Thank you for the pointers, Phil. I will give ReplacedInUseFiles a try.
I do see logs from RM saying that a reboot will be necessary. I am not sure if
a ScheduleReboot custom action needs to be defined with the proper conditions
for this reboot to happen. Currently, i do not have a "ScheduleReboot" action
in the wix file.I will check internally if the logs can be shared. Meanwhile, i
am pasting relevant logs from RM.
MSI (s) (60:04) [15:50:59:190]: RESTART MANAGER: Will attempt to shut down and
restart applications in no UI modes.MSI (s) (60:04) [15:50:59:190]: RESTART
MANAGER: Did detect that a critical application holds file[s] in use, so a
reboot will be necessary.MSI (s) (60:04) [15:50:59:190]: Note: 1: 1610 MSI (s)
(60:04) [15:50:59:191]: RESTART MANAGER: The user chose to go on with the
installation, although a reboot will be required.........................Info
1903.Scheduling reboot operation: Deleting file C:\Config.Msi\28253a39.rbf.
Must reboot to complete operation.
I also see this at the end:
MSI (s) (60:B4) [15:51:30:422]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown.
Counter after increment: 0MSI (s) (60:B4) [15:51:30:422]: Note: 1: 1402 2:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts
3: 2 MSI (s) (60:B4) [15:51:30:424]: Note: 1: 2265 2: 3: -2147287035 MSI (s)
(60:B4) [15:51:30:434]: Note: 1: 1402 2:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts
3: 2 MSI (s) (60:B4) [15:51:30:435]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown.
If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied. Counter after decrement: -1MSI (s)
(60:B4) [15:51:30:435]: Post-install cleanup: removing installer file
'C:\Windows\Installer\6e05a.msi'MSI (s) (60:B4) [15:51:30:436]: Post-install
cleanup: removing installer folder
'C:\Windows\Installer\{A4567957-54CC-460C-860D-7477702586BF}\' (if empty)MSI
(s) (60:B4) [15:51:30:436]: Note: 1: 2318 2: MSI (s) (60:B4) [15:51:30:437]:
Destroying RemoteAPI object.MSI (s) (60:FC) [15:51:30:437]:
Custom Action Manager thread ending.MSI (c) (E8:DC) [15:51:30:440]:
Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be
denied. Counter after decrement: -1
Regards,Surya
> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:54:21 -0800
> From: phildgwil...@gmail.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Scheduling a system reboot on restart manager
> failure
>
> You may be able to use some combination of MSIRMSHUTDOWN and
> MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL to get the result you want. Having said that,
> you seem to be saying that MSI/RM is already scheduling a reboot if it
> doesn't shut things down properly, but that seems to be the problem
> you're trying to solve, so perhaps you could clarify why you seem to
> want to do what is already happening anyway. It's definitely worth
> investigating why those processes won't shut down nicely, and if they
> can integrate with RM and preserve their internal state.
>
> The ReplacedInUseFiles property might be what you need as an
> indication that a reboot is needed. I believe that when there is no UI
> the ScheduleReboot action does a reboot without asking (it is silent,
> after all) so a verbose log might be useful in the case that it
> appears a reboot is needed but doesn't happen.
> ---------------
> Phil Wilson
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Suryadeep Biswal
> <surya6...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I need some help with coordinating a system reboot with specific restart
> > manager error codes during a major upgrade of a MSI.To be more specific -
> > 1. Suppose "A.dll", a binary which is installed by the MSI (and is
> > upgraded by higher versions) is loaded into memory by several processes.2.
> > While performing a major upgrade to a MSI which contains a higher version
> > of A.dll, Restart manager tries to shutdown and restart all these
> > processes. In some cases I have seen this failing and a message from RM in
> > the installation logs stating that a reboot is needed. we are investigate
> > the cause for these failures but from what i have read, it can be happen
> > for cases where the process running on a different session or under a
> > different user credential.
> > What i would ideally like is to schedule a reboot in case restart manager
> > fails to shut down all the processes that are using any dll which is being
> > replaced. If there was a MSI property indicating the return code of Restart
> > Manager shutdown action, i could have simply used it, but i could not find
> > any such property. My goal is to avoid unnecessary reboots (thus discarding
> > the solution of reboot always). Is there a way to do it without duplicating
> > the Installer - Restart manager interaction code (in which case i can write
> > the error code into a WIX property)?
> > Please note that this is a silent upgrade and there are no UIs. Thanks for
> > any advice!
> > Regards,Surya
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