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Installing Managed System Software on Windows Operating Systems 113

Creating and Distributing the Typical Unattended Installation Package

The Typical Setup unattended installation option uses the Dell Systems

Console and Agent CD or the Dell Systems Management Tools and

Documentation DVD as the unattended installation package. The

msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi /qb command accesses the CD

(or the DVD) 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 CD or DVD image available to the remote system by either

distributing the entire contents of the media, or by mapping a drive from the

target system to the location of the CD or DVD image.

Mapping a Drive to Act as the Typical Unattended Installation Package

Share an image of the

Dell Systems Console and Agent

CD or the

Dell

Systems Management Tools and Documentation

DVD with each remote

system on which you want to install Server Administrator.

You can accomplish this task by directly sharing the CD/DVD or by

copying the entire CD/DVD to a drive and sharing the copy.

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

(

msiexec.exe /i Mapped

Drive\SYSMGMT\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\

SysMgmt.msi /qb

if you are using the DVD)

after the drive has been

mapped.

Configure your ISV distribution software to distribute and execute the

script created in step 2.