Installation guide

Installing or Upgrading NetIQ eDirectory on Windows 67
Install as Service Tag: eDirectory runs as a service in Windows. It is mandatory that this parameter is
always set to Yes to make sure that eDirectory is installed as a service.
[NWI:NDS]
Install as Service=Yes
Selected Nodes Tag: This tag lists the components that are installed in eDirectory, along with
information in the profile database that contains more information about the component, including
source location, destination copy location, and component version. These details in the profile
database are compiled into a
.db file that is delivered in the eDirectory release.
[Novell:NOVELL_ROOT:1.0.0]
File Copy Tag: This tag contains keys for display settings that are handled in the next section,
including the file copy profile information:
overWriteNewerFile=false
overWriteNewerFilePrompt=true
copyToRemoteDestination=true
These options specify the response from the eDirectory Installer in scenarios such as file write
conflicts, file copying decisions, etc.
Silent Installation Parameters
This section describes parameters that need to be set for the Installer to run unattended.
[NWI:NDS]
Prompt=false
The [NWI:NDS] section describes eDirectory configuration details such as tree name and server name.
If you don't want the Installer to prompt for values for these parameters, set this parameter to
False .
[Selected Nodes]
Prompt=false
If you don’t want the Installer to prompt for the destination copy location, version details, etc. for all
components configured with the eDirectory, set this parameter to
False in the [Selected Nodes]
tag.
[Novell:NOVELL_ROOT:1.0.0]
Prompt=false
If you don’t want the Installer to prompt for yes/no questions, or for other decisions with parameters
in this section, set this parameter to
False in the [Selected Nodes] tag.
[Novell:ExistingTree:1.0.0]
Prompt=false
If you don’t want the Installer to prompt for deciding whether is it a new tree installation, or for
adding a secondary server to an existing tree, set this parameter
False in the [Selected Nodes] tag.
[Initialization]
InstallationMode=silent
SummaryPrompt=false
prompt=false