Users Guide

78 Installing Management Station Software
An installation cannot be rolled back once it has successfully completed.
A transacted installation is intended as a safety net that protects the system
during a given installation session. If you want to remove an installed
application, for example, you should uninstall that application.
When upgrading from Dell OpenManage software version 4.3 to version 5.x,
an error will roll back the system to its previous state.
NOTE: Installations, uninstallations, and upgrades canceled by the administrator
during installer cleanup or after the installation transaction is completed will not be
rolled back.
Performing an Unattended Installation of Management Station Software
The management station installer provides a Typical Setup option and a
Custom Setup option for the unattended installation procedure.
Unattended installation allows you to install management station software
simultaneously on multiple systems. You can perform an unattended
installation by creating an unattended installation package that contains all of
the necessary management station files. The unattended installation option
also provides several features that enable you to configure, verify, and view
information about unattended installations.
The unattended installation package is distributed to the remote systems using
a software distribution tool from an independent software vendor (ISV).
When the package is distributed, the installation script installs the software.
Unattended Installation Features
Unattended installation provides the following features:
• A set of optional command line settings to customize an unattended
installation
• Customization parameters to designate specific software features for
installation
• A prerequisite checker program that examines the dependency status of
selected software features without having to perform an actual installation