How can you delopy NIDaq 8.3 with Windows 200x Active Directory.

[Jordan N.]

We are developing our own in-house measurement application that is built with LV 8.2.  It requires NI Daq 8.3 to be installed as well.  I need to deploy this to anywhere from 30-60 computers now and many more as we expand in the future.

I know I probably could use the Setup.exe with some switches for a silent install however the two problems are:

1. I have to write a script for each computer or go to each computer.
2. Future compters will need to be manually touched as well.
3. We may need to uninstall in the future for newer deployments and that cannot be done easily with this method while in AD I just have to click a few things and then it is deployed.

I currently deploy apps like Office, Solidworks, Acrobat Reader, and a whole host of others with Active Directory by just adding the MSI file for these apps to the AD Container's Group Policy.  I see on the NI Daq CD there are tons of subfolders and most have their own MSI file.  I have attempted to see if I could just deploy these in order by just attaching these MSI files to the Group Policy, but AD tells me that "none" of these MSI files I have tried so far are valid MSI files because they have no deployment info in them.

[DuffmanSays]

Hello Jordan,

If I understand you correctly, you are trying to push the installation of the DAQmx driver as well as your LabVIEW application out to several machines from a server. Ideally you do not want to take your installer do each machine individually, and you also would not want to have to write a script.

Unfortunately your options may be limited to the features provided by your IT tools. You mentioned that you are using Active Directory to push out other software packages using their msi files. While I am not familiar with this particular software, is there any other way to install software remotely using this tool? Basically, I am looking for another method by which you can configure this tool to run the Setup.exe silently on computers of your choice. It may be worth your time to look into the documentation of this tool to determine if this is at all possible. Please post back and let us know what you are able to find out. Thanks!

Mike D.

[Jordan N.]

Thanks,

You are correct on the goal.  It is unfortunate about the limitations because it seems like this need is very common.