check to see that the software is installed. To make it always check that the software is installed (and not use wpkg.xml) you need to run it with a /force command. Read through this http://wpkg.org/WPKG_flags to see what each of the command line flags do. Cheers, Leon Hedding -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Handy Sent: 26 March 2008 21:55 To: 'Rainer Meier' Cc: 'wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org' Subject: [wpkg-users] Thanks for everything - WPKG is nice but it stillneeds improvement Importance: High Gentlemen I want to thank you for everything. We engaged in some great conversation today. WPKG is a great tool. I will use it on the LAN level within my organization. However at the offsite level, the program still needs some improvement. The WPKG still DOES NOT reinstall software when a user removes it. Incrementing the revision of course is not the answer. I agree with Rainer on this. When a solution is available please let me know. Thanks guys Steve Handy -Original Message- From: Rainer Meier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:18 PM To: Steve Handy Cc: 'Adam Williams'; 'wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org' Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] Can WPKG install packages while user is at desktop - Lets move on the 2nd problem Hi Steve, Steve Handy wrote: One more thing though. Why is it that when I uninstall the firefox, and then run the cscript \\ /sync.., the program doesn't install. As written already many times either you used execute=once or the checks still evaluated true. In case (parts) of an application is still running it is quite common that the uninstall entry is not entirely removed until the next reboot (when uninstall is finished, files are removed and uninstall entry is cleanded). So WPKG might still find the uninstall entries unless you reboot and therefore thinks the application is still installed. Let's move on Rainer: So basically what I have I good. Great. Okay, now here is the 2nd dilemma. We have employees here at my organization. They have offsite laptops. Currently they use the Windows PPTP VPN client to connect to the company from outside. When they initially boot, they DO NOT HAVE a network connection established. (So WPKG will NOT install software at this point). When they arrive at their respective desktops, they establish a network connection via Sprint broadband air cards they have. They then click the VPN icon to establish a VPN connection into the company. Here is where WPKG comes in, I need the WPKG to execute the cscript \\Store1\WPKG\wkpg.js /Synchronize /quiet and check for packages that need to be installed. (and install if necessary). How do I make this happen? Well, you don't need WPKG to invoke itself as you wrote. You need to configure your VPN software to run WPKG when the connection is up and running. I know that some VPN clients (OpenVPN for sure) allows you to define some scripts to be run after connection establishment. There you can simply add a batch script to execute WPKG. Today I wrote already as an answer to another request that you might simply run the WPKG service from command line instead of manually invoking the wpkg.js script. Of course this only applies if you installed WPKG client and the service is available. If yes, then you might use the command net start WpkgService to run the WPKG service again. This works perfectly fine if you configure WPKG client to terminate after wpkg.js terminated (see configuration). If not, then you might need to execute 'net stop' before to terminate the still running service: net stop
