Can Ghost install . MSP through the "Distribute Software" Job. I cannot get it to run. I get error 193 installing package. I can successfully install .msi and .exe from the same directory. I also do not understand what is supposed to go into the "Package Options" Filed on the distributre software wizard.
Hi MannPAC,
This article will help you: What would the command line be for installing a .msp (patch) file?
http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO6659
This article was written for Deployment Solution 6.9 which is now the Ghost Solution 3.0.
Regards,
Fábio Sanches
When i run the .cmd script msiexec /update "Network Path\msipatch.msp" /qb locally from the command prompt of a client computer the install is successfull. When i run it as a job it never installs successfully or fails? I waited 20 minutes (install should take 4-5 minutes) and it is still running. Do i need to add @ECHO on or off? Do i need to add an :exit command to the script in the ghost 3.0 console job properties? I imported the .cmd script but i am unsure why it is not working or at least failing with an error. HELP!
While i was waiting for the script to succees or fail i check the task manager and nothing is installing. I go to the c:\windows\temp folder and i can see the script that is supposed to be running but it is not. I can launch the script and successfully install it, but the client never reports back any success or failure, what am i doing wrong here?
I changed the script to run as the local user on the client system and it seems to have worked. Any idea what account the script was running with before?
You could try using a job with two tasks:
1) Copy File to.. (to copy the msp install file to a temporary folder in the target computer)
2) Run Script...
Please let us know the results,
Hi mannPAC,
By default (Run Script.. task) runs with local system account.
All i did was add the local user credentials (domain user credentials) to the job and it worked.Why would the default (local system account) not have worked?
