Install Guide

Setting Result
/x <Package|Product Code>
This command uninstalls a product.
/x SysMgmtx64.msi – Uninstalls the Server Administrator
software. For the product GUID, see Unattended Uninstall Using
The Product GUID
/q[n|b|r|f]
This command sets the user interface (UI) level.
/q or /qn – no UI. This option is used for silent and unattended
installation.
/qb – basic UI. This option is used for unattended but not silent
installation.
/qr – reduced UI. This option is used for unattended installation
while displaying a modal dialog box showing install progress.
/qf – full UI. This option is used for standard attended installation.
/f[p|o|e|d|c|a|u |m|s|v]<Package| ProductCode>
This command repairs a product.
/fp – This option reinstalls a product if a le is missing.
/fo – This option reinstalls a product if a le is missing or if an older
version of a le is installed.
/fe – This option reinstalls a product if a le is missing or an equal
or older version of a le is installed.
/fd – This option reinstalls a product if a le is missing or a dierent
version of a le is installed.
/fc – This option reinstalls a product if a le is missing or the stored
checksum value does not match the calculated value.
/fa – This option forces all les to be reinstalled.
/fu – This option rewrites all required user-specic registry entries.
/fm – This option rewrites all required system-specic registry
entries.
/fs – This option overwrites all existing shortcuts.
/fv – This option runs from the source and re-caches the local
package. Do not use this reinstall option for the rst installation of
an application or feature.
INSTALLDIR=<path>
This command installs a product in a specic location. If you specify
an install directory with this switch, it must be created manually
prior to executing the CLI install commands or they fail without
displaying an error message.
/ i SysMgmtx64.msi INSTALLDIR=c:\OpenManage /qn – installs
a product to a specic location where c:\OpenManage is the install
location.
CP_MESSAGE_FORMAT=<enhanced | traditional>
This command sets the alert message type to Enhanced Message
Format (recommended) or Traditional Message Format.
For example, running msiexec.exe /i SysMgmtx64.msi /qn installs Server Administrator features on each remote system based
on the system's hardware conguration. This installation is done silently and unattended.
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Installing Managed System Software On Microsoft Windows Operating Systems