Users Guide

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
l SysMgmt.log
l Management Station Installation
l MgmtSt.log
These particular log files are created by default if the Prerequisite Checker user interface (UI) is running.
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Upgrading the MSI Engine
DellOpenManagesoftwareallowsyoutoupgradetheMSIenginewhiledoinginteractiveinstalls.Forsilentinstalls,youhavetoaddappropriatecommandto
the install scripts.
Use the following command in your deployment script to upgrade the MSI engine (if required) and to install/upgrade the systems management software.
:retry
start /wait msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi /qn
if %errorlevel% == 1613 (
REM UPGRADE THE WINDOWS INSTALLER ENGINE
start /wait WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe /quiet /norestart
goto retry
)
if %errorlevel% == 1638 (
REM THIS IS A MINOR UPGRADE
start /wait msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus/qn
)
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Performing an Unattended Installation of Managed System Software
The Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD 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 ISV, an independent software vendor.
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 PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD as the unattended installation package. The
msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi /qb program accesses the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD 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 Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD image available to the remote system by either distributing the entire contents of the
CD, or by mapping a drive from the target system to the location of the CD image.
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Mapping a Drive to Act as the Typical Unattended Installation Package
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NOTE: Dell OpenManage systems management and Management Station installers require MSI version 3.1 or later. Update the MSI engine if you are
usingasystemrunningWindowsServer2003(withoutaServicePack),Windows2000Server,orWindowsXPoperatingsystem.Ifyouareusinga
system running Windows Server 2003 SP1 or Windows Server 2003 x64 operating system, you do not have to update the MSI engine.
NOTE: After an unattended installation has finished, 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 will not work.