Grant administrator privilege to user during installation fails: "The stub received bad data"

  • 7008647
  • 24-May-2011
  • 02-Jul-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 11 Configuration Management

Situation

When running with option "Grant administrator privilege to user during installation" some MSI bundles may fail to launch.
 
ERROR:
 
"The stub received bad data"

Resolution

This is fixed in version 11.2.1 - see KB 7010042 "ZENworks Configuration Management 11.21 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7010042
Workarounds:
 
  1. If possible, run as normal logged in user or Dynamic Administrative User (DAU). 
  2. Remove some of the properties on the MSI in ZCC (see picture below):
 

Additional Information

When the run as administrator option is selected, the ZENworks agent uses a Windows command line to launch the MSI.  The Windows platform limits ZCM to 1024 characters, which includes the properties listed in ZCC for the MSI.