Silent install

Note: Silent install of HP SIM does not support an Oracle database.

Installing HP SIM from the command line with an .xml file.

The option to perform a Silent install is available through a command line installation. A silent install occurs when “setup.exe” is launched with the command line options for a Silent install.

Execute:

setup.exe –s “<path to silent file>” –svcpw “<service password>” –dbpw “<database password>”

A silent.xml file resides in the same directory as setup.exe. This text file can be edited with any text editor. If installing HP SIM from the CD, copy the silent .xml to a location where the file can be edited. If installing HP SIM from the Web, then after extracting the installation program, edit the silent.xml file and launch the setup in Silent mode.

All errors, warnings or information messages are logged in the HP SIM.log. The installation status of HP SIM and installed components appear in the silentstatus.xml file. These files are created in the root of the system drive.

The silent.xml file contains the parameters below for the installation process.

Database information: Set <installMSDE>

as 'true' if you want to install and configure HP SIM to a locally running MSDE instance.

Note: MSDE can only be installed on the local server.

<dbUserName>

Provide a valid user account which is a member of the local admins group on the database server.

<dbDomain>

Provide the domain for the user account.

<dbHost>

This can be the local server or a remote system runnning SQL server or MSDE. Provide the host name or IP address of the database server.

<dbInstance>

Provide a valid existing instance name already running on the database server or specify a new instance name if you want to install MSDE on the local server.

<dbName>

use the default 'master'.

<dbPort>

Use default 1433 or provide a valid port. HP SIM service Information:

<svcuserName>

Provide a valid local or domain user account which is a member of the local admins group.

<svcDomain>

Provide the domain for the user account.

Installation Location:

<baseInstallLocation>

and

<hpsimInstallLocation>

define the installation location of HP SIM and the partner components. The base installation location is the main directory that HP SIM and the partner components are installed to. OpenSSH, HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack and HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management Software are installed in the

<baseInstallLcation>

specified in silent.xml. HP SIM will be installed in

<hpsimInstallLocation>

specified in silent.xml. If the silent install finds a previous HP SIM installation on the target system, that location will be used instead System Management Homepage at %system root drive%\hp\hpsmh.WMI Mapper at %system root drive%\program Files\The open group\WMI Mapper.

<allowReboot>

Set this to true or false as desired. A server reboot is recommended after installing HP SIM and partner components. The silent.xml lists all the components with their product IDs for install. Set the

<install>

value to true to install.

Note: HP SIM and System Management Homepage are always installed even if their

<install>

is set to false.

	IMPORTANT: For a Silent install, the service or database user name and/or domain name containing special characters, such as: &, <, >, ', " must be escaped appropriately as below in the silent.xml file: &amp; & &lt; < &gt; > &apos; ' &quot; " For example, for a user name such as user&1 , the entry in silent.xml would be user&amp;1. For a silent install embedded quote ( " ) character in service or database password is not supported.