Windows Agent Silent Installation

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.

 

Customizing Your Silent Installation

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

 

More Example Commands

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"

 

Uninstalling Silently

To silently uninstall an Agent:

 

setup.exe /s /x /v"/qn TOTALUNINSTALL=True"