TFS enforces a mutex of 1 running build per build server per project. Otherwise it's possible to get multiple builds going at once on a single build server if they build out of seperate TFS projects.
InstallShield craps out when attempting to do this and I've repeatedly tried to get them to fix it. As an aside, one company that I used to work for did about 50,000 builds per year. The product line is broken down into chunks of assets and a series of sometimes dozens of builds is needed to compose a product. Using BuildForge and ESX, they use a farm of virtual machines with the ability to create complex chains of builds that get randomly assigned to build machines that match the configuration requirements of a given build. Concurrent builds are needed to keep up the tempo. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Christopher Karper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Christopher Karper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Integration of WiX v3 on team build server > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 4:41 PM > Can TFS do concurrent builds? If more than one build > kicked off at the > same time, that could be pretty bad. > > Chris > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Neil Sleightholm > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just a thought but why not put the WiX MSI in TFS and > then do a silent > > install of WiX at the start of the build. Then you get > the best of both > > worlds, a standard WiX install and WiX being > automatically updated on > > all build machines. Also, if the WiX tool set gets > some new tools or > > config you don't need to figure out how they need > to be installed. > > > > Neil > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John > > Nannenga > > Sent: 07 July 2008 21:33 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML > toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Integration of WiX v3 on team > build server > > > > 2 big benefits I can think of: > > > > 1) Machine maintenance > > If you have 5 build machines, you don't > have to update WiX on > > all 5 of the build machines. The synch process pulls > down the > > appropriate WiX version during the build process. > > > > > > 2) Large projects that share Build machines don't > need to all share the > > same version of WiX. > > Individual projects within a greater product > build process could > > use different /specific versions of WiX. If 1 of your > 50 projects needs > > to move to a later version of WiX (bug fixes, feature > enhancements, > > etc...) it can do so without wondering what side > effects might be > > introduced to the other projects should they all have > moved to the later > > version of WiX. > > > > Etc... > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > > Christopher Karper > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 3:25 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML > toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Integration of WiX v3 on team > build server > > > > How would you expect the build server to be able to > use the WiX tools > > without them being installed? > > > > I mean, strictly speaking you don't need to > install them, just make them > > available. But what would be the benefit? > > > > Chris > > > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Dmitry Berkovich > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I want compile WiX projects on team build > server, but I don't want > > > install WiX on build server, so I am planning add > all needed files to > > > source control. > > > I have some problem when I am compile wixproj > file. wixproj file > > > contains those 2 lines: > > > <WixTargetsPath Condition=" > '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' > > > > > > ">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPat > > h> > > > <Import Project="$(WixTargetsPath)" > /> > > > > > > Since WiX not installed on build machine I > override CoreCompile target > > > of Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets in my > TFSBuild.proj file, so > > > I can transfer WixTargetsPath to MSBuild task. > The problems that build > > > failed since I have error: > > > Solution file warning MSB4122: Scanning project > dependencies for > > > project "MyProj.wixProj" failed. > Blablabla since "WixTargetsPath" not > > > exist. > > > > > > What I need to do to resolve this problem? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Dima > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > - > > > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice > Awards: VOTE NOW! > > > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite > open source project, > > > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential > for chronic lameness > > > and boredom. 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