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  1. Puppet Agent
  2. PA-768

The Windows MSI should not remove the EventLog message DLL and registry entries

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Normal
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • puppet-agent 1.8.2
    • puppet-agent 1.10.0
    • Windows
    • None
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      The puppetres.dll file and associated registry entries (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Puppet\......) should not be removed on uninstall.

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      The puppetres.dll file and associated registry entries (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Puppet\......) should not be removed on uninstall.
    • Night's Watch
    • 3
    • AP 2017-02-08, AP 2017-02-22, AP 2017-03-08, Agent 2017-03-22, PR - Triage
    • Bug Fix
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      In rare circumstances, upgrading the Puppet Agent on Windows may restart seemingly unrelated Windows services. The Event Log service can hold locks on the Puppet event log message DLL when PowerShell or other log parsing tools have the event log open, which is the cause of this problem. Since Windows often hosts multiple services in the same process, restarting the Event Log service will cause all co-hosted services to be restarted at the same time - depending on what these are, it may cause a cascade of dependent services to restart. After installing this (or any newer) version of the agent, Puppet will not attempt to replace the locked Event Log message DLL, avoiding restarts of the Event Log service.
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      In rare circumstances, upgrading the Puppet Agent on Windows may restart seemingly unrelated Windows services. The Event Log service can hold locks on the Puppet event log message DLL when PowerShell or other log parsing tools have the event log open, which is the cause of this problem. Since Windows often hosts multiple services in the same process, restarting the Event Log service will cause all co-hosted services to be restarted at the same time - depending on what these are, it may cause a cascade of dependent services to restart. After installing this (or any newer) version of the agent, Puppet will not attempt to replace the locked Event Log message DLL, avoiding restarts of the Event Log service.
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    • Customer escalation warrants a test

    Description

      When the Windows MSI uninstalls, it also uninstalls the Event Log Message DLL and the appropriate registry entries. This can cause the Puppet eventlog entries to look strange in event viewer and event log tools.

      The puppetres.dll file and associated registry entries (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Puppet\......) should not be removed on uninstall.

      Component Table - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa368007(v=vs.85).aspx - msidbComponentAttributesPermanent

      Wix Component Element - http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/component.html

      The registry entries are part of the RegistryEntries component. This should be split out into their own component and then marked as permanent

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PA-663 Upgrading Puppet Agent on Windows when MCO is configured and running restarts the network stack - can cause issues with Exchange servers

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Closed

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. VANAGON-46 Add "File Filter" method to Windows similar to the "install_service" method

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. IMAGES-501 Cleanup puppetres.dll from Windows VMPooler images

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Resolved

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PA-663 Upgrading Puppet Agent on Windows when MCO is configured and running restarts the network stack - can cause issues with Exchange servers

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
          • Closed
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