Silently installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot

You can use the setup program to implement a silent (unattended) installation of IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot.

Before you begin

Before you install and configure IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot, verify that you satisfy the hardware and software requirements.

You must install two components: Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Server. The setup programs for these components are on the installation media (where x:\ is your DVD drive):

IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Management Console setup program: (64-bit) x:\fcm\x64\mmc\8120\enu\spinstall.exe

About this task

To ensure a consistent configuration and to avoid having 25 different people enter IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 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 in a shared directory on a file server for distribution across the different sites.

Procedure

Enter the following commands to silently install both components to the default installation directories:
```
x:\fcm\x64\mmc\8120\enu\spinstall.exe /s /v/qn
```
where x:\ is your DVD drive.
Run the spinstall.exe file with the following options. Specify each command on a single line from a Run as Administrator command line. The following examples are commands that specify the target directory, the features, start suppression, and logging.
```
x:\fcm\x64\mmc\8120\enu\spinstall.exe /s /v"INSTALLDIR=
\"C:\Program Files\Tivoli\"ADDLOCAL=\"Client\" TRANSFORM=1033.mst 
REBOOT=ReallySuppress/qn /l*v\"C:\Program Files\Tivoli\FlashCopyManager\logs\
fcm.log\""
```
Review these guidelines as you complete the installation process:
- You must place a backslash (\) before each quotation mark that is within an outer set of quotation marks (").
- For a single-line command, press Enter only when all the parameters are entered.
- You must place quotation marks (") around the following text:
  - A directory path that contains spaces.
  - An argument that specifies multiple features. Although you must use quotation marks around the complete argument, you must still place a backslash before each internal quotation mark.
- All features that are listed in a custom installation must be listed after the addlocal option.
- Setting the rebootyesno option to No applies only to the installation of the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot software. The installation package includes a number of prerequisites that are installed by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot. Ensure that all the prerequisites are installed before you start the silent installation, and then set the rebootyesno option to No to avoid a restart after the silent installation process finishes.