Rerun different version of program

[YiannosG]

I was wandering if there is a way to force an advertisement to re run if the program is on different version.

 

For example the other day i created and advertisement to deploy a software update and after a half day i got a note that i needed to run an updated version since they had made a last minute changes. When i replaced the file and updated my DPs my program got noted down as version 2.

The advertisement was marked to rerun if failed. Now since it was running for half a day, some users got the advertisement. Those users i am not able to run the version 2 since it got marked as program will not rerun due to already being installed. I was able to see that users where downloading the version 2 and that the advertisement got updated to version 2 but i couldn't rerun it on the ones that already got the file.

 

Any thoughts?

[Eswar Koneti]

I was wandering if there is a way to force an advertisement to re run if the program is on different version.

 

For example the other day i created and advertisement to deploy a software update and after a half day i got a note that i needed to run an updated version since they had made a last minute changes. When i replaced the file and updated my DPs my program got noted down as version 2.

The advertisement was marked to rerun if failed. Now since it was running for half a day, some users got the advertisement. Those users i am not able to run the version 2 since it got marked as program will not rerun due to already being installed. I was able to see that users where downloading the version 2 and that the advertisement got updated to version 2 but i couldn't rerun it on the ones that already got the file.

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

Is your advertisement is configured on recurring scheduled basis ? If the advertisement is not configured on a schedule, then clients will not rerun, regardless of "always rerun" setting. However, this is only true if you have never changed the execution time. For example, if the advert's mandatory assignment was originally configured to execute at this time and , then you changed it to run at after some time , then all clients targetted will absolutely rerun. And all will redownload the install files.

 

Just try this way .

 

you can use right click tools from here: http://myitforum.com...lick-tools.aspx

[YiannosG]

So you say that if i have it on Logon to run and change it now to rerun every 4 hours lets say, the new version will be installed on the ones that had the first version? will try...

[Eswar Koneti]

So you say that if i have it on Logon to run and change it now to rerun every 4 hours lets say, the new version will be installed on the ones that had the first version? will try...

 

 

Yes,if you make the advertisement on scheduled baisis(recurring) ,next policy interval it should install the New version of it .

(SMS ITMU Patching will follows the same.SMS 2003 clients sync with Latest Cab file (WSUSSCN2.CAB) when there will be a change in it then version will get updated to new and client will run scanwrapper.exe to report to SMS which patches are required ,Not required etc )

[YiannosG]

Yes,if you make the advertisement on scheduled baisis(recurring) ,next policy interval it should install the New version of it .

(SMS ITMU Patching will follows the same.SMS 2003 clients sync with Latest Cab file (WSUSSCN2.CAB) when there will be a change in it then version will get updated to new and client will run scanwrapper.exe to report to SMS which patches are required ,Not required etc )

 

Hmm doesnt seem to work