The following options can be applied to both silent installation
methods, the setup program and the Microsoft™ Installer (MSI) program.
Review the list of silent installation options in the following
tables:
Table 1. Silent installation options
| Option |
Description |
| /i |
Specifies the program is to install the
product. |
| /l*v |
Specifies verbose logging. |
| /qn |
Runs the installation without running the
external user interface sequence. |
| /s |
Specifies silent mode. |
| /v |
Specifies the Setup Program to pass the
parameter string to the call it makes
to the MSI executable program
(msiexec.exe). Note the following syntax
requirements when you use the /v option:
- A backslash (
\) must be placed in front of
any quotation marks ("
") that are within
existing quotation marks.
- Do not include a space between the /v
command-line option and its arguments.
- Multiple parameters that are entered with the
/v command-line option
must be separated with a space.
- You can create a log file by specifying the directory and file name at the end of
the command. The directory must exist when you run a silent installation.
|
| /x |
Specifies the program to uninstall the product. |
| addlocal |
Specifies features to install. |
| allusers |
Specifies which users can access the installation package. |
| installdir |
Specifies the directory where Data Protection for Exchange ServerData Protection for SQL Server is
to be installed. |
| reboot |
Specifies whether to prompt the user to
restart the system after silent installation.
- Force
- Always prompts user to restart after silent
installation.
- Suppress
- Suppresses prompt to restart after silent
installation.
- ReallySuppress
- Suppresses all restarts and prompts to restart after
silent installation.
|
| rebootyesno |
Specifies whether to restart the system
after silent installation. Specify Yes to
restart the system after silent installation.
Specify No not
to restart the system after silent installation. |
Setting the rebootyesno option to No applies
only to the installation of theData Protection for Exchange ServerData Protection for SQL Server software.
The installation package includes a number of prerequisites
for Data Protection for Exchange ServerData Protection for SQL Server to
install if those prerequisite components are not already
installed on the system. Ensure that all the prerequisites
are installed before you start the silent installation, then set
the rebootyesno option to No so
that no system restart is required after the silent installation
process finishes.
The following tables list the silent installation
features (case-sensitive) that apply to the base client
only.
Table 2. Silent installation features (base client
only)
| Feature |
Description |
| Client |
Data Protection for Exchange ServerData Protection for SQL Server code |
Table 3. Silent
installation features (Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager)
| Feature |
Description |
| Plug-in |
IBM Storage®
Protect (enables
LOCAL VSS operations, and offloaded VSS backups)
|