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• 06-08-2009, 4:15 AM

  super_super_man Joined on 06-08-2009, 4:10 AM Posts 4	msdeploy return -1 Reply Contact  Hi, I am trying to use vbscript to run the msdeploy command and everytime it returns -1. Could anyone please tell me what does -1 mean Cheers!!! RW

• 06-08-2009, 5:54 AM

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  joelangley Joined on 07-20-2008, 6:37 PM Posts 180	Re: msdeploy return -1 Reply Contact I believe MSDeploy should return 0 for success..looks to me like you may have an error running it. Are you able to do some logging to see what fails? Check out my blog for other cool tips and tricks: http://joelangley.blogspot.com/

• 06-08-2009, 7:16 AM

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  super_super_man Joined on 06-08-2009, 4:10 AM Posts 4	Re: msdeploy return -1 Reply Contact  That's the other problem. We try to get msdeploy log everything and get emails sent from vbscript. When I get on to the server, I can't find any logs. Thanks for your reply.  RW

• 06-08-2009, 12:52 PM

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  joelangley Joined on 07-20-2008, 6:37 PM Posts 180	Re: msdeploy return -1 Reply Contact Can you try to put this at the end of your msdeploy script: -whatif > sim.log This should run a simulation (-whatif) and  should create a sim.log file on your server Check out my blog for other cool tips and tricks: http://joelangley.blogspot.com/

• 06-10-2009, 5:10 AM

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  super_super_man Joined on 06-08-2009, 4:10 AM Posts 4	Re: msdeploy return -1 Reply Contact Hi, the interesting bit is if I run it from the command line, everything seems all right. The -1 exit code only occurs in the vbscript result. Regards, RW

• 06-10-2009, 11:01 AM

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  joelangley Joined on 07-20-2008, 6:37 PM Posts 180	Re: msdeploy return -1 Reply Contact Can you post the vbscript code? Check out my blog for other cool tips and tricks: http://joelangley.blogspot.com/

• 06-10-2009, 12:28 PM

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  super_super_man Joined on 06-08-2009, 4:10 AM Posts 4

  Re: msdeploy return -1 Reply Contact Dim objCmd Dim strReturn Dim strCommand Dim strError strCommand = "msdeploy -verb:sync -source:webServer,computerName=xxxx -dest:webServer,computerName=yyyy -replace:objectName=binding,targetAttributeName=bindingInformation,match=xx\.xx\.xx\.xx,replace=xx.xx.xx.xx -whatif -verbose > D:\xxxx\Sync-IIS.log" set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") set objProc  = objShell.Exec(strCommand) Do While objProc.Status = 0    WScript.Sleep 10000 Loop If objProc.ExitCode <> 0 then     strError = "Error running command: " & strCommand & " (Exit Code: " & objProc.ExitCode & ")" & VbCrLf & VbCrLf & "Check logs in xxxx"     sendErrormail strError (caling a sending email function)     WScript.Echo "Sending Error mail" ElseIf Err.Number <> 0 Then     strError = "Error running command: " & strCommand & VbCrLf & VbCrLf & "Error Number: " & Err.Number & ". Error Description: " & Err.Description     sendErrormail strError (caling a sending email function)     WScript.Echo "Sending Error mail" End if Set objCmd = Nothing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your help RW