[doug]

twoj – Email notifications were added to BatchPatch in late 2013.

Thanks,

Doug

[doug]

What does the BatchPatchError.log show from the target server’s working directory (usually c:program filesbatchpatch) ? That might give us a bit more information to work with.

However, it really sounds like this issue has nothing to do with BatchPatch per se, but is rather something going on with Windows or possibly caused by third-party app like anti-virus or other software. Are you able to update these computers manually without using BatchPatch? I suspect that a manual update will fail too, which would confirm that BatchPatch is not related to the problem.

-Doug

[doug]

marwinp –

First, it’s hard for me to understand this error without providing any context. It would be helpful to know what action you executed to produce this error, and which error log you are pulling this error text from. Also, what does the BatchPatchError.log show from the target server’s working directory (usually c:program filesbatchpatch) and what does the BatchPatch interface show/report? Lastly, when does the error occur? Before or after the BatchPatch action completes?

I just did some quick google searching on 0xC004F074, and all the results imply that the issue is with the KMS Windows Activation status of those 2012 servers, so that’s a good first place to start.

From just one of many pages found when searching google, implying an issue with License Activation:

“License Activation (slui.exe) failed with the following error code: hr=0xC004F074 Command-line arguments: RuleId=eeba1977-569e-4571-b639-7623d8bfecc0;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=f0f5ec41-0d55-4732-af02-440a44a3cf0f;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=UserLogon;SessionId=2”

[doug]

Exit code 2 means that it can’t find the specified file. In this case it’s throwing the error because it can’t find “del” since that’s not an executable file in Windows.

You have three options.

1. Use Remote Command 3 or 4 with the following syntax, because they incorporate the cmd.exe /C behind the scenes.

del c:test.txt /F /Q

2. In Remote Command 1 or 2 run the following:

cmd.exe /C del C:test.txt /F /Q

3. In Local Process/Command run the following:

cmd.exe /C del \$computerc$test.txt /F /Q

[doug]

“I tried to remote delete a file.

The file is in a directory within the program files directory and has the

extension .scr

Using del or erase fails with exit code 2.

I tried to also do a local command

del “\$computerc$program filesdirectoryfile.scr” /F /Q

and it also failed.”

[doug]

Latest build as of 9/22/13 supports retrieving the disk space info for *any* drive letter.

-Doug

[doug]

Authentication in non-domain environments was updated in the August 2013 release of BatchPatch. Things should now work with alternate credentials in addition to integrated security. Additional information on authentication in domain and non-domain (workgroup) environments can be found in the following post: BatchPatch Authentication In Domain and Non-Domain Workgroup Environments

-Doug

[doug]

Go to Actions > Get Information > Create/modify user-defined commands. Then create a command with the following text:

WMIC PATH Win32_LogicalDisk where "drivetype=3" GET deviceid, volumename, freespace, size

This will show you the free space / size for all drives.

If you wanted to limit it to just the D: drive, you could use this command instead:

WMIC PATH Win32_LogicalDisk where "deviceid='D:'" GET deviceid, volumename, freespace, size

To execute the action, go to Actions > Get Information > Execute user-defined commands, and then pick the command you just created.

We’ll consider hardcoding an option for the user to select which drive s/he wants information for, so that it can easily be reported back to the grid just like the “Get C: disk space” method currently does. In the meantime, the above commands should give you what you want.

I hope this helps.

-Doug

[doug]

Thanks for the suggestion. We’ll add this to the list for a future build.

-Doug

[doug]

a_user – the original license you purchased was a limited license for up to 100 clients. To be properly licensed for 650+ clients, you must purchase the new version, which is licensed per-administrator/per-user of the software, in order to remove the limitation that you’re experiencing.

BatchPatch Purchase Page

Don’t hesitate to contact us directly if you have any more questions.

-Doug

[doug]

Error 5 is Access Denied. Make sure the account you’re using to run BatchPatch has local administrator access on the target computer. Also make sure that any firewall has been disabled or has been set to allow the proper access. The following link explains how to configure Windows Firewall to work with BatchPatch.

Using BatchPatch with Windows Firewall

[doug]

These issues should be resolved in the current release. More information on authentication in workgroup environments is posted here: BatchPatch Authentication In Domain And Non-Domain Workgroup Environments

-Doug

[doug]

We are expecting to add this functionality in the coming weeks.

-Doug

[doug]

Martin – you should be able to do the same thing that you were previously doing. It should still work. Psexec was not removed. Does this now produce an error? What is the error message? Remote command 1 and 2 should work just as it worked in the old version. Remote commands 3 and 4 are slightly different, but I would still expect them to work too. Also note that you can now kill processes using the Services/Processes action.

Thanks,

Doug

[doug]

Tools > Settings > Enable row sorting

-Doug

[doug]

Very cool. Thanks!

[doug]

This has been fixed as of 20130814. You can download the latest build here:

Download BatchPatch

[doug]

Lee – could you please be more specific? When you say “layout,” specifically which elements are you referring to?

Are you running BatchPatch as a different account than the account that you are logged on to your computer with? If yes, is that account a member of the local administrators group on your computer? If no, is the account that you’re logged on with a member of the local administrators group on your computer?

Thanks,

Doug

[doug]

As of 20130805 when you view the WindowsUpdate.log file it will it will look in the system drive, regardless of what drive letter that is.

-Doug

[doug]

This was added to the 20130805 build.

-Doug

[doug]

Hmmm. Weird. Glad you got it working. It’s very difficult to say what the problem might be with your original computer in this case.

-Doug

[doug]

Sounds like maybe a dialog box (maybe some type of confirmation dialog asking if you want to proceed with an action) popped up behind the main BP window, and so it seemed like BP was frozen when it was actually just waiting for you to respond to the dialog? Does this happen every time you run BP or just happened one time?

The next version (to be released later this summer) of BP forces all confirmation dialogs to remain on top of the main window (along with many new features and lots of other bug fixes and performance tweaks/controls).

-Doug

[doug]

We’ll look at adding this in a for a future release.

Thanks,

-Doug

[doug]

Yes. We expect to publish this feature later in the summer. However, in the meantime you can accomplish the same thing using the Job Queue. The Job Queue allows you to string together multiple actions such as “Install Updates” and “Reboot” to guarantee that the machine is rebooted after updates have been installed.

-Doug

[doug]

Glad you got it figured out.

-Doug

[doug]

daemon8814 – is there an error.log file in the remote working directory on the target server where you experience this problem? The default location would be C:Program FilesBatchPatchBatchPatchError.log. Please post the contents of this error log. Also, it might be useful to see if there are any associated errors in the system or application log (check eventvwr) on the target system at the same time as this problem occurs.

Thanks,

Doug

[doug]

2250 appears to indicate a networking problem of some kind:

ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED

2250 (0x8CA)

This network connection does not exist.

-Doug

[doug]

We’re hoping to have this feature published in a new build later this summer.

-Doug

[doug]

Thanks for the suggestion. We’re hoping to implement something like this soon.

-Doug

[doug]

Sounds good. Let me know how it goes.

Thanks,

Doug

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