Installing MSI packages remotely

Question

5.00/5 (3 votes)

See more:

Hello Friends,
I am creating Remote MSI installer which would take care of installing msi packages remotely.
I got the source code for the same. Its WMI concept and the code snippet is like below

C#

{
ConnectionOptions connection = new ConnectionOptions(); 
connection.Username = username; 
connection.Password = password; 
connection.Authentication = AuthenticationLevel.Packet; 
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope("\\\\RemoteMachineIP\\root\\CIMV2",connection);
scope.Connect();
ManagementPath p = new ManagementPath("Win32_Product");
ManagementClass classInstance = new ManagementClass(scope, p, null);
ManagementBaseObject inParams = classInstance.GetMethodParameters("Install");  inParams["AllUsers"] = true;  
inParams["Options"] = string.Empty; 
inParams"PackageLocation"] = "\\\\RemoteMachineIP\\C$\\Sample.msi";//installer is stored at this location
ManagementBaseObject outParams = classInstance.InvokeMethod("Install", inParams, null);   string retVal = outParams["ReturnValue"].ToString(); 
 }

But in above code as soon as control reaches to ManagementBaseObject class and after executing that line it throws an exception "NOT FOUND"

will Anybody help me out of this?....Does anybody know about usage and syntax of managementBaseobject Class?.

Thanks in Advance,
Amit Savant

Posted 27-Jul-11 0:48am

amitsavant

Updated 27-Jul-11 1:42am

DaveAuld

v2

Add a Solution

Comments

DaveAuld 27-Jul-11 7:42am

Edit: Added code block formatting......

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Al Moje · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-27T16:38:00

Hi,

Try this:

ConnectionOptions connection = new ConnectionOptions();
           //connection.Username = username;
           //connection.Password = password;
           ConnectionOptions options = new ConnectionOptions();
           string targetIpAddress = "210.0.0.000";   // you can change this target IP address
           connection.Authentication = System.Management.AuthenticationLevel.Packet;
           ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope(("\\\\" + targetIpAddress), options);
           scope.Connect();
           ManagementPath p = new ManagementPath("Win32_Product");
           ManagementClass classInstance = new ManagementClass(scope, p, null);
           ManagementBaseObject inParams = classInstance.GetMethodParameters("Install");
           inParams["AllUsers"] = true;
           inParams["Options"] = string.Empty;
           inParams["PackageLocation"] = "\\\\" + targetIpAddress + "\\C$\\Sample.msi";//installer is stored at this location
           ManagementBaseObject outParams = classInstance.InvokeMethod("Install", inParams, null);
           string retVal = outParams["ReturnValue"].ToString();

Hope this could help...

Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help.

Regards,

Algem