akearins Posted September 15, 2015 Report post Posted September 15, 2015 Installing application on lab PC's and the download is 10GB x 33 devices so take a long time Is it possible to zip the download, unzip on completion and regular set up from ther top speed up the process Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4x0r Posted September 15, 2015 Report post Posted September 15, 2015 Not via standard Application and Package deployment methods (that I am aware of)...what you're talking about sounds like a pain though, because it would mean zipping up all your program installers, then creating a task sequence using "run command line" steps with the package as the source to unzip the file to a directory on the workstation, followed by another run command line step to kick off the installer from the files that have been unzipped. The problem you run into there is part of the reason CM made the move from Packages for application installation (in SCCM 2007) to their Applications model...very simply: detection methods. How do you know if the command line you just executed ACTUALLY install the software successfully? I would look at your client BITS settings and see if tweaking those helps...if it is set really low, then you might be able to open that up a little more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarthMJ Posted September 15, 2015 Report post Posted September 15, 2015 Why can't you create a zip with all the file and then create a batch file, VBS or PowerShell script to unzip and trigger the install? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4x0r Posted September 15, 2015 Report post Posted September 15, 2015 One giant zip might get tedious when you have application updates that need to get included for later iterations. It would probably be better (assuming you REALLY wanted to go the zip-copy-unzip-install route) to create individual zip packages to make updating them easier. It would also help with troubleshooting if something were to go wrong...but still...this seems like a lot of extra work, and you're losing application detection as well. Just my two cents Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarthMJ Posted September 16, 2015 Report post Posted September 16, 2015 I agree that I would not likely have one big ZIP (for 10GB package) but break it up into bigger chunks. (Maybe 100 MB zip) If done right the your will NOT loose the application detection Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4x0r Posted September 16, 2015 Report post Posted September 16, 2015 I'm assuming that means you're having to build that detection into your scripting, and then returning certain exit codes based on success or failure...is that what you mean? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarthMJ Posted September 17, 2015 Report post Posted September 17, 2015 So if the install is an MSI you can still us that detection for an Application. Yes you are right you will need to pass the exit code from the setup to the batch file, vbs, PowerShell, which in turn pass it to CM12. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
