Symantec Management Platform (Notification Server)

Anyone know if it is possible to install the Symantec Management Platform silently?

I assume you mean the agent.  Not the server itself.  Right?

I don't really see the benefit of silently installing a fairly complex management platform. I would think you would want to see dialogs and\or errors, at least a progression of where you are in the process.

This is what I use:

:: if the file exists, this batch file has already been executed

IF EXIST "C:\Program files\altiris\ns7.txt" GOTO END

:: If we keep going, we know the PC doesn't have the NS7 agent installed yet so we can run clean ups first

 

"C:\program files\altiris\altiris agent\aexagentutil.exe" /clean

"C:\program files\altiris\aclient\aclient.exe" -silent -remove

:: post clean up now install agent

\\location of this file\aexnsc.exe /install /s /ns=nsservernamehere

 

:: creates the marker file for future runs as ns7 agent has been run

CD "c:\program files\altiris"

ECHO y > ns7.txt

GOTO END

 

 

:END

:: exits batch file
EXIT

simple .bat file that is called via a GPO startup script.


(Yes it could be much cleaner, but I'm not too worried at this point as its not being deployed company wide yet)

No i mean the SMP not the agent.

The benefit of having a silent/automated install is so that you have a consistent installation of SMP across all networks. I won't always be their to watch the monkeys install the product so need to be happy that SMP is being installed in a consistent manner.

For NS6,  l  have a installation script which installs the core NS6 console and will then go and install the required solutions l need.

Thanks Christovan, but am talking about SMP not that agent.

is create an installation package off of a server that is configured how you want to be, using the SIM on that server. I don't think it's silent, but at least it's a consistent repeatable method for installing multiple servers.

Or install it yourself.  Why trust the "monkeys"?

Good idea, but that is just a selective copy of the solutionsam site. 

Will fire up a VM on Monday and see what options the SIM has and report back here what l found out.

Why not install it yourself?  Or document it so that the local admin can run through the install?

do you want both installed silently? 

Hi g00ner, did you make any progress?  I have successfully automated the installation of NS 7.0 using a config.xml for SIM.  There is a whole lot of undocumented settings that can be used in the xml (I'm still trying work out how to use some of them). You can choose to install solutions or suites depending on your needs.

I'd love to see what kind of settings you have been able to set with the XML file.

I also agree with the benefits of using a pre-configured automated install.

Cheers

Rhys

I'm looking at writing an article explaining the whole thing once I get my head around a couple of settings.

Do you have any update on this? I would love to have these instructions too...they would be very handy for throwing up a server in a lab enviornment in a repeatable process that would require no user interaction.