ENGL Support

Issue

If "Copy log file" is defined in a project's post-build tasks along with a rename of the local Administrator account then the log file copy may fail to copy to a network share.

This occurs because the credentials used to connect to the network location have been changed in phase4 prior to the copy log file task running.

Requirements

• Imaging Toolkit build configured with:
  • Copy Log file to network location
  • Rename of local Administrator account
  • Deployment Monitor is not available
    
    

Solution

Configure a phase4-before.vbs script to authenticate to the network location where the log file is being copied to.

Procedure

1. Update phase4-before.vbs script file

   • Launch Build Console
     
     
   • Open your project xml file
     
     
   • Select "Expert View"
     
     
   • Select "Customisations" | "Custom Files"
     
     
   • Right click on phase4-before.vbs - then select "Edit"
     
     
   • Update the file to reflect the following changes.
     
     
     • If credentials are to be specified to authenticate to the network location then update the script below to include the network share details and appropriate credentials
       
       

       ' ENGL Imaging Toolkit
       ' Copyright (C) 1999-2017 Expert Networking Group Limited
       
       ' Custom script template (phase4-before.vbs)
       
       ' Attach to ENGL Ztoolkit ActiveX Control
       Set LDAP= CreateObject("ENGL.Ztoolkit.LDAP")
       Set Utils= CreateObject("ENGL.Ztoolkit.Utils")
       Set ZENworks= CreateObject("ENGL.Ztoolkit.ZENworks")
       
       ' Set ZISD Version
       ZENworks.ZISDVersion = 11
       
       
       utils.appendlog "Authenticating to network share for log file copy"
       utils.run "%comspec% /c net use \\<server>\<share> /user:<username> <password> >> c:\ztoolkit\ztoolkit.log",0,true
       

       
       
       
     • If the logged in user credentials are to be used to authenticate to the network location then update the script below to include the network share details
       
       

       ' ENGL Imaging Toolkit
       ' Copyright (C) 1999-2017 Expert Networking Group Limited
       
       ' Custom script template (phase4-before.vbs)
       
       ' Attach to ENGL Ztoolkit ActiveX Control
       Set LDAP= CreateObject("ENGL.Ztoolkit.LDAP")
       Set Utils= CreateObject("ENGL.Ztoolkit.Utils")
       Set ZENworks= CreateObject("ENGL.Ztoolkit.ZENworks")
       
       ' Set ZISD Version
       ZENworks.ZISDVersion = 11
       
       
       utils.appendlog "Authenticating to network share for log file copy"
       utils.run "%comspec% /c net use \\<server>\<share> >> c:\ztoolkit\ztoolkit.log",0,true
       

       
       
       
   • Save the changes to the phase4-before.vbs script
     
     
   • Run the Deployment Wizard then recreate the build process image (ztoolkit.zmg)
     
     
   • Copy the updated ztoolkit.zmg file to the appropriate location on the imaging server
     
     

2. Test

   • Test the updated build process to confirm it is completing and that the log file is now copying successfully at the end of phase 4.