A silent installation runs on its own without
any user interaction, and is considered unattended. Administrators
can install Data Protection for SQL Server by
using silent installation.
Silent installation is useful when Data Protection for SQL Server must
be installed on a number of different computers with identical hardware.
For example, a company might have 25 SQL servers that are installed
across 25 different sites.
To ensure a consistent configuration and to avoid having 25 different
people enter Data Protection for SQL Server parameters,
an administrator can choose to produce an unattended installation
package and make it available to the 25 sites. The installation package
can be placed on a DVD and sent to each of the remote sites, or the
package can be placed on a file server for distribution across the
different sites.
You can run a silent installation by using one of the following
methods:
- Setup Program
- Use the setup command with the command-line
invocation and special silent installation options.
- Microsoft Installer (MSI)
- Use msiexec.exe to install the MSI package.
The following options can be used with both silent installation
methods:
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 a silent
installation is done.
|
| /x |
Specifies the program is to uninstall the
product. |
| addlocal |
Specifies features to install. |
| allusers |
Specifies which users can use the installation
package. |
| installdir |
Specifies the directory where Data 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. |
| transform |
Specifies language to install. |
Note: Setting the rebootyesno option
to No applies only to the installation of theData Protection for SQL Server software.
The installation package includes a number of prerequisites that is
installed by Data Protection for SQL Server if
they are not installed as prerequisites onto 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 features are used in this procedure
and are case-sensitive:
Table 2. Silent installation features (base client only)| Feature |
Description |
|---|
| Client |
Data Protection for SQL Server code |
Table 3. Silent installation features (Language Packages
only)| Feature |
Description |
|---|
| LanguageFiles |
Language-specific files |
The following transforms are used in this procedure.
Table 4. Silent installation transforms| Transform |
Language |
|---|
| 1028.mst |
CHT Chinese (Traditional) |
| 1031.mst |
DEU German |
| 1033.mst |
ENG English |
| 1034.mst |
ESP Spanish |
| 1036.mst |
FRA French |
| 1040.mst |
ITA Italian |
| 1041.mst |
JPN Japanese |
| 1042.mst |
KOR Korean |
| 1046.mst |
PTB Portuguese |
| 2052.mst |
CHS Chinese (Simplified) |