Hi Forum
We are using flexera one in our account. Noticed that beacon is not upgrading lately.
So we tried to update the .netframework and allow internet access on our environment
on flexera webui error msg i can see :" Last download of packages for managed devices failed. Check the log file on the beacon server".
Please help us to resolve this issue .
‎Oct 13, 2022 10:41 AM
The errors shown in the screenshots feel like the details of the beacon's installed Windows Installer package are not in a happy state.
Perhaps try totally uninstalling the beacon component, and then install it again from scratch rather than trying to manually upgrade the installation in-place. (This will preserve the beacon configuration, so you don't need to worry about losing that.)
‎Oct 13, 2022 07:39 PM
we tried to re-install beacon got error as in img2.
later observed beacon app is there in system but unable to open it 😞
‎Oct 14, 2022 12:42 AM
If you are finding the beacon app is is still installed on the system, that suggests the beacon component and Windows Installer package hasn't been completely or cleanly uninstalled. Along with the errors shown in the screenshots, that might be consistent with the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) installation details for the beacon package being somehow in a messed up state.
If that is what has happened, you might need to dig into the depths of Windows Installer to clean it up. After ensuring the beacon MSI package isn't visibly installed and you've deleted all installation files from the beacon, a tool like msizap might help to clean up any remaining broken Windows Installer information about the beacon package to get back to a clean enough state where you can try installing the beacon again.
You might also get some insight by looking at the Windows Installer log from from the installation. These logs can be large and hard to find information that may be relevant.
‎Oct 14, 2022 01:29 AM
We have installed latest beacon version and everything seems to be fine. we're able to access beacon. yet as i said we are seeing this error msg : "Last download of packages for managed devices failed. Check the log file on the beacon server"
‎Oct 14, 2022 06:43 AM
@Chris, we are seeing this "Last download of packages for managed devices failed. Check the log file on the beacon server", However logs stating policy download is successful without errors.
‎Oct 19, 2022 02:34 AM
So on the assumption that the installation issues shown in the screenshots attached to the first post in this thread have been resolved, I would suggest looking in the %TEMP%\ManageSoft\packageretriever.log file for insight on what package downloads may be failing.
NB. %TEMP% is probably the C:\Windows\Temp directory, but it may be the TEMP directory of a service account if you have a setup that involves beacon processes running under a named user account.
‎Oct 19, 2022 07:22 AM