Using Repackager, and Conflict import from a share

[Stuart_S]

Hello,

I have a PC setup with Install Shield 6 installed on the host PC with a number of virtual PCs setup using VMWARE.

I use the Host Shared Folders option to map to and see the AdminStudio programs and folders on the host PC.

I want to do two things:

1: Capture software installations that I perform on one of he virtual PCs
2: Inport the OS (i.e. OS Snapshot) of the virtual PCs into the conflict resolver database

Now I have some issues (I will not list then all here) when trying to run the above options from within the virtual machine (not a VMWARE problem) for example cannot find DLL xyz etc..... in other words these programmes do not apear to like working over a mapped drive. if I install admin Studio on the local VMWare virtual PC it is OK, but this does not help when I want to import other OS Snapshots etc as I would then have to install Admin Studio on all the virtual PCs..

Does any one have experiance of running either of the above in a vmare environment?

Any tips and tricks to get it working well most appreciated

Thanks very much
Stuart

[entopiaisrael]

you may want to avoid mapping the shares you use. Mapped shares can cause the capturing process to capture other things than you intended and/or not capture needed data. Your VMware must be installed in a briged mode hence you can use a simple network access accross the VM machine to reach your shares.

sorry....can't help you with OS snapshots.

[Peerke]

What OS is your VM?

[DavidLock]

"Does any one have experiance of running either of the above in a vmare environment? "

I do both loads and have never seen any problems. Although I usually just map the drive rather than do the whole shared folders thing. I cannot remember one problem tracing back to vmware.

[Pugster]

ISRepackager.exe is designed to run from a remote share, I always use it like that using Shared Host Folders and have never had a problem. I just have a shared Host Folder pointing to C:\ on the local drive then I just drill down to isrepackager.exe and run it.
Never tried importing an VMWare O/S into ConflictSolver though so can't help you there.

[Stuart_S]

Thanks every one for your input, using VM Shared Folder and pointing to C seems to be the most reliable way of doing it.

Thanks again for your help every one

[innuit12]

I ran into the same problem - turned out it was the share permissions. By default (on XP) the share permissions are set to everyone-read. Once I set it to everyone-full I was able to write to the share.