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I have a PDQ installer which registers 2 DLL files and logs the results to a network share. If I run the PDQ on 1 machine it echo's the computer name fine, however if i run the installer on multiple machines, it only echo's the first name and not the rest.

The batch file is as follows;

echo %computername% >> "\\\servershare\software\Admin\IT_Support_Utilities\PDQ Deployment\Logs\agent_logs.log"
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe /codebase /tlb "Agent.dll" >> "\\\servershare\software\Admin\IT_Support_Utilities\PDQ Deployment\Logs\agent_logs.log"
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe /codebase /tlb "MySql.Data.dll" >> "\\\servershare\software\Admin\IT_Support_Utilities\PDQ Deployment\Logs\agent_logs.log"

The output is below for a run on 2 machines; WRCREC274 is the name of the first machine. The horizontal line separates where the next batch file begins

WRCREC274 

Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Assembly Registration Utility 4.0.30319.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2004.  All rights reserved.

Types registered successfully
Assembly exported to 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\Agent.tlb', and the type library was registered successfully

Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Assembly Registration Utility 4.0.30319.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2004.  All rights reserved.

Assembly exported to 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\MySql.Data.tlb', and the type library was registered successfully
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Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Assembly Registration Utility 4.0.30319.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2004.  All rights reserved.
Types registered successfully

Assembly exported to 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\Agent.tlb', and the type library was registered successfully

Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Assembly Registration Utility 4.0.30319.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2004.  All rights reserved.

Assembly exported to 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\MySql.Data.tlb', and the type library was registered successfully
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Can anyone advise on why the %computername% only appears on the first computer it is run on and not the rest?

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  • Are multiple computers logging to the same log file? Maybe the name is logged, but in between the logs of another computer?
    – Werner Henze
    Jun 4, 2013 at 13:47
  • This batch file is pushed out to multiple computers using PDQ, so each computer will log to the same file. I could have logged to separate files i.e one log per computer, but this defeats the point of looking through one log file to scan for any errors.
    – ghost3h
    Jun 4, 2013 at 14:11
  • What if logging from one computer locks the file so another computer cannot log his message? Maybe this is happening here.
    – Werner Henze
    Jun 4, 2013 at 14:17
  • If that's the case why would it Only leave out the %computername% and log the rest. I'm stuck :(
    – ghost3h
    Jun 4, 2013 at 15:24
  • It is not very propable, but possible. And if output redirection does not lock the log file at all, then you could even end up with one logger overwriting the log of another logger. You could extend your log to "name=%computername%", so you can see if only the variable is empty or if the echo gets lost.
    – Werner Henze
    Jun 5, 2013 at 8:05

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Thanks for the help guys , I have it working now. I simply have the batch file save the information locally on each machine first instead of logging it straight to the server, I can then use the TYPE command to append the info to my server share.

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regasm.exe /codebase /tlb "Agent.dll" >> c:\agent_logs.log


Type c:\agent_logs.log >> "\\servershare\software\Admin\IT_Support_Utilities\PDQ Deployment\agent_logs.log"
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