Silently installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server on Windows Server Core with the setup program

You can use the setup program to silently install IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for SQL Server on Windows Server Core.

Before you begin

Before you install and configure IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot, verify that you satisfy the hardware and software requirements.

IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 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.

About this task

The IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server setup program is on the installation media (where x: is your DVD drive):

(32-bit) x:\fcm\x86\mmc\8120\enu\spinstall.exe
(64-bit) x:\fcm\x64\mmc\8120\enu\spinstall.exe

Procedure

Enter the following command to silently install IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server to the default installation directory:
```
x:\fcm\aaa\sql\8120\enu\spinstall.exe /s /v/qn
```
where x: is your DVD drive and aaa is either x64 or x86.

Run the spinstall.exe file with the following options. Specify each command on a single line. The following examples are commands that specify the target directory, the features, start suppression, and logging.

x:\fcm\x64\mmc\8120\enu\spinstall.exe /s /v"INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Tivoli\" 
ADDLOCAL=\"Client\" TRANSFORM=1033.mst REBOOT=ReallySuppress /qn /l*v 
\"C:\Program Files\Tivoli\FlashCopyManager\Provisioning\FcmProvisioning.log\""

Review these guidelines as you complete the installation process:
- You must place a backslash (\) before each quotation mark that is within an outer set of quotation marks (").
- For a single-line command, press Enter only when all the parameters are entered.
- You must place quotation marks (") around the following text:
  - 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 listed after the addlocal option.
- Setting the rebootyesno option to No applies only to the installation of the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server software. The installation package includes a number of prerequisites that are installed by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server. Ensure that all the prerequisites are installed before you start the silent installation, and then set the rebootyesno option to No to avoid a restart after the silent installation process finishes.

What to do next

You are ready to configure IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server.