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Install msi files in sequence

alan.dunne

I need to install 5 msi files but they need to be installed in order.

Is this something I can do through patch manager, I can't see an option where I can do this

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LGarvin

There are three ways you can approach this:

Explicitly deploy them in the order of installation required.

Bundle them as a single MSI which calls them as subordinate MSIs, somewhat how Office does an installation.

Script their installation as PackageBoot(tm) rules with the 2nd thru 5th MSIs as PostInstallation steps, all conditional on the success of the previous.

alan.dunne

Bundle them as a single MSI which calls them as subordinate MSIs, somewhat how Office does an installation.

Is there instructions on how to do this

Script their installation as PackageBoot(tm) rules with the 2nd thru 5th MSIs as PostInstallation steps, all conditional on the success of the previous.

How do I do this?

LGarvin

Bundle them as a single MSI which calls them as subordinate MSIs, somewhat how Office does an installation.
Is there instructions on how to do this

Probably... somewhere... likely on the Microsoft TechNet or MSDN site.

I'm not a Windows Installer subject matter expert, just a user of the end product. :-)

Script their installation as PackageBoot(tm) rules with the 2nd thru 5th MSIs as PostInstallation steps, all conditional on the success of the previous.
How do I do this?

Starting point for using PackageBoot(tm)

http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/patchman/#SPMAG_CreatingSoftwarePackages.htm#_Toc351629209

Also...

Package Creation Fundamentals | thwack

http://www.thwack.com/docs/DOC-173414

Please understand that what you're proposing to do is NOT a simple task; in fact, I'd evaluate it as a fairly Advanced task.