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McAfee
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GroupShield
™
7.0 User Guide Installing the Software
Silent installation
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Silent installation
The GroupShield for Exchange installation is performed by MSI. You can set the
properties used by the MSI either by editing the
SILENT.INI
file or by passing the
properties directly to the MSI via the command line.
Silent installation allows you to choose the most convenient time to install GroupShield
for Exchange on Microsoft
®
Windows. Another advantage of silent installation is that it
requires little involvement compared to a manual installation.
Before installation, please ensure that the Windows Net Logon Service is running on
the Windows server using domain controllers.
Installing GroupShield for Exchange in silent mode
1 Using an administrative account, log on to the computer containing Microsoft
®
Exchange Server 2003/2007.
2 Create a temporary directory on the network or your local drive.
3 To install, do one of the following depending on how you obtained the software:
„
Insert the CD into the computer’s drive and copy the installation files into the
temporary directory you created.
„
Download the .ZIP archive and extract the file to the temporary directory.
4 From the command prompt, change the directory to the temporary folder where you
have extracted the installation files.
5 Ensure that the
GROUPSHIELD.MSI
file is located in the temporary folder.
6 Type
MSIEXEC /I <Full Path of the MSI> /QN
and press E
NTER
.
7 To install directory to a
Custom
folder and enable installation logs, type:
Note
You cannot use silent installation to add or remove components or to do a repair.
Note
Temporary directory = C:\GSE7
MSIEXEC /I C:\GSE7\GROUPSHIELD.MSI /QN