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Installing the Server

The MSIEXEC command is used to silently install the Tivoli Storage Manager server, licenses, client, and device driver from the command line. Each of these components should be installed separately by specifying its respective feature information from the feature tables.

The source file of each component can be identified by its .msi extension. These files are located on the product CD.

For more information about the MSIEXEC command, refer to Microsoft documentation.

The following is an example of installing the Tivoli Storage Manager server using the MSIEXEC command for a silent installation. Explanations of the parameters follow the example.

Command
msiexec /i "c:\tsm_images\TSM51_Complete\server\Tivoli Storage Manager Server.msi"
RebootYesNo="No" REBOOT="Suppress" ALLUSERS=1 INSTALLDIR="e:\program files\tivoli\tsm"
ADDLOCAL="Online_Main,Online_Server_Readmes,Online_Server,Server_Base"
TRANSFORMS=1033.mst /qn /l*v "c:\server_log.txt"

/i
Specifies an installation.

"c:\tsm_images\TSM42_Complete\server\Tivoli Storage Manager Server 5.0.msi"
Specifies the complete path to the server source package. Look for the actual source package on the product CD. It will have an .msi extension.

RebootYesNo="No" REBOOT="Suppress"
Specifies that a reboot should not be performed. Except for the Tivoli Storage Manager device driver, it is recommended that you not allow a reboot of your machine when using silent installation.

ALLUSERS=1
Specifies that the package is for all users. This parameter is required.

INSTALLDIR="c:\program files\tivoli\tsm"
Specifies the destination path. If Tivoli Storage Manager is already installed on the system and you are upgrading your server, the existing path will be used as the destination path.

ADDLOCAL="Online_Main,Online_Server_Readmes,Online_Server,Server_Base"
Specifies the list of features to install. See Table 17 for a complete list.

TRANSFORMS=1033.mst
Specifies the language transform to use. See Table 21 for a complete list.

/qn
Specifies that this is a silent install.

/l*v "c:\install_log.txt"
Specifies verbose logging and the name and location of the Tivoli Storage Manager installation log file.


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