Deploying Carbon Black Cloud via GPO with a with a transform (MST) file fails with: “CAInstallPreCheck: Expect a cfg.ini in the same directory as the MSI, but could not find it.“

Problem

You’ve completed setting up Carbon Black Cloud to be deployed via GPO as described in one of my previous posts:

Deploying Carbon Black Cloud via GPO with a transform (MST) file specifying the Company Code and Group Name
http://terenceluk.blogspot.com/2021/04/deploying-carbon-black-cloud-via-gpo.html

But notice that it fails with the following event log errors:

Log Name: Application
Source: CbDefense
Event ID: 49
Level: Error

The description for Event ID 49 from source CbDefense cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

CbDefense

CAInstallPreCheck: Expect a cfg.ini in the same directory as the MSI, but could not find it.

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Management Group Policy
Event ID: 102
Level: Error

The install of application Carbon Black Cloud Sensor 64-bit from policy Test Carbon Black Cloud Install failed. The error was : %%1603

Solution

One of the reasons why this error would be thrown is if the COMPANY_CODE was missed when creating the transform file. Verify that both the COMPANY_CODE and GROUP_NAME exists in the transform file.