Users Guide

Installing Managed System Software on Windows Operating Systems 117

Creating and Distributing the Typical Unattended Installation Package

The Typical Setup unattended installation option uses the Dell Systems

Management Tools and Documentation DVD as the unattended installation

package. The msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi /qb command accesses

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 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 DVD image.

Mapping a Drive to Act as the Typical Unattended Installation Package

Share an image of 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 DVD or by copying the

entire 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\SYSMGMT\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\

SysMgmt.msi /qb

after the drive has been mapped.

Configure your ISV distribution software to distribute and execute the

script created in step 2.

Distribute this script to the target systems by using your ISV software

distribution tools.

The script executes to install Server Administrator on each remote system.

Reboot each remote system to enable Server Administrator.