Silently installing with the Microsoft Installer program
You can use the Microsoft Installer (MSI) program, msiexec.exe, to implement a silent installation of Data Protection for SQL Server. If you are protecting Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and later versions, you can also use the MSI program to silently install Data Protection for SQL Server on Windows Server Core.
Before you begin
Data Protection for SQL Server must be installed from an account that is a member of the local Administrators group for the system on which the SQL Server is running.
Before you install and configure Data Protection for SQL Server, verify that you satisfy the hardware and software requirements. For more information, see the topic that describes the minimum hardware and software requirements.
About this task
Procedure
What to do next
- You must place quotation marks around the following items:
- A directory path that contains spaces.
- An argument that specifies multiple features. Although you must use quotation marks around the complete argument, you must still place a backslash before each internal quotation mark.
- All features that are listed in a custom installation must be specified after the addlocal option.