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Install CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager Silently

CA ARCserve Central Applications lets you install CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager silently. A silent installation eliminates the need for user interaction. The following steps describe how to install the application silently using Windows Command Line.

To install CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager silently

  1. Open the Windows Command Line on the computer where you want to start the silent installation process.
  2. Download the CA ARCserve Central Applications self-extracting installation package to your computer.

    Start the silent installation process using the following Command Line syntax:

    "CA ARCserve Central Applications Setup.exe" /s /v"/q -Path:<INSTALLDIR> -Port:<PORT> -U:<UserName> -P:<Password> -Products:<ProductList>"
    

    Usage:

    s

    Lets you run the executable file package in silent mode.

    v

    Lets you specify additional command line options.

    q

    Lets you install the application in silent mode.

    -Path:<INSTALLDIR>

    (Optional) Lets you specify the target installation path.

    Example:

    -Path:\"C:\Program Files\CA\ARCserve Central Applications\"
    

    Note: If the value for INSTALLDIR contains a space, enclose the path with backslashes and quotation marks. Additionally, the path cannot end with a backslash character.

    -Port:<PORT>

    (Optional) Lets you specify the port number for communication.

    Example:

    -Port:8015
    
    -U:<UserName>

    Lets you specify the user name to use to install and run the application.

    Note: The user name must be an administrative account or an account with administrative privileges.

    -P:<Password>

    Lets you specify the password for UserName.

    -Products:<ProductList>

    (Optional) Lets you specify CA ARCserve Central Applications to install silently. If you do not specify a value for this argument, the silent installation process installs all components of CA ARCserve Central Applications.

    CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup

    VSPHEREX64

    CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager

    CMX64

    CA ARCserve Central Reporting

    REPORTINGX64

    CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby

    VCMX64

    All CA ARCserve Central Applications

    ALL

    Note: The following examples describe the syntax that is required to install one, two, three, or all CA ARCserve Central Applications silently:

    -Products:CMX64
    -Products:CMX64,VCMX64
    -Products:CMX64,VCMX64,REPORTINGX64
    -Products:ALL
    

    The application is installed silently.