Installation guide

Chapter 3
Command Line Installation
The following provides the procedures to install SolarWinds Failover Engine
from the command line including all available parameter file elements.
Command Line Usage
To perform an unattended installation, you must run the start /wait Setup
command with the appropriate parameters from the command line. Additionally,
you must create a .txt file (parameter file) that contains the information
necessary to provide the intended options to the Setup application. The following
information provides details about the parameters and parameter file necessary
to successfully perform a command line installation.
Note: Users should not cut-and-paste from this .pdf document but should type
the actual commands and parameters.
start /wait Setup [-h]
[-f<parameter file>] [-ni [-sp -se -sw -di]]
[-DNSPassword:<password>] [-BACKUPPassword:<password>]
[-secondaryInstall|-uninstall|-drvInstall|]
Table 1: Command Line Parameters
DescriptionParameter
Displays this usage information
-h
Uses a file of parameters to run
-f:<parameter file>
Important: If the file name/path contains any white
space (space, tab) or special characters(-, /, etc.)
then it must be enclosed in quotes "..."
Not interactive, suppresses the Graphical User
Interface.
-ni
This instructs Setup not to use the Graphical User
Interface. If this parameter is not specified but a
parameter file is specified, the Graphical User
Interface pages will be fully populated and require
that the Next or Proceed button be clicked and any
popup dialog boxes be acknowledged.
Suppress Progress (Only for Non- interactive)
-sp
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