After migrating a Group Policy Object, Software Packages fail to install on client machines. (NETIQKB70114)

  • 7770114
  • 16-Mar-2007
  • 16-May-2007

Resolution

Fact       

NetIQ Group Policy Administrator 5.0 SP1

Symptom   

GPA cannot set correct directory locations for software installation packages during a GPO migration when the .MSI file and the transform .MST file are located in different directories.GPA creates an error in the Application event log of any computer where you attempt to apply the migrated GPO and the GPO is not applied. The same error occurs when you assign multiple .MST files to a single .MSI file and the .MST files are located in different directories.

Fix   

Hotfix 70114 corrects an issue during Group Policy Object (GPO) migration where Group Policy Administrator (GPA) cannot set correct directory locations for software installation packages when the .MSI file and the transform .MST file are located in different directories. The same error occurs when you assign multiple .MST files to a single .MSI file and the .MST files are located in different directories. Currently GPA creates an error in the Application event log of any computer where you attempt to apply the migrated GPO and the GPO is not applied.

Hotfix 70114 resolves this issue and correctly defines directory locations for .MSI and .MST files in migrated GPOs even if the .MSI and .MST files are located in different directories. The corrected directory location information also ensures software packages install correctly on any computer where you apply the GPO.

Note:

Before installing this hotfix, you must install Group Policy Administrator 5.0 Service Pack 1.

To install this hotfix, perform the following steps on each GPA Console computer:

1.  Close all the GPA user interfaces.

2.  Run the GPA50000_Hotfix70114.exe file.

Hotfix 70114 modifies the faGPRInterface.dll file. By default, GPA installs this file in the Program Files\NetIQ\Group Policy Administrator\Bin folder.

 

 

Additional Information

Formerly known as NETIQKB70114