Users Guide
Installing Managed System Software on Windows
®
Operating Systems 77
Distributing the Entire CD as the Express Unattended Installation Package
1
Distribute the entire image of the
Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management
CD to your
target systems.
2
Configure your ISV distribution software to execute the
msiexec.exe /i
CD
Drive
\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\SysMgmt.msi /qb
program from the
Dell PowerEdge
Installation and Server Management
CD image.
The
msiexec.exe /i
CD Drive
\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\SysMgmt.msi /qb
program
executes to install Server Administrator on each remote system.
3
Reboot each remote system to enable Server Administrator.
Creating and Distributing Custom Unattended Installation Packages
To create a custom unattended installation package, perform the following steps:
1
Copy the
windows
directory from the CD onto the system hard drive.
2
Create a batch script that will execute the installation using the Windows Installer Engine
(
msiexec.exe
).
NOTE: For Customized Unattended Installation, each required feature must be included as a Command Line
Interface (CLI) parameter for it to be installed.
An example is
msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi ADDLOCAL=SA,IWS,BRCM /qb
.
(See the
"Customization Parameters" section below for additional details and available feature identifications.)
3
Place the batch script in the
windows
directory on the system hard drive.
Distributing Custom Unattended Installation Packages
NOTE: The SysMgmt.msi installation package for Server Administrator used in Custom Setup unattended
installation (see "Creating and Distributing Custom Unattended Installation Packages") is located in the
srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement directory.
1
Configure your ISV distribution software to execute the batch script once your installation package has
been distributed.
2
Use your ISV distribution software to distribute the custom unattended installation package to the
remote systems.
The
msiexec.exe /i
System Drive
\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\SysMgmt.msi
ADDLOCAL=SA,IWS,BRCM /qb
program installs Server Administrator along with specified
features on each remote system.
3
Reboot each remote system to enable Server Administrator.
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"