Silent Installation; Before You Begin - Avaya IP Agent Installation And User Manual

Silent installation

The silent installation feature allows you to record a script, called a response file, that
contains the options you select in a normal installation. After the response file has been
created, it can be used with the installation program to set up Avaya IP Agent on PCs
without any user interaction.
This section contains the following topics:

Before you begin

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Command-line parameters
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Creating the silent installation response file
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Running a silent installation
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Before you begin
Read and understand the following items before you attempt to use the silent installation
feature:
You cannot install different configurations (IP Endpoint and CallMaster) through a single
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response file. If you need to install different configurations, you must have a separate
response file for each type of configuration.
By default, the response file is saved to the main Windows program directory
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(%windir%).
Do not attempt to record a response file by running Setup.exe from a location where
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you do not have write permission. However, through the use of the /f1 command-line
parameters, you can specify a different location for the response file.
You can rename the response file without consequence. By default, the installation
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script is named setup.iss. For silent install to use the renamed file, you must use the
/f1 directory\filename parameters.
A log file is created when silent install is run with a response file. If you are having
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multiple PCs run the silent install from the same location, the log file is overwritten with
each installation. A solution to this problem is to have the silent install write the log file to
the C: drive of each PC.
Silent install can be run using Universal Naming Convention (UNC) locations. For
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example, if you copy the \Setup folder to a network location so that multiple PCs can
access it, you can use an execution path similar to the following path:
\\server\resource\Avaya IP Agent\Setup\Setup.exe /s
Do not use a response file from a fresh installation for conducting upgrades on other
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PCs. Create a separate response file from the upgrade procedure.
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