KACE Product Support

Thought I'd share something I needed to call support on yesterday, since one of my postinstallation tasks needed a reboot prior to running and by default the C:\KACE folder gets wiped on the final reboot. Currently no KB on this and I didn't see much here in the forums, so hopefully this can help someone.

John
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Facilitate rebooting between postinstallation tasks without clearing C:\KACE folder during scripted install
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Postinstallation Tasks

1) Reboot
2) Buffer for Reboot
3) Sleep

* Put tasks in this order prior to postinstallation task that requires a reboot prior to run/install.
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1) Reboot

Name Reboot
Type BAT Script
Runtime Envir Windows

BAT Script shutdown -r -t 05 -f
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2) Buffer for Reboot

Name Buffer for Reboot
Type BAT Script
Runtime Envir Windows

BAT Script ping loopback -n 60
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3) Sleep

Name Sleep
Type Application
Runtime Envir Windows
File ksleep32.exe

Command Line ksleep32.exe 60


* note - separate EXEs for x86 and x64:

* for x86, copy ksleep.exe from \\ikbox\peinst\winpe_build\x86\windows\system32
and rename to ksleep32.exe prior to creating Postinstallation Task

* for x64, copy ksleep.exe from \\ikbox\peinst\winpe_build\amd64\windows\system32
and rename to ksleep64.exe prior to creating Postinstallation Task
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solution provided by Gerald Mack
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2011-12-21 - jv