5.1.3 Silent installation procedure of Storage Cruiser's agent (for Windows Server 2008 or later)

A silent installation is a method of loading the required information for installation from a pre-created install parameter file to install software automatically without requiring user interaction at the time of installation.

Take the following steps to run a silent installation:

Edit an install parameter file.
Run a silent installation.

Note

Silent installation does not support the version upgrade installation function.
For version upgrade installation, refer to the ETERNUS SF Migration Guide of this version.

5.1.3.1 Editing install parameter file

An install parameter file is a file in which to specify install parameters such as installation destination directory and port number. This file is stored on DVD-ROM and default values are set to respective install parameters. For details on the install parameter file, refer to "D.3 Windows Install parameter file (for Storage Cruiser's agent)".

The install parameter file is stored on the DVD-ROM "ETERNUS SF SC/ACM/Express Mediapack (Agent Program and Manual)" of this version.

Storage location

dvdromDrive:\Agent_windows\Storage_Cruiser\windows_x86\scagt_parameter.ini

When running an installation with default install parameter values, no editing is required.
When changing install parameters, copy the install parameter file on the DVD-ROM to an optional location and edit the copied file. For description of each install parameter, refer to "D.4 Windows Install parameters (for Storage Cruiser's agent)".

In this manual, installing using the default install parameters is referred to as "Default install" and installing with edited install parameters is referred to as "Custom install".

5.1.3.2 Running silent installation

The following is the procedure to silently install Storage Cruiser's agent (Windows):

Log on to the target server as a user with administrator privileges.
Install the DVD-ROM "ETERNUS SF SC/ACM/Express Mediapack (Agent Program and Manual)" of this version into the DVD-ROM drive. If the Installer screen is displayed by autorun, exit the installer.
Start the command prompt with "Run as administrator".
Run the following commands for silent installation of the Storage Cruiser's agent:
- For default install:
  For installLogFile, specify the file in which to output installation log with an absolute path. It is optional to specify for installLogFile.
```
dvdromDrive:\Agent_windows\Storage_Cruiser\windows_x86\scagtsilentinstall.bat [-l installLogFile]
```
- For custom install:
  For installParameterFile, specify with an absolute path. It is mandatory to specify for installParameterFile.
  For installLogFile, specify the file in which to output installation log with an absolute path. It is optional to specify for installLogFile.
```
dvdromDrive:\Agent_windows\Storage_Cruiser\windows_x86\scagtsilentinstall.bat -s installParameterFile [-l installLogFile]
```
Point
- If nothing is specified for installLogFile, an install log file named "scagtsilentinstall.log" is created in the working directory specified for the environment variable TEMP.
- If there is any file of the same name as the specified install log file exists, it is overwritten.
- It is required to specify an existing directory with write permission for the directory in which to store the install log file. If it has no write permission, no error message is output onto the command prompt or screen and the process terminates with error.
- If the paths to the install parameter file and install log file contain any spaces, they should be surrounded by double quote characters.
- The characters " | : * ? / . < > % & ^ ; ! are not supported for path name for install parameter file or install log file.
Note
- If an invalid option is specified, its corresponding error message is output in the install log file and the process exits. No error message is output in the command prompt or screen.
- Do not execute multiplexly the command for silent installation. If it is multiplexly executed, the command executed after that will terminate abnormally. At this time, an install log file is not created.
- In the case of default install or in the case the IP address is not specified for "Agent_server_IP_address" of the install parameter file at custom install, on completion of installation, agent information should be set by the setagtip command.
On completion of installation, a command prompt is displayed.
Remove the DVD-ROM media used for installation out of the device.