Silent installation
The backup-archive client installation program supports silent, unattended installations.
If you plan to install the client on the same system as the IBM Spectrum Protect server V8.1.2 or later level, ensure that you halt the IBM Spectrum Protect server before you install the client. This action will prevent the client installation process from forcing the system to reboot. After you install the client, you can restart the IBM Spectrum Protect server.
Use the following executable files to install the C++ and IBM JRE redistributable packages. In the paths that are shown, the dir text string represents the drive and directory where you saved the files when you extracted them from the installation package.
- Windows executable files for installing C++ redistributable packages
- dir\ISSetupPrerequisites\{3A3AF437-A9CD-472f-9BC9-8EEDD7505A02} (contains MS 2012 x64 C++ Runtime - vcredist_x64.exe)
- Windows executable file for installing the IBM JRE redistributable package
- dir\ISSetupPrerequisites\IBM Java(TM) 8 Runtime Environment\spinstall.exe (contains IBM JRE - spinstall.exe)
To install the backup-archive client in silent mode, complete the actions in the following sections.
Install a predefined dsm.opt file
To install a predefined (custom) dsm.opt file, use the following instructions before you begin the silent installation.
C:\tsm_images\TSMClient\Program Files 64\Tivoli\TSM\config- The dsm.opt file does NOT exist in the ..\BACLIENT directory. The installation program does not copy over an existing dsm.opt file.
- The dsm.opt file exists in the ..\CONFIG directory of the installation image, as described earlier.
Turn off User Account Control (UAC)
Before you can silently install the C++ and IBM JRE redistributable packages or the backup-archive client, you must turn off User Account Control (UAC).
To turn off UAC, use either the Windows Control Panel or the MSCONFIG utility:
- To turn off UAC by using the Control Panel, go to the Control Panel and find User Account Control settings, then set the notification level to Never Notify.
- To turn off UAC by using the MSCONFIG utility, open a command prompt window and enter msconfig. Select the User Account Control settings tool, and set the notification level to Never Notify.
Open an administrator command prompt
Elevated privileges are required to install the C++ and IBM JRE redistributable packages. Complete the following steps to open a command prompt window as administrator:
- Click the Start Menu and type "command" to search for the Windows command prompt.
- In the search results, right-click the Command Prompt icon to view the properties.
- Click Run as administrator.
- Click Yes in the permission window.
- Start the product installation by using the command prompt window.
Install the C++ redistributable packages in silent mode
- From the
dir\ISSetupPrerequisites\{3A3AF437-A9CD-472f-9BC9-8EEDD7505A02}
directory, run the following
command:
vcredist_x64.exe /install /quiet /norestart /log logfilename - From the
dir\ISSetupPrerequisites\{915387C3-E260-4985-861D-E7A891A4F74B}
directory, run the following
command:
vc_redist.x64.exe /install /quiet /norestart /log logfilename
vcredist_x64.exe /?vc_redist.x64.exe /?Install the IBM JRE redistributable package in silent mode
The following example is a sample command that installs the IBM JRE package. To run the command correctly on your system, you might need to customize this example.
Although the command is physically spread across multiple lines in the following example, enter it on a single command line as administrator
spinstall /s /v"RebootYesNo=\"No\" Reboot=\"ReallySuppress\" ALLUSERS=1 /qn /l*v
\"jre_log.txt\""
Install the backup-archive client in silent mode
Install the Windows backup-archive client. UAC must still be turned off. If it is not turned off, turn off UAC now.
- Click the Start Menu and type "command" to search for the Windows command prompt.
- Right-click the Command Prompt icon to view the properties.
- Click Run as administrator.
- Click Yes in the permission window.
- Start the Windows backup-archive client silent
installation by using the command prompt window.
When you place a customized version of the msiexec command (which calls the Microsoft Software Installer) in a script or batch file, you can perform installations on multiple Windows systems. The following example is a sample command to install the backup-archive command-line client, client GUI, web client, API, and Administrative command-line client.
You might need to customize this example to run correctly on your system. Although the command is physically spread across multiple lines in the following example, enter it on a single command line:
msiexec /i "Z:\tsm_images\TSMClient\IBM Spectrum Protect Client.msi" RebootYesNo="No" REBOOT="Suppress" ALLUSERS=1 INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\Tivoli\Tsm" ADDLOCAL="BackupArchiveGUI,BackupArchiveWeb,Api64Runtime,AdministrativeCmd" TRANSFORMS=1033.mst /qn /l*v "C:\log.txt"
- msiexec
- Starts the Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) program.
- /i
- Installs the specified source package (replace with
/xto uninstall the package). - "Z:\tsm_images\TSMClient\IBM Spectrum Protect Client.msi"
- Specifies the complete path to the source package. The Z drive is shown in this example. Specify the drive letter for the disk drive, in your configuration, that contains the installation image.
- RebootYesNo="No" REBOOT="Suppress"
- Under certain conditions, a system reboot might be necessary for the installation to complete successfully. This option causes the installation program to not reboot the system if circumstances would otherwise cause the reboot to occur. While this option is convenient, use it with caution because suppressing the reboot might cause the program to behave in an unpredictable manner. The most common reason that a reboot is required is if the installation was an upgrade to an existing backup-archive client, and the installation was performed while the client programs were running. Therefore, shut down all backup-archive client programs and services before you begin the installation.
- ALLUSERS=1
- Specifies that the package is for all users. This option is required.
- INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM"
- Specifies the destination path. If you already installed this product or a previous version of this product on your workstation, use the current installation directory as the destination path for this package.
- ADDLOCAL="BackupArchiveGUI,BackupArchiveWeb,Api64Runtime"
- Specifies the features to install. Specify all the components on a single line within quotation
marks, which are separated by commas, with no spaces before or after the commas. The installable
client features are shown in the following table:
Windows client features Feature description BackupArchiveWeb Backup-archive web client (for connection to IBM Spectrum® Protect server Version 8.1.1 or earlier or V7.1.7 or earlier V7 levels) BackupArchiveGUI Graphical user interface AdministrativeCmd Administrative Command Line ApiSdk API SDK NetAppLibs NetApp API runtime files Api64Runtime API Runtime RemoteWebServices Client Web Server (for file-restore operations using the web user interface) - TRANSFORMS=1033.mst
- Specifies which language transform to use. The following language transforms are available:
Transform Language 1028.mst CHT Traditional Chinese 1029.mst CSY Czech 1031.mst DEU German 1033.mst ENG English 1034.mst ESP Spanish 1036.mst FRA French 1038.mst HUN Hungarian 1040.mst ITA Italian 1041.mst JPN Japanese 1042.mst KOR Korean 1045.mst PLK Polish 1046.mst PTB Portuguese 1049.mst RUS Russian 2052.mst CHS Simplified Chinese - /qn
- Specifies to install the product silently.
- /l*v "C:\log.txt"
- Specifies verbose logging and the name and location of the log file.
The installation process creates the IBM Spectrum Protect folder in the programs folder of the Windows Start menu. You can start the backup-archive client by clicking one of the icons in this folder.