How to silently install Symantec Ghost
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Problem
You want to know how to install the Ghost Console or Ghost Client silently without user intervention.
Solution
To install Ghost silently, install Ghost with the appropriate Microsoft Installer switches:
To silently install the Ghost Console Client
Use the following command line :
msiexec /i "d:\Ghost\Install\Client\Client.msi" /q GHOSTINSTALLTYPE = Client GHOSTCONSOLESERVERNAME = MACHINENAME
Replace MACHINENAME with the actual machine name of the Ghost Console machine.
To silently install Ghost Solution Suite 2.5
Use the following command line :
msiexec /i "
Switches for Ghost Solution Suite 2.5
- The /i switch indicates an installation. For a list of similar switches, which do not apply to a silent installation, see the section "MSIexec.exe switches for installation types" in the document Switches for Microsoft Installer.
- The choices for GHOSTINSTALLTYPE are Server, Server Tools, and Client.
- These choices are case sensitive.
- A Server installation installs the Ghost Console, also known as the Enterprise Console, and the Server Tools.
- The Client installation type is also known as the Console Client.
- Because the default value is Server, the GHOSTINSTALLTYPE parameter is not required when performing a Server installation.
- USERNAME and COMPANYNAME are required only when you did not previously specify a user name and company name while installing Windows.
- Use GHOSTCONSOLESERVERNAME during the Client installation to specify which Ghost Server you want the Ghost Client to connect to. Though GHOSTCONSOLESERVERNAME is not required during a Client installation, excluding it forces the Client to connect to the first Ghost Server that it finds on the network. The format for the switch is GHOSTCONSOLESERVERNAME = X where X is the computer name of the Ghost server computer.
Ghost has additional switches that can be used on the command line for a silent installation. See the document Switches for Microsoft Installer.
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