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I am looking for a script / batch file for installation of the ZENworks agent without reboot of the workstation.
I am just updating from ZfD 7 SP1 ir3a to ir4 and if I install it manually and start the ZENworks services after install everything is still operational without reboot.
However if I install the agent with a ZENworks application package it always needs a reboot to activate the ZENworks services again - especially the Workstation-Manager
I tried it with pre- and post launch and distribution scripts, and with batch file installation. Everytime when the Workstation-Manager stops the installation ends but the post-scripts and batch processing stops as well. It always requires a reboot to activated the Agent again - or a manual start of the Workstation-Manager service.
I need to find just a way to call a batch file after the MSIEXEC process finishes in order to perform a "net start Workstation-manager".
The difference to other invoronments might be, that the Application is assigned to the Workstations instead to the users like in most other environments.
Thanks for your ideas, Klaus

Answer 1

Well .... [toot horn]
This is a link to a script I wrote in AutoIt that I used for many ZfD6 - 7 deployments. Was very successfully in getting the agent out and you run it from the login script.
Zenworks 4x - 7.x Workstation Agent Automated Deployment - Novell: ZENworks FAQ - Tek-Tips
I didn't write it to do a removal of the agent, but would be simple enough to be added. On the same forum site, in the Zen FAQ's I also posted the source code for the script I have been using to do ZCM deployments. In it has the code you would need to add to facilitate the uninstall of the agent so you can do a reinstall.
Originally Posted by Croaker
You may need put *everything* in a single batch file.
I.e. app copies the zfdagent.msi to the workstation (it won't work off a
server, because as soon as you stop the workstation helper/manger, the
workstation will lose the ability to install from the network)
Then executes the batch file
The batch file stops the zenworks services, unloads the NAL (may not be
necessary, not sure if the msi will do this)
Batch file then installs the ZFD agent with the noreboot option.
batch file restarts each service
Problem will be the batch file really can't re-start the nal correctly.
Since the batch file will be running under the SYSTEM scope, anything it
launches will be under that scope too (ie.. the NAL), so when it loads, it
wouldn't see any user-based apps.
>>> On 7/1/2009 at 10:36 AM, in message
<[email protected]>,
dgibbons<[email protected]> wrote:
> I would like to echo your question. I have a problem right now in
> whichupgrading the agents from ZfD 7 SP1 ir3a to ir4 will break the agent
> andthe only way I can recover is to manually uninstall the agent,
> rebootand reinstall with ir4. I have not yet been successful in scripting
> it(but then I am not that smart when it comes to scripting either) so
> ifanyone has a good solution I too am very much wanting a method
> thatworks. Thanks
> Darcy--
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