5.1.1 plan execution issues

[Guest]

Hi Dean,

It's an OtterScript plan. I'll try the update and report back :-)

Thanks,

David

[Guest]

Hello,

Yes, the delete files works now, but I still get an error zipping files.
I've tried without specifying a directory and using the default working folders and it still fails.

I have 1 text file in this directory: C:\BuildMaster\deploy\NPEL

This is all that is in my script:

##AH:UseTextMode
for server BUILDMASTER3
{
    # zip source
    Create-ZipFile
    (
        Name: C:\BuildMaster\deploy\NPEL\archive.zip,
        Directory: C:\BuildMaster\deploy\NPEL\,
        Overwrite: True
    );
}

This is the error I get:

[Guest]

We still can't reproduce this- I don't think it's possible to get that exception unless some other process is actually keeping a handle to the zip file open. Could you try restarting the Agent/BuildMaster service to see if that clears it up?

If not, you may need to run Process Monitor on the server to see what's keeping that file open.

[Guest]

Hi,

After a server reboot, I still get the same thing. I can't see anything else that has the file open, other than BuildMaster.

Here's a screenshot of process monitor. Does it Help?

If not, I'll build another server, take it back to version 5.10 and then upgrade it and see if it fails in the same way.

[Guest]

Ah, sorry. I guess I was thinking of Process Explorer actually to discover all of the processes that have the file handle open. See this answer on serverfault: http://serverfault.com/a/1980

[Guest]

Hi,

I installed the process explorer, but couldn't see archive.zip anywhere in open processes.
However, what I have done is found which version this problem started happening with.

I had checkpointed my server build, so I could go back to a server that only had SQL Express installed. It's a Windows 2012 R2 server, in a Domain, with nothing else installed. It's a volume licensed build and I haven't installed Windows updates.

I installed BuildMaster 5.0.6. Created one application that does the same as the script above and when I create and deploy the package, it does what I expect, creates a zip file with the contents of the directory. In this case, a small text file that I created.

So I then installed BuildMaster 5.0.10 & then 5.0.11 and the plan still deploys fine.
As soon as I install version 5.1.0 I get the error message.

So if the file is in use with another process, it doesn't happen until 5.1.0.

Could I be missing something on the server that 5.1.0 requires?

Thanks,

David

[Guest]

Hi David,

We're really struggling trying to figure out what could be causing this... we have very similar test systems as well.

Of note, in v5.1, we introduced the new agent model, but the old (legacy) agents should still be working fine, and handle all of those things using the old code.

Can you try using a new Inedo Agent, and see if the problem continues?

Also can you send us the entire plan that your using, so we can see if it might have something to do with async usage, or something?

Best,
Alana

[Guest]

Hi,

The script is super simple and only runs on the BuildMaster server, so I'm assuming there are no agents, or if there are, the update would update them.

Here is the script:

##AH:UseTextMode
# This is a sample deployment plan; you can create a different deployment plan for each environment,
# or attempt to generalize the plan in combination with templates and variables (e.g. $EnvironmentName).
for server BUILDMASTER3
{
    Log-Information "This plan was auto-generated on 27/06/2016 14:50:07; you may visit the Plans page to modify it.";

    Create-ZipFile
    (
        Name: c:\buildmaster\deploy\npel\archive.zip,
        Directory: c:\buildmaster\deploy\npel\,
        Overwrite: true
    );

}

Thanks again,

David

[Guest]

Ah, I see the problem. Maybe it could be a better error message...

Basically, you're creating the zip file in the directory you're trying to create a zip file of.

Create-ZipFile
(
    Name: archive.zip, # <-- this will put it in $WorkingDirectory instead
    Directory: c:\buildmaster\deploy\npel\,
    Overwrite: true
);

Create-ZipFile
(
    Name: c:\buildmaster\deploy\npel.archive.zip, # <-- also will work
    Directory: c:\buildmaster\deploy\npel\,
    Overwrite: true
);

[Guest]

Hi,

DOH! Yes, thanks, that's it.

I'm blaming the person that wrote the original script I copied :-)

Thanks again for your help.

David