I was trying to work out today why some of my snapins weren’t working for FOG. One issue I came across was to do with an MSI file. Although it deploys, the following text from fog.log seems to indicate that the MSI\u00a0isn’t a valid application.<\/p>\n
\u00a004\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient Snapin Found:
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ID: 2458
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RunWith:
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RunWithArgs:
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Name: PCCAL
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Created: 2014-11-04 13:14:10
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Args:
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reboot: No
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient Starting FOG Snapin Download
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient Download complete.
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient Starting FOG Snapin Installation.
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient The specified executable is not a valid Win32 application.
\n04\/11\/2014 14:00 FOG::SnapinClient\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithCreateProcess(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
\nat FOG.SnapinClient.startWatching()<\/p><\/blockquote>\nNow, snapins have worked fine when using the steps linked to in this post, which use a self-extracting executable file to package the snapin. However, for MSI files, you seem to have to modify your snapin to do the following:<\/p>\n
Snapin run with:<\/strong> msiexec (you don’t seem to need the full path to its location on your system)
\nSnapin run with arguements:<\/strong> \/i (needed, otherwise things just hang)
\nSnapin arguments:<\/strong> \/qn (or \/quiet)<\/p>\nThis runs msiexec<\/em> as an installation (\/i) with no UI (\/qn, but \/quiet seems to work just as well.). Finally, the MSI\u00a0now works! So, self-extracting executables don’t need to be run with anything nor do any arguments need to be specified, but MSI installers\u00a0do<\/em>!
\nFog Client settings change<\/p>\nWhilst testing snapins, I was finding the 5 minute delay a bit too much. Its actually 307 seconds, as specified in the config.ini file located in your FOG installation directory on each desktop (e.g. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\FOG\\etc). Find the references to 307 and replace them with something else if you want the checkin time to be less – I changed it to 10 seconds so I could test things much faster. You can also expand the log file size – I changed it to 100KB but you can go much higher as, after that limit is reached, it will just be deleted anyway. Some guides online have suggested a .dll recompile for the relevant services – but it can just be changed in the config. Which is probably better. Safer\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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