Is there a way to use a script dependency heavier than 2GB in K1000?

Question

Hello guys, I have decided to use scripts instead of managed installations for software deployment since it seems much more comfortable to have the "Run Now" button and the "Run Now Status" view, however there are some pieces of software like Adobe CS6 which require really heavy dependencies. The question is, is there a way to load those heavy dependencies on scripts?

For managed installations I used to load them to client drop share on the server and after that selecting it from the dropdown but I believe that can't be done with scripts.

is there a workaround or something I might be missing?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Accepted Answer

In reply to my own question and in case someone may find this useful, this is the workaround I found to address my needs.

This will require the targeted device to have 7zip (x64) installed (Because of the path I used, if you have x86 version use the path C:\Program Files (x86) or whatever drive you are planning to use).

If you want you could also install 7zip on the targeted pc in the same script.

you will need to part the 2GB+ file into smaller parts of let's say 1GB each using 7zip which will create XXX.zip.001 kind of files. Make sure you compress them in Zip format using normal compression since K1000 does not recognize further compression methods.

Once you have those files you can create the script but make sure not to upload the dependencies right away. First hit the save button then open the script and upload 1 dependency file, then click save, and repeat as many times as dependencies you have. If you try to upload more than 1 dependency file in one run you will get an error since you would be trying to upload 2GB or more in the same run.

That said here is one of my scripts. I tired to use screenshots but I can't make them look clear enough.

Basically you copy the ziped files and use command prompt to unzip the file instead of letting K1000 do it on its own.

Configure

Name: (required)

Enabled

Type:

Online KScript

Online KScript Online Shell Script Offline KScript

Status:

Production

Production Draft Template Example

Description:

Dependencies

AdobeCCIllustratorWin.zip.001

AdobeCCIllustratorWin.zip.002

New Dependency…

Task 1

Attempts:
On Failure:	Break Continue

Verify

Launch “$(KACE_SYS_DIR)\cmd.exe” with params “/c ”C:\Program Files\7-zip\7z.exe“ x $(KACE_DEPENDENCY_DIR)\AdobeCCIllustratorWin.zip.001 -o$(KACE_DEPENDENCY_DIR)”.
Launch “$(KACE_DEPENDENCY_DIR)\AdobeCCIllustratorWin\Build\Setup.exe” with params “--silent”.

Reorder | Add…

On Success

Launch “$(KACE_SYS_DIR)\cmd.exe” with params “/c rmdir $(KACE_DEPENDENCY_DIR) /s /q”.
Log “Installation Succeded” to “status”.
Create a message window named “Success” with title “Installation Success”, message “Software successfully installed” and timeout “60” seconds.

Reorder | Add…

Remediation

Launch “$(KACE_SYS_DIR)\cmd.exe” with params “/c rmdir $(KACE_DEPENDENCY_DIR) /s /q”.
Log “Installation Failed” to “status”.
Create a message window named “Error” with title “Installation Error”, message “Software installation has encountered an error, please contact Service Desk” and timeout “60” seconds.
Edit
Always Fail.

I hope someone finds this useful, as basic as it seems it took me some time to shape this.

One more note, you only need to target the first dependency file while decompressing, the other parts will be looked for automatically by 7zip.

Sorry for the poor redaction, English is not my native language.

If you have any questions about this method fell free to ask and I will reply as soon as I am able.

Regards.

Answer

You can modify your script to install off of an existing server share:

net use x: \\server\share /user:domain\user password

start /wait X:\install.exe

Something like that. Your script could be as simple as bundling those commands into a batch file. If you get fancy with errorlevel commands you could even have some nice logging.