Most of our computers are lab machines of identical hardware, so we image those but build most of the image with Unattended. Invidual workstations we do using Unattended with minor cleanup afterwards. I haven't tried it yet, but I've always figured that if we needed to install software after the fact, we could always just push a script with GPO that has something like
net use z: \\ntinstall\install
todo.pl appname
todo.pl --go
and I suppose create a local log file that can be checked to avoid installing multiple times. Like I said, I haven't tried this, but it does work great for manually installing apps after everything's done.
todo.pl appname
todo.pl --go
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Paul Klapperich
NDSU CEA Technical Support
ECE Student
On 4/25/06, Brad Erdman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Patrik Kullman
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:52 AM
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> Subject: [Unattended] Unattended project
> On another note, I'm having problems figuring out the best way for
> system administration/maintenance here and would love to hear your
> thoughts:
>
> * Application installation
> Would the best way to go be to install as many packages as possible
upon
> installation and then migrate them to AD-deployment after time?
I looked into this and it is a fairly complicated problem. The main
problem is with the packages themselves. Not all developers make it
easy (or even possible) to check to see if a previous version of the
package exists. You then have to remove the old version (or upgrade)
and install the new version. Finally, there is versioning to contend
with. Some packages may only detect some older versions and not all of
them. I think your best bet is to stick with one system for package
deployment and maintenance.
Those being said, if you find a solution to this problem, please share
it!
Brad Erdman
University of Maryland
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