Users Guide

86 Installing Managed System Software on Microsoft
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Windows
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Operating Systems
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.
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.
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.
Mapping a Drive to Act as the Typical Unattended Installation Package
1 Share an image of the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD with each remote
system on which you want to install Server Administrator.
You can accomplish this task by directly sharing the CD or by copying the entire CD to a drive and
sharing the copy.
2 Create a script that maps a drive from the remote systems to the shared drive described in step 1. This
script should execute
msiexec.exe /i Mapped
Drive
\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\SysMgmt.msi /qb after the drive has been mapped.
3 Configure your ISV distribution software to distribute and execute the script created in step 2.
4 Distribute this script to the target systems by using your ISV software distribution tools.
The
msiexec.exe /i Mapped Drive \srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\SysMgmt.msi /qb
program executes to install Server Administrator on each remote system.
5 Reboot each remote system to enable Server Administrator.
Distributing the Entire CD as the Typical 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.