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Paul_Millay's avatar
14 years ago

Silent installation of Storage Foundation for Windows v5.1

I am scripting a silent installation of Storage Foundation for Windows using the command line as described in the installation guide: SFWHA_InstallUpgrade.pdf. What is the installation command line switch to replace the Disk Managment Snap-in with the SFW VEA GUI?

This is not listed in the installation guide.

 

Paul

  • Hi Paul,

    As you found, this option is in the Installation and Upgrade Guide. For 5.1 SP2, the URL is http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC3316. The option is DISKMGMT.

    Below are some examples of silent / CLI based installations using setup.exe which include the DISKMGMT option to replace the Disk Management Snap-in with the VEA. Some important items to note:

    • When running the script it is a single line with spaces between the different Parameters.
    • Another item to note is that the SFW / SFW-HA silent installation cannot use any system variables. So if you are scripting the installation to be run inside of another larger that does more confirmation for the system, only use the parameters and option outlined in the Installation and Upgrade Guide. An example of this is keeping the license key inside of another file and trying to direct the LICENSEKEY option to equal a file that contains the license key. For example, "LICENSEKEY=%SYSTEMROOT%\sfwlicense.key" will not work. You must use "LICENSEKEY=123-234-123-234-345".
    • If you do not enter have a license key, an evaluation key will be used by default. This is valid for a period of two months from the date of installation. You should not run SFW / SFW-HA in a production environment without a permanent license key.

    Silent installation example: SFW client

    This sample command installs the SFW Client and states that the installation path is C:\InstallationDirectory. This sample command also tells the system not to reboot at the end of the installation.

    Setup.exe /s INSTALL_MODE=1 SOLUTIONS=3 INSTALLDIR="C:\InstallationDirectory" REBOOT=0

    Silent installation example: SFW server

    This sample command installs the SFW Server with a license key of 123-234-123-234-345, with the MSCS and VVR options, and with their license keys. This sample command also states that the installation path is C:\InstallationDirectory and tells the system to reboot at the end of the installation.

    Setup.exe /s INSTALL_MODE=1 SOLUTIONS=1 LICENSEKEY="123-234-123-234-345,321-543-765-789-321,321-543-765-789-789" OPTIONS="MSCS,VVR,DISKMGMT" INSTALLDIR="C:\InstallationDirectory" REBOOT=1

     

    Silent installation example: remote installation of an SFW server

    This sample command installs the SFW Server with a license key of 123-234-123-234-345, with the MSCS and VVR options, and with their license keys. This sample command also states that the installation path on that computer is C:\InstallationDirectory, that the node it is installing to is SysA, and tells the system to reboot at the end of the installation.

    Setup.exe /s INSTALL_MODE=1 SOLUTIONS=1 LICENSEKEY="23-234-123-234-345,321-543-765-789-321,321-543-765-789-789"

    OPTIONS="MSCS,VVR,SYMCCERT,DISKMGMT" INSTALLDIR="C:\InstallationDirectory" NODE="SysA" REBOOT=1