@astrugatch So it sounds like you’re kicking off a script rather than using the fields within the FOG Snapin GUI, correct?

@astrugatch What’s your share access look like? No user/passwords necessary?

We can do that. It lives in the same folder as setup so would I reuse the FOG variable like so?

[FOG_SNAPIN_PATH]\setup.exe /configure [FOG_SNAPIN_PATH]\installOfficeBusRet32.xml

Although now that I think about it, it’d be great if I could modify this file as-needed without having to re-compress the folder.

Could I use something like this instead?

[FOG_SNAPIN_PATH]\setup.exe /configure \\myserver\share\installOfficeBusRet32.xml

and if so, do you have any suggestions on creating a share which the fog service could read from without authentication?

Created a snapin pack using the directions here but can’t get the Office Suite to install. It keeps failing the above error.

Tried placing the setup.exe file along with the config.xml file inside a folder called ODT. I then selected each item within that folder and created a .zip:

It was automatically named after the parent folder: ODT.zip:

To be clear, I did not zip up the ODT folder. I selected the files/folders within it and created a zipped file called ODT.zip.

I deployed the snapin pack, but it seems FOG is unable see the files:

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---------------------------------SnapinClient---------------------------------
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 7/18/2019 1:46 PM Client-Info Client Version: 0.11.16
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM Client-Info Client OS:      Windows
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM Client-Info Server Version: 1.5.5
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM Middleware::Response Success
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM SnapinClient Running snapin 5000 - Office 365 Offline Installation ver.07.2019.1
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM Middleware::Communication Download: http://fogserver/fog/service/snapins.file.php?mac=my_mac&taskid=24
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM SnapinClient C:\Program Files (x86)\FOG\tmp\ODT.zip
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM SnapinClient Processing SnapinPack ODT.zip
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM SnapinClient Extracting SnapinPack
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM Bus Emmiting message on channel: Notification
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM SnapinClient Starting snapin
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM SnapinClient ERROR: Could not run snapin
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM SnapinClient ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified
 7/18/2019 1:46 PM Middleware::Communication URL: http://fogserver/fog/service/snapins.checkin.php?taskid=24&exitcode=-1&mac=my_mac&newService&json
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A troubleshooting step was to insert “ODT” in the “Snapin Pack File” args but that also failed.

Possibly interesting is that when I edit the snapin pack, sometimes the Snapin Pack Template setting toggles back to:

- please select an option -

Here are my current settings:

The command is:

[FOG_SNAPIN_PATH]\setup.exe /configure installOfficeBusRet32.xml  

Any help appreciated!

On the Advanced Task page, this wording under All Snapins does not suggest only assigned snapins will be installed:

This option allows you to send all the snapins to host without imaging the computer...

could instead say:

This option allows you to send all the snapins which are assigned to the host without imaging the computer...

Also, to offer clearer indication to persons attempting to push snapins to an existing PC, add a pop-up or append to the existing “Host Update Success” popup a message such as:
Note: to deploy these snapins to an existing image with the FOG service running, click the "All Snapins" link under Basic Tasks -> Advanced to create the task.

@Sebastian-Roth Got it. Thank you very much!

@Sebastian-Roth Thank you! That was what I missed. I thought simply assigning the snapin to the client would deploy it. Makes sense now.
Is there a simple method to install certain snapins while skipping others? Say I have 22 snapins but only want to push 18 of them. Do I need to create 18 separate tasks or can I create a group of some snapins?

@Sebastian-Roth
Here’s the host-snapins page for this host showing that they are assigned:

Really not sure why there’s a disconnect between the host service and the FOG server. Did the included logs reveal anything interesting to you?

Thank you!

@Sebastian-Roth Yes it is checked. Didn’t make any major changes there.

@Sebastian-Roth said in How to monitor Snap-in activity:

associate the snapin

Oh I misread that as associate the FOG client to the host. Yes, the snapin is assigned to the hosts and they show up under “Snapin Membership” as expected.