Quick note on installing System Center 2012 Service Manager setups silently

When installing System Center 2012 Service Manager via Configuration Manager (i.e. unattended), it is important to do it while suppressing any dialog. While the following article provides examples of setup.exe installation command-line options, as it turns out, the setup.exe /Silent switch does not work unless the “/Silent” is at the end of the command.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh495658.aspx

The issue you run into is that if the /Silent switch is not at the end of the statement, the installation is silent but does not in fact complete.

To give you an example, this command would work:

Start /Wait Setup.exe /Install:Console /AcceptEula:"Yes" /RegisteredOwner:"pjf" /RegisteredOrganization:"msft" /CustomerExperienceImprovementProgram:"Yes" /EnableErrorReporting:"Yes" /Installpath:"C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center\Service Manager 2012" /Silent

This command would not:

Start /Wait Setup.exe /Silent /Install:Console /AcceptEula:"Yes" /RegisteredOwner:"pjf" /RegisteredOrganization:"msft" /CustomerExperienceImprovementProgram:"Yes" /EnableErrorReporting:"Yes" /Installpath:"C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center\Service Manager 2012" 

We’re working to get our documentation updated but wanted to update everyone for now. So just be sure you put that /Silent switch at the end and you should be good to go.

J.C. Hornbeck| Solution Assets PM | Microsoft GBS Management and Security Division

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