Client Management Suite

i'm working with xp sp3 clients, i'm using cms 7.x

i'm pushing out a software packages--msi ,  msiexec /I "xxx.msi" /quiet   as the command line

when it's ran i get the error

" could not find a matching application in the app metering summary file for application details. "

any clue on this one? i have 5 of them to run and the first one ran without a problem.

Hi Redfox,

This is a case of log obsession...it is OK to have that "could not find.." error in the log.  It won't hurt anything.  I think it is due in part to having Windows Installer running multiple instances (one or two by SYSTEM, and another by the logged on user).

I thought by saying it was an error that it actually showed up as a red Error, not a blue warning or one of the informational, trace, or verbose levels.

What severity was this log item, Redfox?

I have seen these in my log (on NS 6) and they are Info-level messages.  Maybe it is graded higher (as warning or error) on 7.x, but regardless they are not important.

the pushes/software installs are failing and this only error showing in the logs, so no obsession here-that i know of.

the severity is 4

If you're installing software (e.g. Adobe Reader) on a client computer, and it fails, you won't find the reason in the Altiris logs.  Youi'll need to examine Windows event viewer for details.

I'd recommend copying the files to a local client and running your command without the /quiet statement, perhaps replacing it with /passive so that it runs without interaction, but alerts you if there's an error.  A likely cause is that it's running into an issue during the install, like a reboot required, a pre-requisite not installed, a service not running, an input required, a EULA to be agreed to, etc. etc.

ran the msi with passive switch and added the log file and i was able to find out what was going on

thanks for all the info.