Installing Operations Manager from the Command Prompt

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Important

This version of Operations Manager has reached the end of support. We recommend you to upgrade to Operations Manager 2022.

You can install features of Operations Manager by using the setup.exe command in the Command Prompt window. Gateway and agent installations require the use of MOMGateway.msi and MOMAgent.msi. You must ensure that all the servers meet the minimum supported configuration requirements for System Center Operations Manager. For more information, see System Requirements.

Command-line parameters

The following table lists the command-line parameters for installing features of Operations Manager.

Note

If the parameter contains a colon, a value is required. Otherwise, it's simply a switch.

Parameter Value
/ActionAccountUser: The domain and user name of the Management server action account.

Used if you don't want to specify the Local System
/ActionAccountPassword: The password for the Management server action account.

Used if you don't want to specify the Local System.
/AcceptEndUserLicenseAgreement: 0: Don't accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).

1: Accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).

When performing a clean installation of System Center Operations Manager, this switch is needed for all management servers. It's also needed for other scripted installations.
/components: OMServer: install a management server.

OMConsole: install an Operations console.

OMWebConsole: install a web console.

OMReporting: install a Reporting server.
/DatabaseName: The name of the Operational database.
/DWSqlServerInstance: The data warehouse server and instance <server\instance> or Always On availability group listener.
/DWSqlInstancePort: The SQL server instance port number.
/DWDatabaseName: The name of the data warehouse database.
/DASAccountUser: The domain and user name of the Data Access service account.

Used if you don't want to specify the Local System.
/DASAccountPassword: The password for the Data Access service account.

Used if you don't want to specify the Local System.
/DataReaderUser: The domain and user name of the data reader account.
/DataReaderPassword: The password for the data reader account.
/DataWriterUser: The domain and user name of the data writer account.
/DataWriterPassword: The password for the data writer account.
/EnableErrorReporting: Never: Don't opt in to sending automatic error reports.

Queued: Opt in to sending error reports, but queue the reports for review before sending.

Always: Opt in to automatically send error reports.
/install Runs an installation. Use /components to indicate specific features to install.
/InstallPath: Runs an installation specifying an alternative location, to Change the default path for install to another drive. For example: /InstallPath: "D:\Program Files\System Center\Operations Manager" to change from the default location of drive C.
/ManagementServer: Used to specify the name of the management server associated with a web console and/or Reporting server that isn't installed on a management server.
/ManagementGroupName: The name of the management group
/ManagementServicePort: Change the Management Server port on install
/recover Recover the Operations Manager Management Server. This will check if any other Management Servers in the Management Group are still online. If another Management Server is found online, the Setup will attempt to contact them and copy the registry entries needed to deal with RunAs Account Decryption.

If there aren't any Management Servers detected, the Setup will regenerate a new decryption key. You'll need to reenter your existing RunAs Account passwords after the recovery completes.
/silent Doesn't display the installation wizard.
/SqlServerInstance: The SQL server and instance <server\instance> or Always On availability group listener.
/SqlInstancePort: The SQL server instance port number.
/SendCEIPReports: 0: Don't opt in to the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).

1: Opt in to CEIP.
/SRSInstance: The reporting server and instance (<server\instance>).

Used for Reporting Server installations.
/SendODRReports: 0: Don't opt in to sending operational data reports.

1: opt in to sending operational data reports.

Used for Reporting Server Installations.
/UseLocalSystemActionAccount Used to specify the Local System for the Management server action account.
/UseLocalSystemDASAccount Used to specify the Local System for the Data Access service account.
/UseMicrosoftUpdate: 0: Don't opt in to Microsoft Update.

1: Opt in to Microsoft Update.
/uninstall Uninstalls Operations Manager. Use /components to indicate specific features to uninstall. If /components isn't specified, it will uninstall all features of Operations Manager on the server.
/WebSiteName: The name of the website. For default web installation, specify "Default Web Site".

Used for web console installations.
/WebConsoleUseSSL Specify only if your website has Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) activated.

Used for web console installations.
/WebConsoleAuthorizationMode: Mixed: Used for intranet scenarios.

Network: Used for extranet scenarios.

Used for web console installations.

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