Owner's Manual

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Distributing the Entire DVD as the Typical Unattended Installation Package
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1. Distribute the entire image of the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD to your target systems.
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2. Configure your ISV distribution software to execute the
msiexec.exe /i DVD Drive\SYSMGMT\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\ SysMgmt.msi /qb command from the DVD image.
TheprogramexecutestoinstallServerAdministratoroneachremotesystem.
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3. Reboot each remote system to enable Server Administrator.
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Creating and Distributing Custom Unattended Installation Packages
To create a custom unattended installation package, perform the following steps:
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1. Copy the SYSMGMT\srvadmin\windows directory from the DVD to the system hard drive.
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2. Create a batch script that executes the installation using the Windows Installer Engine (msiexec.exe).
An example is msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi ADDLOCAL=SA,IWS,BRCM /qb. (See "Customization Parameters" for more details and available feature
identifications.)
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3. Place the batch script in the windows directory on the system hard drive.
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Distributing Custom Unattended Installation Packages
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1. Configure your ISV distribution software to execute the batch script once your installation package has been distributed.
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2. Use your ISV distribution software to distribute the custom unattended installation package to the remote systems.
The batch script installs Server Administrator along with specified features on each remote system.
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3. Reboot each remote system to enable Server Administrator.
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Specifying Log File Locations
For managed system MSI installation, run the following command to perform an unattended installation while specifying the log file location:
msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi /l*v "C:\openmanage\logs\SysMgmt.log"
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Unattended Installation Features
Unattended installation provides the following features:
l A set of optional command line settings to customize an unattended installation
l Customization parameters to designate specific software features for installation
l A Prerequisite Checker program that examines the dependency status of selected software features without having to perform an actual installation
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Optional Command Line Settings
Table5-1 shows the optional settings available for the msiexec.exe MSI installer. Type the optional settings on the command line after msiexec.exe with a
space between each setting.
NOTE: For Customized Unattended Installation, each required feature must be included as a command line interface (CLI) parameter for it to be
installed.
NOTE: The SysMgmt.msi installation package for Server Administrator used in the Custom Setup unattended installation (see "Creating and Distributing
Custom Unattended Installation Packages") is located in the SYSMGMT\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement directory in the DVD.
NOTE: See support.microsoft.comforfulldetailsaboutallthecommandlineswitchesfortheWindowsInstallerTool.
Table 5-1. CommandLineSettingsforMSIInstaller