Datasheet

Command-Line Setup Option

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 come with a new command-line tool named pkgmgr.exe that

you can use to custom install IIS 7. The following table describes the available options on this command-

line tool:

When you use the

pkgmgr.exe command-line tool to install specified updates, you must also explicitly

specify and install the updates that your specified updates depend on. For example, if you decide to

install the IIS-CommonHttpFeatures update, you must also install its parent update, that is, IIS-

WebServer. To install the IIS-WebServer update you must also install its parent update, IIS-

WebServerRole, and the update that it depends on, WAS-ProcessModel (see the update dependencies

table). To install the WAS-ProcessModel update you must also install its parent update, WAS-

WindowsActivationService update:

start /w /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;

IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures

Notice that if you don’t specify the start /w option, the command-line tool will return immediately

and process everything in the background, which means that you won’t be able to see when the setup is

completed.

Unattended Setup Option

As mentioned earlier, the pkgmgr.exe command-line tool comes with the /n:unattend.xml option.

unattend.xml is the XML file that contains the updates to be installed or uninstalled. This XML file

provides you with two benefits. First, you don’t have to directly enter the names of the updates on

the command line. Second, you can store this file somewhere for reuse in other Web server machines.

This XML file must have the same schema as the XML file shown in Listing 1-1. This listing installs

the IIS-CommandHttpFeatures update and the updates that it depends on as discussed in the previous

section.

Option Description

/iu:update1;update2…

Run the tool with this option to install the specified updates. Notice

that the update list contains a semicolon-separated list of update

names discussed in the previous sections.

/uu:update1;update2…

Run the tool with this option to uninstall the specified updates. Notice

that the update list contains a semicolon-separated list of update

names discussed in the previous sections.

/n:unattend.xml

Run the tool with this option to install or uninstall the updates speci-

fied in the specified

unattend.xml file. I cover this file in the follow-

ing section.

Chapter 1: IIS 7 and ASP.NET Integrated Architecture

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