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How to Perform an Unattended Commerce Server Installation

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Commerce Server 2009 enables automated electronic software distribution, also known as unattended installation. You use unattended installation to automate the installation of Commerce Server 2009 on computers that have the same configuration. Unattended installation lets system administrators install Commerce Server 2009 on remote computers without requiring user intervention. With an unattended installation, a user does not have to monitor the installation and provide input.

Note

You cannot remove features by using unattended installation. Also, Commerce Server 2009 does not allow you to use unattended installation for clustered resources.

When you install Commerce Server 2009, you must do the following:

  • Make sure that you have installed all the Commerce Server software prerequisites listed in What Are the Software Deployment Requirements?

  • Make sure that you have administrator permissions on the computer where you install Commerce Server and the Commerce Server Business Management applications.

  • Log on to the operating system under a user account that has local administrator permissions.

When you perform an unattended installation, the installation program does not display messages. Instead, a log file captures the installation information that includes whether the installation was successful. You can review the log file and determine the results of the installation.

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To perform an unattended installation of Commerce Server 2009, use the command-line options that suppress all interaction and provide parameters for all options. For additional command-line options, see Commerce Server Installation Command Line Syntax.

To use the command prompt for unattended installations of Commerce Server

  1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.

  2. Enter the location of the Commerce Server installation files (for example, if you are installing from a CD, the location might be D:/).

  3. To start the unattended installation, at the command prompt, type setup.exe/<command name> <options>, and then press ENTER.

    We recommend the following options for installing each Commerce Server 2009 component.

    • To install Commerce Server:

      setup.exe /l %systemdrive%\install.log /ADDLOCAL ALL /PRODUCT CommerceServer /passive /norestart

    • To install Commerce Server Business Management applications:

      setup.exe /l %systemdrive%\install.log /ADDLOCAL ALL /PRODUCT CSUI /passive /norestart

    • To install Commerce Server Adapters for BizTalk Server 2006:

      setup.exe /l %systemdrive%\install.log /ADDLOCAL ALL /PRODUCT CSBTSAdapters /passive /norestart

Note

To use the command prompt to install the Commerce Server Business Management Tools, both the Commerce Server Client Tools and the Watson Error Reporting features must be installed first, otherwise the command line installation of the Business Management Tools will fail. To install the Client Tools use a command line like this:

Msiexec.exe /i "[srcdir]Platform\dw20shared.msi" /qn APPGUID={71F4F953-CF7F-4214-81EF-05ACCB724EE9}

See Also

Other Resources

Using Commerce Server Installation Wizard

Commerce Server Installation Command Line Syntax

How Commerce Server Software Is Installed Within a Deployment

Using Commerce Server Configuration Tools

Using Commerce Server Installation Tools