To silently install the Agent, run the installation package from the command line. In the examples that follow, setup.exe represents the name of the installation package.
Fresh silent installation using default settings
To silently install the Agent on an English system using default settings, run this command:
setup.exe /s /v" /qn"
Fresh silent installation in French
To silently install a French version of the Agent on the target system, run this command:
setup.exe /s /v" /qn" /l"1036"
Note that 1036 is the InstallShield language code for French.
To customize your installation, set properties through the command line.
For example, to install the Agent to a directory other than C:\Program Files\<installation directory>\ use this command:
setup.exe /s /v" SILENTINSTALLDIR=\"c:\program files\Licensed\" /qn"
You can change many properties in the installation package. The following table shows all of the public properties that you can set from the command line at run time.
Public Property |
Default Value |
Notes |
ACCOUNTTYPE |
LocalSystem |
Possible values are LocalSystem, AutoCreate, and Custom |
AMPNWADDRESS |
|
If REGISTERWITHWEBCC is True, this field is required |
AMPPASSWORD |
|
If REGISTERWITHWEBCC is True, this field is required |
AMPPORT |
8086 |
|
AMPUSERNAME |
|
If REGISTERWITHWEBCC is True, this field is required |
BCKHELPURL |
|
If FEATUREMAESTRO is True, this field is required |
BCKLOGINURL |
|
If FEATUREMAESTRO is True, this field is required |
EXTRACTMSI |
False |
Turns on/off extraction of the Microsoft Installer (MSI) package |
FEATURECLUSTER |
Off |
Turns on/off installation of the Cluster Plug-In |
FEATUREEXCHANGE |
Off |
Turns on/off installation of the Exchange 2003/2007 Plug-In |
FEATUREEXCHANGE2010 |
Off |
Turns on/off installation of the Exchange 2010 Plug-In |
FEATUREMAESTRO |
Off |
Turns on/off installation of the Agent Assistant |
FEATUREORACLE |
Off |
Turns on/off installation of the Oracle Plug-In |
FEATUREOTM |
Off |
Turns on/off installation of OTM (OTM is only available to Agent versions 6.6x and below) |
FEATURESHAREPOINT |
Off |
Turns on/off installation of the SharePoint Plug-In |
FEATURESQL |
Off |
Turns on/off installation of the SQL Plug-In |
KEEPAMPREGISTRATION |
True |
Set this property to True to retain the previous Web Agent Console registration |
MSIPATH |
C:\ |
If EXTRACTMSI is True, this property denotes the location of the extracted MSI and MST files |
REBOOT |
Suppress |
If FEATUREOTM is Off, REBOOT is suppressed. If FEATUREOTM is On, set REBOOT to Force. Installing OTM will require a system restart. |
REGISTERWITHWEBCC |
False |
Turns on/off registration of the Agent with Web Agent Console |
SERVICEACCOUNTNAME |
|
If ACCOUNTTYPE is Custom, this field is required |
SERVICEACCOUNTPASSWORD |
|
If ACCOUNTTYPE is Custom, this field is required |
SILENTINSTALLDIR |
C:\Program Files\<installation directory>\ |
|
TOTALUNINSTALL |
False |
If this property is False, uninstalling will only remove the program files |
To install an Agent and register it with Web Agent Console:
setup.exe /s /v" REGISTERWITHWEBCC=True AMPNWADDRESS=123.456.com AMPUSERNAME=test@test.com AMPPASSWORD=LetMeIn3 /qn"
To install an Agent with the Agent Assistant, and then register the Agent with Web Agent Console:
setup.exe /s /v" FEATUREMAESTRO=on REGISTERWITHWEBCC=True AMPNWADDRESS=123.456.com AMPUSERNAME=test@test.com AMPPASSWORD=LetMeIn3 BCKLOGINURL=http://123.456.com/login/login.aspx BCKHELPURL=http://123.456.com/help\help.htm /qn"
To install an Agent and the SQL Plug-In:
setup.exe /s /v" FEATURESQL=On /qn"
To silently uninstall an Agent:
setup.exe /s /x /v"/qn TOTALUNINSTALL=True"