Options in silent installations

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)