Windows XP Sysprep and PreAgentPkg_AgentComplete.exe Install

Question

Hi,
had anyone a successfull Windows XP Sysprep Installation where the ZCM Agent was succesfull unattent installed?
We got the Problem, after the sysprep Process the running minisetup calls cmdline.txt with this batchfile to install the Novellclient and ZCM Pre Agent
novell.cmd
REM install Novell Client and ZEN7 or ZCM Agent
c:\admin\novell\client\setupnw /u:unattend.txt
c:\admin\novell\zcm\PreAgentPkg_AgentComplete.exe
REM msiexec /i c:\admin\novell\\zen\ZFDAgent.msi /passive ADDLOCAL=ALL
But the ZCM Agent will not be correct installed, because it looks it stops the installation after extracting the Files from the File PreAgentPkg_AgentComplete.exe into the Directory c:\windows\novell\zenworks\stage and then returned back to the minisetup process and will not install the files further.
How can we avoid this, or how can we install the extracted files correctly with a second batch/command or such?
thx
Thomas

Answer 1

On 02.09.2011 15:36, sgardiner wrote:
>
> I created an 'AutoIt' (http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/) to
> perform the install as in AutoIT you can check for a running process.
> The code I used was from a CoolSolution article "Migrating from Zenworks
> 7 to ZCM". I tweaked slightly as we are using registration keys, I put
> the key I wanted to use into the registry and then read this key back in
> the Autoit. That way the autoit doesn't need to be changed for each
> location we have. The basic script is attached below.
>
> the important bit
>
> ; Run the installation
> RunWait('"c:\admin\novell\zcm\PreAgentPkg_AgentCom plete.exe" -x -q')
> ;RunAsWait($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 1,
> '"c:\admin\novell\zcm\PreAgentPkg_AgentComplete.ex e" -x -q',
> @SystemDir)
> ; Need to pause execution of script until installation completes
> ProcessWait("ZENPreAgent.exe")
> ProcessWaitClose("ZENPreAgent.exe")
>
> Other people are probably using powershells and checking for process
> that way.
>
> If you need further info please say.
>
>
Cool, thank you for your Info.
But i have to say, HEY NOVELL, fix this or make it easier to deploy!
What a mess...
Thomas