Hi looking to install software that has several prereqs: .NET, DB2 (or Oracle Client), then the application. Need to reboot after the .NET and DB2 (or Oracle client) before installing the application. I have specified a reboot within each of the prereq Tasks and locked the action setting. All 3 pieces have been bundled into a baseline (.NET, DB2 (or Oracle Client) and application) On deployment no reboots happening. Is there any way to reboot after each of the prereqs by using a baseline?
Thanks for any assistance!!
I had some problems with reboots in a baseline as well. What I ended up doing is creating a task where all it does is reboot via the “restart” actionscript command, then sticking that task wherever I needed it in the baseline. For example:
Uninstall Application X
Reboot
Install Application Y
Reboot
Good suggestion, the only “gotcha” is if the PC already has one or both of the prereqs it will be restarted twice before the application installs. Might be too much disruption to the endusers. Would prefer to include the restart requirement within each of the prereqs if possible. Thanks again for your suggestion!
That’s true. I did have this baseline only relevant to the devices that needed the update, so I didn’t have to consider that scenario.
Edit: Or really, I didn’t have any potentially “optional” prerequisites, which is really the key difference.
Challenge to BigFix: what’s the use of “locking” action settings if they don’t apply when a Task is part of a baseline…