Description
Sometimes when pushing a repair task to install patches or a feature build of Windows 10, certain processes need to be enabled or disabled or other actions taken in order for the repair to complete successfully. This document discusses one of the ways that you can accomplish this by bundling a repair task with a script or other tool that will run before the repair task.
This document assumes the following prerequisites:
- You have a basic understanding of repair tasks and distribution packages.
- You have a script or other tool to use that has been tested for proper funcionality outside of EPM.
- Your script or tool is in a location accessible to the core.
Also, please make sure to test this against a development machine before trying this in your production environment as Ivanti is not responsible for any custom scripts or other tools that are added as a part of the following steps.
Overview
- Select the definitions or other packages in Tools > Security and Compliance that you would like to install on your client machine, right click, and select to repair. If you are repairing a Feature Update for Windows 10, please make sure to check out this guide How To Upgrade Windows 10 Versions Using Ivanti Patch Manager .
2. Save your repair task unscheduled with your desired configuration. You will be able to access this task in the Scheduled tasks section.
3. Go to Tools > Distribution > Distribution Packages.
4. In the Distribution Packages window, right click on either My packages, Content Packages, Public Packages, or All Packages and select a New Windows package.
5. Select the type of tool that you would like to use before your repair task. For the purposes of this example, we will be using a batch file that disables services on the system.
6. Name your batch file in the properties then search for your batch file under the Package Information section. After that, you can further configure your package or hit Save. This will create a new batch file distribution package.
7. In the Distribution Packages area, follow the same steps as step 4, except this time select a new Package Bundle. Once you have created a New Package Bundle, double click it to open the properties.
8. Name your new distribution package then click on Bundle Package Settings.
9. Expand My packages or Public Packages (Depending on where you saved your batch file in step 6) and find your batch file or other tool that you created. After finding the package, hit the >> button to add it to your bundle.
10. Expand My packages or Public Packages and find the repair task you created in step 2. Hit the >> button to add it to your bundle.
11. After you have added both your tool and the repair task, save your bundle. Note that the order that the steps in the bundle are executed will be the order that they are listed in the Bundle package settings.
12. Select your bundle and click the calendar button with the Green plus sign to schedule it.
13. Configure and add machines to your bundle task like you normally would do to a normal repair task then schedule and run the task.
