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    CMD or Batch snapins are not working! I have no more idea.

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    • ThiagoT
      Thiago
      last edited by

      Try runas.exe /savecred /user:your-admin-user in your cmd file or in fog snapin config (eg. runas calling cmd)
      *not tested.

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        A Former User @Tom Elliott
        last edited by A Former User

        @Tom-Elliott

        yes, the VM_classroom Folder does already exist. So I don’t have to make the folder with the script.

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          A Former User @Tom Elliott
          last edited by

          @Tom-Elliott
          We make different learning course and not everyone needs a VM. For this reason, we want the batch script as snapin. Thats the easiest way for us I think.

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            A Former User @Tom Elliott
            last edited by

            @Tom-Elliott

            I have another script in the startup folder, which mounts the Z: drive after a (re-)boot.

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            • J
              jbsclm Developer
              last edited by jbsclm

              There are a couple of thing to understand about mapped drives and processes running as the system account.

              1. A mapped drive only exists in the process which maps it, so mapping it a startup script will not make it available to later processes. You need to always refer to the share by its UNC path.
              2. You will need to ensure that the share you are trying to access has read and execute permission set for “domain computers” , the client system account belongs to this group.
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              • Wayne WorkmanW
                Wayne Workman @A Former User
                last edited by Wayne Workman

                @Reto said:

                14.01.2016 10:01 FOG::SnapinClient Installation returned with code: 1

                1 means it error’d out.

                You need output recording to figure out what’s wrong…

                @echo off
                xcopy "\\172.16.224.177\Public\VM_Classroom\*.*" "%SystemDrive%\Users\TEC\Desktop\VM_Classroom" /y /d /e /c /i /f /h /k /v /s >> %temp%\vm_copy_output.log
                IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO failed
                echo VM successfully copied. >> %temp%\vm_copy_output.log
                goto startvm
                :failed
                  echo Error. >> %temp%\vm_copy_output.log
                goto end
                pause
                :startvm
                cd "C:\Users\TEC\Desktop\VM" >> %temp%\vm_copy_output.log
                for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b/s') do if /i "%%~xa"==".vmx" start %%a
                  timeout /t 15 >> %temp%\vm_copy_output.log
                taskkill /F /IM vmware.exe >> %temp%\vm_copy_output.log
                :end
                
                

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                  jbsclm Developer @Wayne Workman
                  last edited by

                  @Wayne-Workman another thing to be aware of is that when you run as the system account, you won’t get the full environment that a normal process would get. It would be better to state a local path in full, rather than rely on environment variables, particularly in the case of %temp%

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                  • Wayne WorkmanW
                    Wayne Workman @jbsclm
                    last edited by

                    @jbsclm Noted.

                    @reto set the output path to whatever you need. I changed it to C:\vm_copy_output.log Here at work, I have my output redirected to hidden read/write network shares, and I name the files with the %computername% variable usually.

                    @echo off
                    xcopy "\\172.16.224.177\Public\VM_Classroom\*.*" "%SystemDrive%\Users\TEC\Desktop\VM_Classroom" /y /d /e /c /i /f /h /k /v /s >> c:\vm_copy_output.log
                    IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO failed
                    echo VM successfully copied. >> c:\vm_copy_output.log
                    goto startvm
                    :failed
                      echo Error. >> c:\vm_copy_output.log
                    goto end
                    pause
                    :startvm
                    cd "C:\Users\TEC\Desktop\VM" >> c:\vm_copy_output.log
                    for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b/s') do if /i "%%~xa"==".vmx" start %%a
                      timeout /t 15 >> c:\vm_copy_output.log
                    taskkill /F /IM vmware.exe >> c:\vm_copy_output.log
                    :end
                    

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                      A Former User @Wayne Workman
                      last edited by

                      @Wayne-Workman Thank you a lot! 👍

                      I can deploy your batch file successfully. And the log file is also created under 😄 Drive
                      I used “😄 \ windows \ system32 \ cmd.exe” and argument “C /”.

                      All files from the public share are now on my desktop in the folder VM_Classroom.

                      But unfortunately the VM does not start. It only copies the files.

                      These are the last few lines of the log file:

                      \172.16.224.177\Public\VM_Classroom\10500_VM1_BIv4_BigData\caches\GuestAppsCache\launchMenu\version -> C:\Users\TEC\Desktop\VM\10500_VM1_BIv4_BigData\caches\GuestAppsCache\launchMenu\version
                      173 File(s) copied
                      VM successfully copied.

                      Waiting for 15 seconds, press a key to continue …14  13  12  11  10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0
                      SUCCESS: The process “vmware.exe” with PID 4960 has been terminated.

                      It looks like the script skips the step where it should go to the VM.

                      hmmm do you see maybe an other mistake?

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                      • Wayne WorkmanW
                        Wayne Workman @A Former User
                        last edited by

                        @Reto I’m not sure about that… That’s all specific to your site and I have zero experience doing what you’re doing specifically.

                        Best I can tell you is to use the output redirection to your advantage, and test your commands manually. Surely it can be done - but past this I can’t really help.

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                          A Former User @Wayne Workman
                          last edited by

                          @Wayne-Workman

                          All right. Thank you very much for the help! 👍
                          I saw that when I run the file locally, it copies and starts the VM as it should.
                          I have to find out why that its not work when I’m using snapins.

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                            A Former User
                            last edited by

                            Hey guys its me again,

                            I guess I could track down the problem.

                            The batch file copies all files from the server (172.16.224.177) to the VM_Classroom folder. But when the batch file should open the VM, a new window of “Interactive Services Detection” starts instead.
                            When I press “View the Message”, I see the VMware interface, which opens the VM. And after 15 seconds, the window closes again, just like it says in the batch file.

                            Thus, I can say that the batch file works, but the VM is launched in Windows interactive service. When I close the window, the VM is not running in the VMware SW.

                            How can I solve this problem?

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                            • Wayne WorkmanW
                              Wayne Workman @A Former User
                              last edited by

                              @Reto Fog snapins must run silently. This is because they could run while the computer is not logged in, while it’s logged in but locked, overnight, etc. There can be no visual output attempted from a snapin. You need to figure out how to make your script totally silent - and that might mean using a different method in the script. Don’t think about making it work as it is now, think about what is acceptable and what can work.

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                                A Former User
                                last edited by

                                @Wayne-Workman Thank you! I will try to convert the batch to an .exe file.

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