Unattended Installation In Windows; Configuration Script Parameters - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Workstation Installation Manual

1.6. Unattended installation in Windows

Acronis components can be installed in the unattended mode, as opposed to the interactive mode.
You will need the configuration script mst_get.vbs, which is located in the folder where Acronis
Backup & Recovery
Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecoveryConsole. If the management console is installed on a different
machine, you can copy the script from that machine.
To install a component in the unattended mode
1. Run the setup program.
2. Click Extract installation files.
3. Extract the component's installation package.
4. Create a transform (an .mst file) for the installation package, by running the configuration script.
For example, the following command creates a transform to install the agent for Windows with
the license key ABCDE-54321:
mst_gen.vbs /msi_path C:\Acronis\AgentWindows.msi /serial ABCDE-54321
The complete syntax of the configuration script is described in Configuration script parameters (p.
8).
5. Run Windows Installer (the msiexec program), specifying the names of both the installation
package and the transform as follows:
msiexec /i c:\AcronisAgentWindows.msi TRANSFORMS=AcronisAgentWindows.mst /qb

1.7. Configuration script parameters

The configuration script mst_gen.vbs creates an .mst file—known as a transform, a modification, or a
modification file—for the installation package of an Acronis component, such as Acronis Backup &
Recovery 10 Agent for Windows.
By using the transform together with the installation package, you can install the component in the
unattended mode.
The following is the complete syntax of the configuration script:
mst_gen.vbs
/msi_path Full_Path
[/current_user]
[/reinstall]
[/target_dir Installation_Folder]
/serial License_Key [/old_serial Echo_License_Key]
[/account User_Name Password]
The script parameters are the following:
General parameters
/msi_path Full_Path
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