B.2 Applications

The Migrate failed MSI builds option forces application migration when the utility fails to migrate one or more attributes to the MSI.

An MSI bundle is considered to be failed when a warning is produced while converting an AOT Application object to an MSI. These bundles can often be migrated successfully in spite of the warning. For example, the warning might be produced because a Windows shortcut link contained in the AOT is no longer valid.

If you enable this option, the warning messages are not presented. You can review the migration log for information on what attributes were not migrated.

The Preserve Created MSI and Temporary Files option means the application is created and migrated, but the directory holding the temporary files and new MSI file is not automatically deleted. This allows you to have access to the newly created MSI before it is incorporated into the content service in Configuration Management.

The Upload applications to content server option lets you upload content to the content server. This option is selected by default.

The applications are migrated as Install MSI action to the ZENworks Configuration Management server and also uploaded to the content server if the Upload applications to content server option is selected and the source path of the file is resolved to a local path or UNC path at the time of migration.

The applications are migrated as Install Network MSI action to the ZENworks Configuration Management server and are not uploaded to the content server in the following scenarios:

The Migrate distribution options as individual actions option lets you migrate the distribution options in applications as individual actions such as Edit INI action, Registry Edit action, or Run Script action that can be edited. By default, it is selected. Deselect the Migrate distribution options as individual actions option to migrate the distribution options in applications as MSI.

If the Migrate distribution options as individual actions option is enabled, then the applications are migrated as specific actions:

If the Migrate distribution options as individual actions option is disabled, then the application is migrated as an Install MSI action. But, the Edit Text File action, Copy Directory, Install Directory, File Removal are not a part of this Install MSI action.

The Working Directory option allows you to place the temporary migration files in a different location than the default users %TEMP% directory. If you migrate an application with a very long path (longer than 256 characters), this option enables you to make the temporary path short, such as c:\temp.