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Deploying a Silent Installation of StarSQL using Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
Last Update: 26 June 2008
Product: StarSQL
Version: 5.x
Article ID: SQV00SQ046
Abstract
A silent installation uses the settings specified in a response file instead of prompting for user input. This reduces the installation time and ensures that StarSQL is installed the same way on every computer. Once a silent installation package has been created, StarSQL can easily be deployed to a large number of desktops using Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS). This document describes how to create a silent installation package of StarSQL and provides a sample SMS package definition file (PDF).
Solution
- Create a silent installation package of StarSQL using the
instructions in
the technical document Creating
a Custom StarSQL v5.x Installable Image, which also describes how you can import StarSQL ODBC data sources
and license information during the silent
installation.
- After you have created and tested the silent installation package, create an SMS package definition file using the following sample
as a guideline.
[PDF]
Version=2.0
[Package Definition]
Name=StarSQL
Version=5.30
Publisher=StarQuest Ventures, Inc.
Language=English
Comment=StarSQL Installation
Programs=SilentInstall
[SilentInstall]
Name=StarSQL
Comment=Silent Installation of StarSQL
CommandLine=setup /s /f1%RESPONSEFILE% /f2%LOGFILE%
/v"ADDLOCAL=Core,SQ_SPECIFIC,AS400,TCPIP,TrcStart,PDF,StarSQL_Help"
SupportedClients=Win 9x, Win NT(i386)
UserInputRequired=FALSE
NOTE: The CommandLine parameter
value in the above PDF is only a sample. Replace it with the setup command that installs the features you want to install on each computer. The
technical document Creating
a Custom StarSQL v5.x Installable Image describes the setup command options and syntax.
Refer to the Microsoft Systems Management Server documentation for information on additional SMS options.
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