Use silent installation

System Platform supports silent (command line) installation. This feature uses plain text files called Response Files and enables you to install System Platform products without user interaction.

Before you attempt to run silent installation, run the System Platform setup.exe installation file and check that the UI opens. If the UI does not open and instead you receive a "pending restart" message, follow the instructions provided in the message. Once th UI opens, you can close it and then run silent install.

Prerequisite software includes .NET Framework and SQL Server. Details about prerequisite software are provided in System Platform prerequisites. See Configure SQL Server for additional information about SQL Server.

Important: SQL Server and the .NET Framework are not installed automatically by the command line installer and must be installed before starting silent installation. Other prerequisites are installed automatically.

Setup.exe is run from the command line and accepts as an argument the name and path of a response file containing pre-scripted responses to System Platform installation prompts.

Important: Use silent installation only to install a new system or upgrade an existing one. Adding or removing components during an upgrade is NOT supported.