FOG - Single Snappin
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Server
- FOG Version: 1.4.2
- OS: Kubuntu
Client
- Service Version: Legacy Client
- OS: Windows 10
Description
Hello,
I currently use FOG to deploy Windows 10 to my machines and have been very successful. I was trying to get fancy and use the snappin’s feature to start deploying applications as well. I was trying to install a program called Team Mate using the single snappins feature. If I understand this correctly it will take the installer file, as well as the batch file and place them in the fog temp folder, and will then preform a silent install. It says the task was completed but the program was not installed on the machine. I was wondering if there are any type of instructions, or if someone could walk me through setting up this single snapin. Thanks for all your help and hard work!
Michael S
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@msaglioc99 said in FOG - Single Snappin:
Team Mate
Does the team mate software have a client installer? If so is it an .exe or .msi file?
Do you know if this software supports unattended installation? This typically has a series of command line switches when the installer is started to complete the install without asking the IT admin any questions.
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@msaglioc99 What I think you are showing me is the installer for teammate. That really doesn’t answer my question. Lets try it this way.
Open a command window to where the installer application is. We want the installer .exe file. Once you are in that directory key in the name of the installer and then place /? at the end. The hope is that the installer may tell us the command line switches needed for a silent install.
i.e.
TeamMate_R11.0.2_desktop.exe /?I just made that up since I don’t know your software. -
@george1421 If that doesn’t give us any command line switches then you might try to guess with
TeamMate_R11.0.2_desktop.exe /silent
TeamMate_R11.0.2_desktop.exe /s
TeamMate_R11.0.2_desktop.exe /verysilent
TeamMate_R11.0.2_desktop.exe /quiet
Hoping that one of those switches will tell the installer to install with just the default settings. -
The icon shown in that image indicates the installer was created with InstallShield; which usually supports silent installation with /s or -s. May need to create a response file too.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/framework/GC32-0804-00/en_US/HTML/instgu25.htm
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Thank You guys for all your help! I’m very new at this… So bare with me. I watched a video uploaded by the Fog Project on Youtube demonstrating how snappin packets work they were installing Google Chrome and I tried to replicate this process. I was able to see the files go into the zip folder, and the computer did restart but the software was not successfully installed. This is what I currently have.
The installer (the screenshot I sent you of it’s properties) and a batch file are both in a zip file which was then uploaded to Fog. Here is what the batch file contains.
msiexec /i “C:\Program Files (86)\FOG\tmp\test-pack\TeamMate_R11.0.2_Desktop” /quiet
Is there something that needs to be changed in the batch script to make this file install? Or do you think it’s how I am uploading the file to FOG using the snappins feature. I will send you a screenshot of those setting as well.
Sorry if this is really confusing! and thank you for all your help!
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@msaglioc99 said in FOG - Single Snappin:
TeamMate_R11.0.2_Desktop
So this file is an msi? (You may need to turn on show known extensions in Windows).
If this is the case there is a template already created in the snapins for this. There is no need for the extra batch file unless you are doing extra stuff in the batch file.
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Here is what it looks like when I upload it to FOG Please let me know if the batch file needs to be changed or if any of these settings need to be changed as well. Or if there is an easier way to deploy this program?
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@george1421 So what exactly needs to be changed to make this work? How should I approcach this?
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@msaglioc99 One warning, I don’t use snapins, so I’m only guessing at the structure. But based on the other tools I use this should be consistent.
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@msaglioc99 Hint: User the snapin template of MSI, if you are trying to deploy a msi file.
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@george1421 You would use a snapin verses the snapin packet? Also just upload the installer not the zip file with the installer and batch file?
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@msaglioc99 A snapin pack would be used if you need to send multiple files to the target computer. But if you are only installing a single msi file then you can send that one directly. NO need to zip anything, just upload your msi and use the msi template.
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Okay I replicated the screenshots you sent me and I am going to try this. I’ll let you know what happens! Thank You!
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@msaglioc99 I would use a snapin pack if, for example I needed to deploy a MSI, but then also deploy a preconfigured .INI file with the configurations for the application. So in this example I would create a batch file (like you did) and then include the MSI and the INI in the snapin pack. I would then make fog call the batch file to install the msi and then copy the INI file to the proper location.
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@msaglioc99 You should find out if that TeamMate_R11.0.2_Desktop file is a .EXE or .MSI file, because the msi template is for .msi files only. The icon you showed us might indicate its a .exe and not a .msi.
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@george1421 Okay so how can I go about finding this out? What I sent you was by right clicking on the file and then just viewing the properties.
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@msaglioc99 In windows you need to change your view properties to show you know file extensions. I use a linux laptop so I can’t give you a step by step on how to enable this.
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Okay I just deployed that file to a target computer using the settings / screenshots you sent me and I was able to see the installer go into the TMP folder and the computer rebooted and said the software was successfully installed but still no software…
