Performing Unattended Installation

1. Create the DPMSetup.ini file on the computer where you want to perform the installation.
   
   
2. At an elevated command prompt, type the following command
   
   

    

   For local installation	start /wait setup.exe /i /f <path>\Dpmsetup.ini /l <path>\dpmlog.txt
   For remote installation	start /wait [media location]\setup.exe /i /y /f <path>\Dpmsetup.ini /l <path>\dpmlog.txt

Important
Make sure that all DPM prerequisites are already installed before you run the unattended installation.

1. Open a Notepad file.
   
   
2. Paste the following contents into the file.
   
   
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   [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>
   # 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>
   

3. Replace the text in <> with values from your environment.
   
   
4. Save the file as DPMSetup.ini.
   
   

Note that the entries from line 5 onwards have been commented out. DPM Setup takes default values for commented entries. If you want DPM to take a specific value, remove the hash (#) symbol from the appropriate comment.

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