Install Guide
Table Of Contents
- Server Administrator Version 8.4 Installation Guide — Microsoft Windows
- Introduction
- Preinstallation Setup
- Prerequisite Checker
- Installation Requirements
- Configuring SNMP Agents
- Secure Port Server And Security Setup
- Remote Enablement Requirements
- Installing Managed System Software On Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
- Deployment Scenarios For Server Administrator
- Installer Location
- Installing Server Administrator
- Typical Installation
- Custom Installation
- Server Administrator Installation With Citrix Application Server
- Performing An Unattended Installation Of Managed System Software
- System Recovery On Failed Installation
- Upgrading Managed System Software
- Uninstalling Managed System Software
- Deployment Scenarios For Server Administrator
- Installing Managed System Software On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core And Microsoft Hyper-V Server
- Using Microsoft Active Directory
- Active Directory Schema Extensions
- Extending The Active Directory Schema
- Frequently Asked Questions
You can also choose to install, reinstall, and uninstall features with one execution of the msiexec.exe program. For example,
msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi REMOVE=BRCM /qb
This command runs the installation for managed system software, and uninstalls the Broadcom agent. This execution is in an
unattended but not silent mode.
The following table provides the list of feature IDs for each software feature.
NOTE: The software feature IDs mentioned in the table are case-sensitive.
Table 6. Software Feature IDs for Managed Systems Software
Feature ID Description
ALL All features
BRCM Broadcom Network Interface Card (NIC) Agent
QLG QLogic SNMP Agent
INTEL Intel NIC Agent
IWS Server Administrator Web Server
OMSS Server Administrator Storage Management Service
RAC4 DRAC Command Line Tools (RAC 4)
RAC5 DRAC Command Line Tools (RAC 5)
iDRAC (for 11
th
generation of PowerEdge servers) Integrated DRAC Command Line Tools
iDRAC12G (for 12
th
generation of PowerEdge servers) Integrated DRAC Command Line Tools
SI Server Instrumentation
RmtMgmt Remote Enablement
CLI Command Line Interface of Server Instrumentation
WMI Windows Management Instrumentation Interface of Server
Instrumentation
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Interface of Server
Instrumentation
OSLOG Operating System Logging
SA Installs SI, CLI, WMI, SNMP, OSLOG
OMSM Installs SI, OMSS, CLI, WMI, SNMP, OSLOG
NOTE: To manage the server, select either Server Administrator Webserver or one of the Management Interfaces –
CLI, WMI, SNMP or OSLOG along with Server Instrumentation (SI) or Server Administrator Storage Management Service
(OMSS).
NOTE: If SI or OMSS is installed using silent installation (unattended installation), then IWS and WMI are automatically
installed.
MSI Return Code
An application event log entry is recorded in the SysMgmt.log file. The following table shows some of the error codes
returned by the msiexec.exe Windows Installer Engine.
Table 7. Windows Installer Return Codes
Error Code Value Description
ERROR_SUCCESS
0 The action is completed successfully.
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
87 One of the parameters was invalid.
ERROR_INSTALL_USEREXIT
1602 The user canceled the installation.
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