Silently installing the Tivoli Storage Manager client

Before you can install Data Protection for SQL Server on Windows Server Core, you must first install the Tivoli® Storage Manager client on the same computer as Data Protection for SQL Server.

Before you begin

Ensure that the latest, supported version of the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client is available on your computer. You must be an administrator to complete this installation.

About this task

You use the Windows Installer program (msiexec.exe) to install the Tivoli Storage Manager client.

Procedure

Run the command to silently install Tivoli Storage Manager client.

For example, issue the following command on a single line from a "Run as Administrator" command prompt window:

msiexec /i "G:\tsm_images\TSM_BA_Client\IBM Tivoli Storage 
Manager Client.msi" RebootYesNo="No" REBOOT="ReallySuppress" ALLUSERS=1 
INSTALLDIR="c:\program files\tivoli\tsm" ADDLOCAL="Client,AdministrativeCmd" 
TRANSFORMS="G:\tsm_images\TSM_BA_Client\1033.mst" 
/qn /l*v "C:\downloads\logs\ba_logs.log"