Silent installation
- Last UpdatedFeb 07, 2023
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- PI System
- PI OLEDB Enterprise 2019
- Developer
The PI OLEDB Enterprise setup kit extracts several installation modules. The components of the installation process, their order, and the arguments used to start the components are provided in a configuration file named setup.ini. If you modify this file, you can provide different command-line arguments for different stages of the setup. This may be useful within a well-controlled environment with options that are known in advance, such as in the case of an embedded installation. The setup kit also contains a file named silent.ini that contains modifications to setup.ini that are typically needed to run a silent installation. You can augment these arguments by adding any of the options described below. For PI SDK and PI AF Client installations and arguments, see the PI SDK Help and release notes, and the Installation and Upgrade guide, respectively.
Individual arguments must contain no spaces unless they are surrounded by quotes.
|
Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
|
/i |
Specifies an installation |
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/qn |
Specifies the "quiet mode" and suppresses dialog boxes and prompts |
|
ALLUSERS |
Specifies the per-machine or per-user installation context. Use a value of 1 for silent installations. |
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REBOOT |
Restarts the computer. Use a value of Suppress for silent installations. |
Use this syntax for a silent installation:
msiexec.exe /i PIOLEDBEnterprise.msi REBOOT=Suppress
ALLUSERS=1 /qn
msiexec.exe /i PIOLEDBEnterprise64.msi REBOOT=Suppress
ALLUSERS=1 /qn
Note: On a 64-bit Windows both versions, 64-bit and 32-bit, need to be installed, even if you only plan on using one.