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Robert@UVA 
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 Topic: Group Policy uninstall & installPosted: 27 Jun 2011 at 11:18am |
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Due to licensing issues, I need to uninstall older versions of IDF and then install the new version of IDF. It must be done this way as the automatic update function in IDF will cause the licensing of IDF to be lost. I would like to do this via Group Policy in Windows Server 2003 with 180 client machines. I want this process to be as automated as possible to minimize local machine user problems (unsure how to install/uninstall, etc...). Does IDF have the capability to install and uninstall via Group Policy & command line switches?
If so, what are those command line switches? Any example policies?
If not, any other solution?
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Robert G.
University of Virginia
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Posted: 27 Jun 2011 at 12:17pm |
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FAILED SOLUTION: See next message...
I think I may have found what I was looking for... I will have to test it. Any other possible solutions?
The Windows Installer, responsible for installing MSI packages, has a variety of installation and removal options. Many desktop management and deployment systems integrate directly with the Windows Installer to provide options for silent installation though though it may be necessary or desirable to invoke silent installation or removal of an MSI manually from the command line. The following command line will launch an MSI installation without displaying any user interface: msiexec /i IdentityFinder4-CompanyName.msi /qn Where "IdentityFinder4-CompanyName.msi" is the full path and name of the MSI. The "/qn" at the end of the command line instructs the Windows Installer to set the User Interface level to "No UI". For further command line options available from the Windows Installer, please review the official Microsoft documentation. Edited by Robert@UVA - 28 Jun 2011 at 11:59am |
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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 12:06pm |
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The use of msiexec is a FAILED solution unless I figure out GUID's for uninstall...
Since the installed endpoint version now differs from the installation .msi version (online updates), the use of msiexec.exe /x to uninstall fails due to differing versions of Identity Finder.
So I am back to square one again: How to uninstall an old version and install a new version using Group Policy of Server 2003.
Other Departments are using "Console" to do these functions (from what I am told, but not sure if they need to do what I need to do), and I am investigating it and the license requirements for it. I see University of Virginia (my employer) is listed on the Identity Finder web site as one of their "educational" customers, so I hope someone somewhere has a solution for this... So far I have not found any solution or advice...
Is there not an Identity Finder technician that looks at these forums and answers them when applicable?
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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 2:11pm |
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This forum "User Discussions and Community Support" is not monitored by the Identity Finder support Team. Please feel free to open a support ticket at http://support.identityfinder.com
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Posted: 12 Jul 2011 at 11:28am |
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My final solution to this was simple... I don't have to uninstall at all, it seems, as the new v.5 does an UPDATE of any older version and the SILENT install works flawlessly. We will now be running the upgrade install via Group Policy... The simple command we use is:
msiexec /i [IDF path & file name] /qn
Hope that helps others who need to do what I was tasked to do...
Robert
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Its an informative topic. It help me very much to solve some problems. Thanks.
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UPDATE 5/29/2012: While the below INSTALL works via GPO (Group Policy), I have learned that doing this method WILL NOT OVERWRITE old configuration options with the configuration options contained in the new version being deployed.
This means that any installation with INCORRECT configurations from a previous version will KEEP those incorrect configurations into the new version. This makes for a department-wide nightmare for me, as some people see different screens and/or have different scan options enabled, so creating instructions for users is a huge challenge, as some see different things at different points in the instructions.
The most aggravating is the UPDATE window that many get, as their older version had the "look for updates" enabled, and when they update from the IDF website, it removes the wierd registration scheme UVa has, and their version of IDF is no longer registered, forcing me to MANUALLY go to their machine and manually uninstall IDF and re-install the UVa version of IDF. Major time-wasting PiTA...
I have yet to find a way to UNINSTALL IDF completely via GPO, including USER OPTIONS & CONFIGURATIONS, so that a clean, properly configured version of IDF can them be installed via GPO. If anyone has this answer, please reply and share your methods...
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