DPM 2016 silent install
With the new DPM 2016 soon to be released there are some changes to the unattended file. The old one for DPM 2012 R2 is below:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | [OPTIONS] UserName = <A user with credentials to install DPM> CompanyName = <Name of your company> ProductKey = <The 25-character DPM product key in the format xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx> # SqlAccountPassword = <The password to the DPM$ account> # StandardAgentLicenses = <No. of standard agent licenses you have purchased> # EnterpriseAgentLicenses = <No. of enterprise agent licenses you have purchased> # ProgramFiles = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Data Protection Manager # DatabaseFiles = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\DPM\DPMDB # IntegratedInstallSource = <Location of the DPM setup files> # ---For using a remote SQL Server instance --- # YukonMachineName = <Name of the SQL Server computer> OR <SQL Cluster Name> # YukonInstanceName = <Name of the instance of SQL Server that Setup must use> # YukonMachineUserName = <User name that Setup must user> # YukonMachinePassword = <Password for the user name Setup must use> # YukonMachineDomainName = <Domain to which the SQL Server computer is attached> # ---For using a reporting SQL Server instance in case of DPMDB in SQL Cluster --- # ReportingMachineName = <Name of the SQL Server computer> # ReportingInstanceName = <Name of the instance of SQL Server that Setup must use> # ReportingMachineUserName = <User name that Setup must user> # ReportingMachinePassword = <Password for the user name Setup must use> # ReportingMachineDomainName = <Domain to which the SQL Server computer is attached> |
The changes for DPM 2016 is that all the Yukon prefixed variables now have SQL before it. This makes much more logical sense. Also there still are some…