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Reg_SZ: Logging
Value: voicewarmup
Thelettersinthevaluefieldcanbeinanyorder.Eachletterturnsonadifferentloggingmode.Eachletter'sactualfunctionisasfollowsforMSIversion3.1:
v - Verbose output
o - Out-of-disk-space messages
i - Status messages
c - Initial UI parameters
e - All error messages
w - Non-fatal warnings
a - Startup of actions
r - Action-specific records
m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
u - User requests
p - Terminal properties
+ - Append to existing file
! - Flush each line to the log
"*" -Wildcard,logallinformationexceptforthevoption.Toincludethevoption,specify"/l*v".
Once activated, you can find the log files that are generated in your %TEMP% directory. Some log files generated in this directory are:
l Managed System Installation
¡ SysMgmt.log
l Management Station Installation
¡ MgmtSt.log
These particular log files are created by default if the Prerequisite Checker user interface (UI) is running.
Performing an Unattended Installation of Managed System Software
The Dell OpenManage installer features a Typical Setup option and a Custom Setup option for the unattended installation procedure.
Unattended installation enables you simultaneously to install Server Administrator on multiple systems. You can perform an unattended installation by creating
anunattendedinstallationpackagethatcontainsallofthenecessarymanagedsystemsoftwarefiles.Theunattendedinstallationoptionalsoprovidesseveral
featuresthatenableyoutoconfigure,verify,andviewinformationaboutunattendedinstallations.
The unattended installation package is distributed to the remote systems using a software distribution tool from an independent software vendor (ISV). When
the package is distributed, the installation script executes to install the software.
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Creating and Distributing the Typical Unattended Installation Package
The Typical Setup unattended installation option uses the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD as the unattended installation package.
The msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi /qbcommandaccessestheDVDtoacceptthesoftwarelicenseagreementandinstallallrequiredServerAdministrator
featuresonselectedremotesystems.Themsiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi /qb command installs Server Administrator features on each remote system based on
the system's hardware configuration.
You can make the DVD image available to the remote system by either distributing the entire contents of the media, or by mapping a drive from the target
system to the location of the DVD image.
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Mapping a Drive to Act as the Typical Unattended Installation Package
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1. Share an image of the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD with each remote system on which you want to install Server
Administrator.
You can accomplish this task by directly sharing the DVD or by copying the entire DVD to a drive and sharing the copy.
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2. Create a script that maps a drive from the remote systems to the shared drive described in step 1.Thisscriptshouldexecutemsiexec.exe/iMapped
Drive\SYSMGMT\srvadmin\windows\
SystemsManagement\SysMgmt.msi /qb afterthedrivehasbeenmapped.
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3. ConfigureyourISVdistributionsoftwaretodistributeandexecutethescriptcreatedinstep 2.
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4. Distribute this script to the target systems by using your ISV software distribution tools.
The script executes to install Server Administrator on each remote system.
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5. Reboot each remote system to enable Server Administrator.
NOTE: After an unattended installation is complete, in order to use the command line interface (CLI) feature of Server Administrator, you must open a
newconsolewindowandexecuteCLIcommandsfromthere.ExecutingCLIcommandsfromthesameconsolewindowinwhichServerAdministratorwas
installed does not work.