Users Guide
Setting Result
/i SysMgmt.msi – Installs the Server Administrator software.
/i SysMgmt.msi /qn This command carries out a fresh installation of version 6.1.
/x <Package|Product Code> This command uninstalls a product.
/x SysMgmt.msi – Uninstalls the Server Administrator
software.
/q[n|b|r|f] This command sets the user interface (UI) level.
/q or /qn – no UI. This option is used for silent and
unattended installation. /qb – basic UI. This option is used for
unattended but not silent installation. /qr – reduced UI. This
option is used for unattended installation while displaying a
modal dialog box showing install progress. /qf – full UI. This
option is used for standard attended installation.
/f[p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v]<Package|ProductCode> This command repairs a product.
/fp – This option reinstalls a product only if a le is missing.
/fo – This option reinstalls a product if a le is missing or if an
older version of a le is installed.
/fe – This option reinstalls a product if a le is missing or an
equal or older version of a le is installed.
/fd – This option reinstalls a product if a le is missing or a
dierent version of a le is installed.
/fc – This option reinstalls a product if a le is missing or the
stored checksum value does not match the calculated value.
/fa – This option forces all les to reinstall.
/fu – This option rewrites all required user-specic registry
entries.
/fm – This option rewrites all required system-specic registry
entries.
/fs – This option overwrites all existing shortcuts.
/fv – This option runs from the source and re-caches the local
package. Do not use the /fv reinstall option for the rst
installation of an application or feature.
INSTALLDIR=<path> This command installs a product to a specic location. If you
specify an install directory with this switch, it must be created
manually prior to executing the CLI install commands or they fail
with no error or message.
/i SysMgmt.msi INSTALLDIR=c:\OpenManage /qn – installs a
product to a specic location using c:\OpenManage as the
install location.
For example, running msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi /qn installs Server Administrator features on each remote system based on the
system's hardware conguration. This installation is done silently and unattended.
Customization Parameters
REINSTALL and REMOVE customization CLI parameters provide a way to customize the exact software features to install, reinstall,
or uninstall when running silently or unattended. With the customization parameters, you can selectively install, reinstall, or uninstall
software features for dierent systems using the same unattended installation package. For example, you can choose to install
Server Administrator, but not Remote Access Controller service on a specic group of servers, and choose to install Server
Administrator, but not Storage Management Service, on another group of servers. You can also choose to uninstall one or multiple
features on a specic group of servers.
NOTE: Type the REINSTALL, and REMOVE CLI parameters in upper case, as they are case-sensitive.
NOTE: The software feature IDs mentioned in the following table are case-sensitive.
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