Users Guide

remote system.
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Creating and Distributing Custom Unattended Installation Packages
To create a custom unattended installation package for distribution, simply copy the windows directory from the CD onto the system's hard drive.
Create a batch script that will execute the installation using the Windows Installer Engine (msiexec.exe). For example:
msiexec.exe /i MgmtSt.msi ADDLOCAL=ITA,RACMS,ADS /qb
Also, put the batch script in the windows directory on the system hard drive.
See "Customization Parameters" for additional details and available feature identification.
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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 following command executes from the script to install Management Station, along with specified features, on each remote system:
msiexec.exe /i System Drive\windows\ManagementStation\MgmtSt.msi ADDLOCAL=ITA,RACMS,ADS /qb
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Specifying Log File Locations
Runthefollowingcommandtoperformanunattendedinstallationwhilespecifyingthelogfilelocation:
msiexec.exe /i MgmtSt.msi /l*v "C:\openmanage\logs\MgmtSt.log"
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Optional Command Line Settings
Table5-1 shows the optional command line settings available for the msiexec.exe. Type the optional settings on the command line after msiexec.exe with a
space between each setting.
Table 5-1. Command Line Settings for MSI Installer
NOTE: For a customized unattended installation, each required feature must be included as a command line interface (CLI) parameter for it to be
installed.
NOTE: The MgmtSt.msi installation package for Management Station used in the Custom Setup unattended installation as described in the previous
section is located in the \windows\ManagementStation directory.
NOTE: See support.microsoft.com for full details of all the Microsoft Windows Installer command line switches.
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Setting
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Result
/i <Package|Product
Code>
Installs or configures a product.
/i MgmtSt.msi – This command installs the Server Administrator software.
/x <Package|Product
Code>
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Uninstalls a product.
/x MgmtSt.msi – This command uninstalls the Server Administrator software.
/q[n|b|r|f]
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>
Repairs a product.
/fp – This option reinstalls a product only if a file is missing.
/fo – This option reinstalls a product if a file is missing or if an older version of a file is installed.
/fe – This option reinstalls a product if a file is missing or an equal or older version of a file is installed.
/fd – This option reinstalls a product if a file is missing or a different version of a file is installed.