Silently install Windows agents and clients

You can invoke the agent or client installers with specific command-line parameters and use them on other Windows nodes to perform unattended cloned installations, known as "silent installations".

Silently install OpenText common tools

1. Log in as a user with local administrative privileges.

2. Create a folder called common in the location for the silent installer files.

3. Navigate to where the CM installer files are located and copy the common folder and its contents. Copy to the common folder in the silent installer location.

4. Open a command prompt and navigate to the common folder in the silent installer location.

5. Run this command:

   setupOpenTextCommonTools_win64.exe -silent -P  
     installLocation="<Common Tools install location>" -
     V IS_DESTINATION="<Common Tools install
     destination>" -V JRE_ONLY=TRUE
   

   For example:

   setupOpenTextCommonTools_win64.exe -silent -P
     installLocation="C:\Program Files\OpenText\common"
     -V IS_DESTINATION="C:\Program
     Files\OpenText\common" -V JRE_ONLY=TRUE

Silently install clients

1. Log in as a user with local administrative privileges.

2. Navigate to the CM installer files and copy this file (located at the same level as the "common" folder):

   Dimensions_CM_Clients_<version>.exe
   

3. Copy the file to the folder you are using for the client silent installer files (at same level as the "common" folder).

4. Open a command prompt and navigate to the silent installer folder.

5. Run one of these commands:

   • Full installation with default settings

     Note: The Visual Studio integration is installed only if Visual Studio is detected.

     "Dimensions_CM_Clients_<version>.exe" /s /v" /qn /log <log_dir>
        INSTALLDIR=<installation_dir>"

     For example:

     "Dimensions_CM_Clients_<version>.exe" /s /v" /qn /log
        \"C:\temp\install.log\"
        INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\OpenText\Dimensions
        <version>\CM\""

     The installer automatically restarts Windows. To restart Windows at a specific time add the REBOOT parameter:

     "Dimensions_CM_Clients_<version>" /s /v" /qn /log
        \"C:\temp\install.log\"
        INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\OpenText\Dimensions
        <version>\CM\" REBOOT=ReallySuppress"

   • Full installation with custom settings

     Enables you to specify clients. The Visual Studio for Dimensions integration must be specified last:

     "Dimensions_CM_Clients_<version>.exe" /s /v"/qn /log <log_dir>
       INSTALLDIR=<installation_dir>
       DM_COMPUTER_NAME=<local_host_id>
       DM_SERVER_HOST_NAME=<Dimensions CM_server_host_id>
       DM_DB_NAME=<database_name on_Dimensions CM_server>
       DM_DB_CONN=<database_connection_to
       _Dimensions CM_server_database> PORTNUMBER=<port_no>
       ADDLOCAL=<clients_spec> REBOOT=<reboot_param>"

     For example:

     "Dimensions_CM_Clients_<version>.exe" /s /v"/qn /log
       \"C:\temp\install.log\" INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program
       Files\OpenText\Dimensions <version>\CM\"
       DM_COMPUTER_NAME=\"idd-vmbigxp2\" DM_SERVER_HOSTNAME=\"prodserver\"
       DM_DBNAME=\"cm_typical\" DM_DB_CONN=\"dim14\"
       PORTNUMBER=\"8080\"
       ADDLOCAL=AdminTools,CMShellExtension,Configuration_Files,
       DesktopClient"

   Note:  

   • See below for the full list of silent install command parameters.

   • If you do not specify an installation folder, the default is:

     C:\Program Files\OpenText\Dimensions <version>\CM

   • DM_COMPUTER_NAME specifies the host-id of the local client machine.

   • DM_SERVER_HOSTNAME, DM_DB_NAME, and DM_DB_CONN are used to prepopulate the client login dialog boxes.

6. Check the log file to confirm that the clients have successfully installed.

Silent install command parameters

ADDLOCAL="Configuration_Files,PC_Client,DesktopClient
,Project_Merge"

Silently install the shell extension on 64-bit Windows

The shell extension on Windows 64-bit is a separate installer that must be run at the end of the client installation. For silent installations, this is a manual procedure.

Adding CMShellExtension_64Bit to the ADDLOCAL property copies the required files to the DMROOT\cmShell64 folder. You can launch the extension installer silently after the client installation has successfully completed using this command:

msiexec /qn /i
  "[DMROOT]\cmShell64\Serena_Dimensions_Shell_Explorer_
  64-bit.msi" INSTALLDIR="[DMROOT]"

If you are upgrading the client, uninstall the current cmshell64 before installing the new one:

• CM 14.1 only:

  uninstall {A8959131-E26B-4A4D-BB9D-2FDF11243921} 
  "64-bit Dimensions Shell Integration"

• All other versions of CM:

  uninstall {EC683EBB-5AD5-4F05-B626-F3A0B2F37636} 
  "64-bit Dimensions Shell Integration"

Silently install an agent

1. As a user with local administrative privileges, navigate to the CM installer files and copy this file:

   Dimensions_CM_Agents_<version>.exe

2. Copy the file to the folder with the agent silent installer files.

3. In a command prompt, go to the agent installer folder.

4. Run this command:

   Dimensions_CM_Agents_<version>.exe" /s /v" /qn /log 
     <log_dir> INSTALLDIR=<installation_dir>"

   For example:

   "Dimensions_CM_Agents_<version>.exe" /s /v" /qn /log
     \"C:\temp\install.log\" INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program
     Files\OpenText\Dimensions <version>\CM\""