Users Guide

Installing Management Station Software 81
Also, put the batch script in the windows directory on the system hard drive.
See “Customization Parameters” for additional details and available feature
identification.
Distributing Custom Unattended Installation Packages
NOTE: The MgmtSt.msi installation package for management station used in the
Custom Setup unattended installation as described in the previous section is
located in the SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\ManagementStation on
the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.
1 Configure your ISV distribution software to execute the batch script once
your installation package has been distributed.
2 Use your ISV distribution software to distribute the custom unattended
installation package to the remote systems.
The following command executes from the script to install management
station, along with specified features, on each remote system:
msiexec.exe /i
System
Drive
\SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\Management
Station\MgmtSt.msi ADDLOCAL=ITA,RACMS,ADS /qb (if
you are using the DVD)
Specifying Log File Locations
Run the following command to perform an unattended installation while
specifying the log file location:
msiexec.exe /i MgmtSt.msi /l*v
"C:\openmanage\logs\MgmtSt.log"
Optional Command Line Settings
Table 6-1 shows the optional command line settings available for the
msiexec.exe. Type the optional settings on the command line after
msiexec.exe with a space between each setting.
NOTE: See support.microsoft.com for full details of all the Microsoft Windows
Installer command line switches.