Specifications

Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Edition
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Performing a Silent Installation of Recovery Manager
Forest Edition
A silent (or unattended) installation of Recovery Manager Forest Edition does not require any user
interaction. With this method, you specify the Recovery Manager Forest Edition installation parameters
at a command prompt before running the installation.
To perform a silent installation of Recovery Manager Forest Edition
• Enter the following syntax at a command prompt:
Msiexec /i "<Path to the Recovery Manager Forest Edition Installation CD>
\Setup\Rmadfe.msi" /qb SQLSERVER="<SQLServerName>\<InstanceName>"
The table below describes the parameters you can use to perform a silent installation of Recovery
Manager Forest Edition.
You can only perform a silent installation of Recovery Manager Forest Edition when all of the following
conditions are true:
• One of the Microsoft SQL Server versions listed in the System Requirements section in the Release
Notes is accessible from the computer where you plan to install Recovery Manager Forest Edition.
• One of the Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services versions listed in the System Requirements
section in the Release Notes is accessible from the computer where you plan to install Recovery
Manager Forest Edition.
– OR –
Quest Reports Viewer is installed and accessible on the computer where you plan to install Recovery
Manager Forest Edition.
PARAMETER DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
SQLSERVER Specifies the name and
instance of a local or remote
SQL Server to store Recovery
Manager Forest Edition data.
This is a required parameter.
Msiexec /i "E:\Setup\Rmadfe.msi" /qb
SQLSERVER="<SQLServerName>\
<InstanceName>"
SQLDBNAME_REPORTING Specifies an existing or new
database to store Recovery
Manager Forest Edition report
data. This database resides in
the SQL Server instance defined
in the SQLSERVER parameter.
If you specify a database that
does not exist, it will be
created.
If the SQLDBNAME_REPORTING
parameter is omitted, a new
database with the following
name is created and used:
RecoveryManager-Reporting-
<name of the Recovery
Manager Forest Edition
computer>
Msiexec /i "E:\Setup\Rmadfe.msi" /qb
SQLSERVER="<SQLServerName>\
<InstanceName>"
SQLDBNAME_REPORTING=
"<DatabaseName>"