CEM Installation Package available switches

Products

• IT Management Suite
• Client Management Suite
• Server Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

CEM (Cloud-Enabled Management) has the option of generating an offline package that can be used on client machines that can't access your internal network in order to get the proper CEM configuration and policy references. See:

Generating and Installing the Cloud-Enabled Management Offline Package

The "CEM Installation package" or "CEM offline package" provides some switches that can be used to customize the installation process.

Environment

ITMS 8.6, 8.7

Resolution

Usage:

YourCEMInstallPackage.exe [Packager Parameters] [Installer Parameters]

Example:

YourCEMInstallPackage.exe /s /reinstall

Packager Parameters
/? | /h | /help	Show this help
/to:<path>	Path or directory name where to store the extracted files
/noexe	Do not launch the executable file after the extraction
/pass:<password>	Password to use as a key when decrypting the files
/exe:<name>	Name of the executable to launch after the extraction is complete
/cmdln:<params>	Overwrite the stored parameters for target executable with the parameters given in <params>
/nofileui	Do not show information dialog with the filenames that are being extracted
/s	Silent mode, do not show informational dialogs about the installation process
/list:<file>	Save the list of the archived files into the specified file, do not run setup
/extract:[<path>]	Extract the archived files into the specified directory, do not run setup. If the directory path is not specified, it will be prompted later

 

Installer Parameters
/server:<server> | /ns:<server>	Assign the Agent to the Notification Server specified by the host name <server> accessible through HTTP protocol on port 80
/web:<web> | /nsweb:<web>	Assign the Agent to the Notification Server specified by the URL <web> formatted as http[s]://<host name>[:<port>]
/path:<path>	Install the Agent into the custom folder specified by  <path>
/donotstart	Do not start the Agent at the end of installation
/enablestartmenu	Add the Agent shortcut to the Start Menu
/nostartmenu	Do not add the Agent shortcut to the Start Menu
/enabletrayicon	Show the Agent icon in the tray area
/notrayicon	Do not show the Agent icon in the tray area
/addremove	Add the Agent uninstaller to the 'Add/Remove Programs' control panel applet
/noaddremove	Do not add the Agent uninstaller to the 'Add/Remove Programs' control panel applet
/diags	Enables the Agent diagnostics
/nodiags	Disables the Agent diagnostics
/nologging	Disables the logging
/enablelogging:error	Enables the error logging
/enablelogging:warning	Enables the error and warning logging
/enablelogging:info	Enables the error, warning and informational events logging
/enablelogging:trace	Enables the error, warning, informational and trace events logging
/enablelogging:verbose	Enables the error, warning, informational, trace and verbose events logging
/enablelogging:debug	Enables the error, warning, informational, trace, verbose and debug events logging
/enablelogging	Enables the default logging
/enablerc[:yes | no]	Enable remote control compatibility mode for agent user interface
/reinstall	Acts like upgrade, it stops everything, removes old binary files, installs the new files and it keeps all the old configuration files, policies, etc. Stops the process of reinstalling the agent when the offline package is ran.

 

Additional Information

Using the command line to apply Agent Communication Profile to a client computer ( KB 150642 )