Hi, when I try and import the script I get errors in the xml.

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Legacy Posted By Username: ChristiaanO

Hi, when I try and import the script I get errors in the xml.

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Legacy Posted By Username: ChristiaanO

Hi Stuart, I have figured out what you are doing in the script, can you tell me what the rest of the command line options for LUALL.exe is? I am looking for a way to check whether there any update available.

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Legacy Posted By Username: ChristiaanO

Hi ChristiaanO, Sorry for the delay in replying I was away this weekend with no net access. Unfortunately Symantec are really, really unhelpful when it comes to documentation, I am still waiting 4 months later for a list of Event Codes for System Recovery!!! All I know with regard to LUALL.EXE is the update commands which change slightly from version to version... "#path#\LUALL.EXE" -S -M#code# -UpdateOptOut=BackupExec Now PATH is a variable I have created for the install path of BackupExec which is grabbed from the registry here... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\SharedUsage\LiveUpdate Then the CODE variable is absolutely required as this is passing on the PRODUCT CODE to LUALL.EXE so that is knows which application to update... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\13.0\Install\Product Code So once all is done the command would effectively be something like... "C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\LUALL.EXE" -S -M{LONG-HYPHEN-SERPERATED-PRODUCT-CODE} -UpdateOptOut=BackupExec Now "-S" is silient and "-UpdateOptOut=BackupExec" means only update backup exec, how UpdateOptOUT means update I have no idea but then this is Symantec, the "-M" is for the Product Code I believe but am not 100% sure. One thing I would note is that you cannot have a space in between the "-M" and "{LONG-HYPHEN-SERPERATED-PRODUCT-CODE}" or it seems to fail. P.S. Did you manage to get it to import properly in the end? If not I have re-pasted below, I am able to import it again fine so unless you are trying on K2 it should be fine.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<folderDef0 id="20001052" name="Live Update">
  <scriptDef id="35267527" name="Live Update - Version Check 1 of 4">
    <scriptIf ifFunc="2" fp1="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\11.0\Install\Path" fp2="" fp3="" ifTest="1" testVal="" scriptType="0" description="Symantec Live Update Script, Version Check 1 of 4.
Created by Stuart Hamilton, please feel free to share.
Questions or Suggestions: Stuart@fwcs.co.uk" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="1" teFunc="1" fp1="21349163" fp2="" fp3="0" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="2" teFunc="25" fp1="Backup Exec v11d" fp2="" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="3" teFunc="20" fp1="attrib -r "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="4" teFunc="3" fp1="%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt" fp2="" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="5" teFunc="20" fp1="echo %time% %date% :: Backup Exec 11d Detected!&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="6" teFunc="20" fp1="attrib +r "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="1" stepNum="1" teFunc="1" fp1="5208153" fp2="" fp3="0" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
  </scriptDef>
  <scriptDef id="5208153" name="Live Update - Version Check 2 of 4">
    <scriptIf ifFunc="2" fp1="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\12.0\Install\Path" fp2="" fp3="" ifTest="1" testVal="" scriptType="0" description="Symantec Live Update Script, Version Check 2 of 4.
Created by Stuart Hamilton, please feel free to share.
Questions or Suggestions: Stuart@fwcs.co.uk" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="1" teFunc="1" fp1="47526744" fp2="" fp3="0" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="2" teFunc="25" fp1="Backup Exec v12.0" fp2="" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="3" teFunc="20" fp1="attrib -r "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="4" teFunc="3" fp1="%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt" fp2="" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="5" teFunc="20" fp1="echo %time% %date% :: Backup Exec 12.0 Detected!&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="6" teFunc="20" fp1="attrib +r "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="1" stepNum="1" teFunc="1" fp1="8117501" fp2="" fp3="0" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
  </scriptDef>
  <scriptDef id="8117501" name="Live Update - Version Check 3 of 4">
    <scriptIf ifFunc="2" fp1="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\12.5\Install\Path" fp2="" fp3="" ifTest="1" testVal="" scriptType="0" description="Symantec Live Update Script, Version Check 3 of 4.
Created by Stuart Hamilton, please feel free to share.
Questions or Suggestions: Stuart@fwcs.co.uk" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="1" teFunc="1" fp1="18545530" fp2="" fp3="0" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="2" teFunc="25" fp1="Backup Exec v12.5" fp2="" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="3" teFunc="20" fp1="attrib -r "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="4" teFunc="3" fp1="%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt" fp2="" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="5" teFunc="20" fp1="echo %time% %date% :: Backup Exec 12.5 Detected!&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="6" teFunc="20" fp1="attrib +r "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="1" stepNum="1" teFunc="1" fp1="20605976" fp2="" fp3="0" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
  </scriptDef>
  <scriptDef id="20605976" name="Live Update - Version Check 4 of 4">
    <scriptIf ifFunc="2" fp1="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\13.0\Install\Path" fp2="" fp3="" ifTest="1" testVal="" scriptType="0" description="Symantec Live Update Script, Version Check 4 of 4.
Created by Stuart Hamilton, please feel free to share.
Questions or Suggestions: Stuart@fwcs.co.uk" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="1" teFunc="1" fp1="74476640" fp2="" fp3="0" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="2" teFunc="25" fp1="Backup Exec 2010" fp2="" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="3" teFunc="20" fp1="attrib -r "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="4" teFunc="3" fp1="%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt" fp2="" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="5" teFunc="20" fp1="echo %time% %date% :: Backup Exec 2010 Detected!&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="6" teFunc="20" fp1="attrib +r "%systemdrive%\FWCS\Backup Exec Version.txt"" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
  </scriptDef>
  <scriptDef id="21349163" name="Live Update BE 11.0">
    <scriptIf ifFunc="1" fp1="" fp2="" fp3="" ifTest="0" testVal="" scriptType="0" description="11" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="1" teFunc="26" fp1="0" fp2="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\11.0\Install\Product Code" fp3="code" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="2" teFunc="26" fp1="0" fp2="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\SharedUsage\LiveUpdate" fp3="path" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="3" teFunc="20" fp1=""#path#\LUALL.EXE" -S -M#code#" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
  </scriptDef>
  <scriptDef id="47526744" name="Live Update BE 12.0">
    <scriptIf ifFunc="1" fp1="" fp2="" fp3="" ifTest="0" testVal="" scriptType="0" description="12.0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="1" teFunc="26" fp1="0" fp2="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\12.0\Install\Product Code" fp3="code" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="2" teFunc="26" fp1="0" fp2="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\SharedUsage\LiveUpdate" fp3="path" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="3" teFunc="20" fp1=""#path#\LUALL.EXE" -S -M#code#" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
  </scriptDef>
  <scriptDef id="18545530" name="Live Update BE 12.5">
    <scriptIf ifFunc="1" fp1="" fp2="" fp3="" ifTest="0" testVal="" scriptType="0" description="12.5" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="1" teFunc="26" fp1="0" fp2="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\12.5\Install\Product Code" fp3="code" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="2" teFunc="26" fp1="0" fp2="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\SharedUsage\LiveUpdate" fp3="path" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="3" teFunc="20" fp1=""#path#\LUALL.EXE" -S -M#code# -UpdateOptOut=BackupExec" fp2="1" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
  </scriptDef>
  <scriptDef id="74476640" name="Live Update BE 13.0">
    <scriptIf ifFunc="1" fp1="" fp2="" fp3="" ifTest="0" testVal="" scriptType="0" description="13.0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="1" teFunc="26" fp1="0" fp2="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\13.0\Install\Product Code" fp3="code" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="2" teFunc="26" fp1="0" fp2="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\SharedUsage\LiveUpdate" fp3="path" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
    <scriptThenElse teType="0" stepNum="3" teFunc="20" fp1=""#path#\LUALL.EXE" -S -M#code# -UpdateOptOut=BackupExec" fp2="0" fp3="" osType="0" contOnFail="0" />
  </scriptDef>
</folderDef0>

P.S. 11th Line where I detail the PATH Variable keeps adding a SPACE in LiveUpdate making it look like L iveUpdate, this seems to be a bug in the forum some how.

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Legacy Posted By Username: stu_u2k

[edited by: Brendan Cosgrove at 5:26 PM (GMT -8) on 12-17-2010] .

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I am using K2.

I managed to figure out what it is you are doing and created my own script with the same steps. I have been looking for something like this for a while now, thanks.

I would still like to check for updates so that I can evaluate whether to install or not instead of just installing.

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Legacy Posted By Username: ChristiaanO

Yes that would be nice, if you find a way please share, also maybe you would like to share your K2 version of the script for anyone in a similar boat?

If not you could go about it the way we are by setting up a Report looking for Applications Matching "BEServer.exe" and tick "Show Version Matching" along with "List machine IDs that contain each application".

That way you get a list of each version you have installed here and there, get them all up to one version then you can schedule a test machine to run the update script and run the report again, if different there is an update available.

This is how we did it and we now have 5 different versions in total throughout our 1000 machines...

10.1.5629.49
11.0.7170.60
12.0.1364.169
12.5.2213.171
13.0.2896.108

Hope this helps.

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Legacy Posted By Username: stu_u2k

BeUpdateOps.exe /? = Show options
BeUpdateOps.exe /AddBE /OptOut = Opt Out of LiveUpdate Schedules (from SEP)
BeUpdateOps.exe /AddBE /OptIn = Opt Into LiveUpdate Schedules (from SEP)
BeUpdateOps.exe /RemoveBE = unregister BE from LiveUpdate



you can run "BeUpdate.exe -AddBE -OptOut" Which will add Backup Exec to LiveUpdate but will set Backup Exec to be updated only when LiveUpdate is launched from within Backup Exec.

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Legacy Posted By Username: shickey

I am still wokring on the script and testing a few things.

Tell me, how do you update the remote agents after installing updatesm or don't you?

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Legacy Posted By Username: ChristiaanO

No sorry I haven't even managed to look at the remote agents yet, well not properly anyway sorry.

I will be at some point but my to do list is so stupidly long it could be a little way off.

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Legacy Posted By Username: stu_u2k

Did anyone get this working in K2 and open to sharing the final script?

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Legacy Posted By Username: sbbssoft