Users Guide

Installing Managed System Software on Microsoft

Windows

Operating Systems 87

Creating and Distributing Custom Unattended Installation Packages

To create a custom unattended installation package, perform the following steps:

Copy the

windows

directory from the CD onto the system hard drive.

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.)

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.

Configure your ISV distribution software to execute the batch script once your installation package has

been distributed.

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.

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"

Unattended Installation Features

Unattended installation provides the following features:

• A set of optional command line settings to customize an unattended installation

• Customization parameters to designate specific software features for installation

• A Prerequisite Checker program that examines the dependency status of selected software features

without having to perform an actual installation