Non-Interactive Installation of a Remote Agent on Windows

You can install the Remote Agent using variables on a command line to indicate your configuration selections. The non-interactive installation for Remote Agents is accomplished by using the msiexec command that is installed as part of the Windows Installer Service.

How to Non-Interactively Install Remote Agents on Windows

Steps

1. On the machine where you want to install the Remote Agent, open a DOS window.

2. Insert the N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1: IBM AIX, Redhat Linux, Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server CD.

3. Change to the directory on the software CD where the Windows installation script is located.

   C:\> cd path-to-CD/windows

   path-to-CD is the path to the software CD.

4. Copy the installation script to the machine on which you want to install the Remote Agent.

   % cp cr_ra_win32_4.1.sh RA-machine/

   RA-machine is a directory on the machine on which you want to install the Remote Agent.

5. Start the installation.

   C:RA-machine\> msiexec /i cr_ra_win32_4.1.msi /qn VARIABLE=value VARIABLE=value

   You may include as many variables as necessary. Variable values that contain spaces, such as directory names, must be included in quotation marks. For the variables and values accepted by the non-interactive installation program, refer to Table 5–1. If you do not include any variables or values, the installation program installs the Remote Agent using the default values.

Example 5–1 Non-Interactive Installation of a Remote Agent On Windows

The following example is a sample of the command to install the Remote Agent non-interactively on Windows.

C:\> msiexec /i cr_ra_win32_4.1.msi/ qn 
INSTALLDIR=“C:\Program Files\N1 Service Provisioning System\”R
A_PARENT_CONNECTION=false