Install Guide
Setting Result
/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 dierent 
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-specic registry entries.
/fm – This option rewrites all required system-specic 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 specic 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 <SysMgmt or SysMgmtx64>.msi INSTALLDIR=c:
\OpenManage /qn – installs a product to a specic 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 SysMgmt.msi /qn installs Server Administrator features on each remote system based on 
the system's hardware conguration. This installation is done silently and unattended.
Customization Parameters
REINSTALL and REMOVE customization CLI parameters provide a way to customize the exact software features to install, reinstall, 
or uninstall when running a silent or unattended installation. With the customization parameters, you selectively install, reinstall, or uninstall 
software features for dierent systems using the same unattended installation package. For example, you can choose to install Server 
Administrator, but not Remote Access Controller service on a specic group of servers, and choose to install Server Administrator, but not 
Storage Management Service, on another group of servers. You can also choose to uninstall one or multiple features on a specic group of 
servers.
NOTE
: Type the REINSTALL, and REMOVE CLI parameters in upper case, as they are case‑sensitive.
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