HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

11 Silent installation
Silent install
Installing Systems Insight Manager from the command line with an .xml file.
The option to perform a Silent install is available through a command line installation. A silent
install occurs when setup.exe is launched with the command line options for a Silent install.
Execute:
setup.exe s path to silent file svcpw service password dbpw database
password
A silent.xml file resides in the same directory as setup.exe. This text file can be edited with
any text editor. If installing Systems Insight Manager from the DVD, copy the silent .xml to a
location where the file can be edited. If installing Systems Insight Manager from the Web, then
after extracting the installation program, edit the silent.xml file and launch the setup in Silent
mode.
All errors, warnings or information messages are logged in the Systems Insight Manager.log. The
installation status of Systems Insight Manager and installed components appear in the
silentstatus.xml file. These files are created in the root of the system drive.
The silent.xml file contains the parameters below for the installation process.
Database information: Set <installSQLEXPR>
TRUE | FALSE
The following tag is used to install or not install SQL Express during the silent installation:
TRUE - used to install SQL Express
FALSE - used to not install SQL Express
For example: <installSQLEXPR>false</installSQLEXPR>
<dbUserName>
Provide a valid user account which is a member of the local admins group on the database server.
<dbDomain>
Provide the domain for the user account.
<dbHost>
This can be the local server or a remote system running SQL server or SQL Express. Provide the
host name or IP address of the database server.
<dbInstance>
Provide a valid existing instance name already running on the database server or specify a new
instance name if you want to install SQL Express on the local server.
<dbName>
use the default 'master'.
<dbPort>
Use default 1433 or provide a valid port.
Systems Insight Manager service Information:
TRUE | FALSE
The following flag is used to configure an Oracle database during the silent installation:
dbOracle
TRUE - to use an Oracle database
Silent install 75