Install SQL server from command line and configuration files

  • I would like to try use command line and configutionfile to install SQL server.

    I read I should put the commandline fine in the root of installation file.

    We have a shared folder that has all the installation file on the network, I don't have write permission on that folder. I don't want to copy those installation files to my local too, then what other options can I do?

    I tried to add in the command line to change the directory to the installation files location at start, but since it is a shared directory, I got an error: CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories.

    Any recommendations?

    Thanks

  • We always do a silent install of the SQL Server instance.

    Hope this helps!!

    To be run in Cmd prompt (the TempDB, MDF and LDF directories have to be modified)

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    Setup.exe /SQLSVCPASSWORD="*****" /AGTSVCPASSWORD="*****" /ASSVCPASSWORD="*****" /FTSVCPASSWORD="*****" /SAPWD="****" /SQLTEMPDBDIR="e:\MSSQL" /SQLTEMPDBLOGDIR="e:\MSSQL" /SQLUSERDBLOGDIR="e:\MSSQL" /SQLUSERDBDIR="e:\MSSQL" /ConfigurationFile=c:\ConfigurationFile.ini

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    Contents of the Configuration File (The installation path, Instance name, collation and Sql Service account have to be modified)

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    ;SQLSERVER2008 Configuration File

    [SQLSERVER2008]

    ; Specify the Instance ID for the SQL Server features you have specified. SQL Server directory structure, registry structure, and service names

    will reflect the instance ID of the SQL Server instance.

    INSTANCEID="MSSQLInstance"

    ; Specifies a Setup work flow, like INSTALL, UNINSTALL, or UPGRADE. This is a required parameter.

    ACTION="Install"

    ; Specifies features to install, uninstall, or upgrade. The list of top-level features include SQL, AS, RS, IS, and Tools. The SQL feature will

    install the database engine, replication, and full-text. The Tools feature will install Management Tools, Books online, Business Intelligence

    Development Studio, and other shared components.

    FEATURES=SQLENGINE,REPLICATION,FULLTEXT

    ; Displays the command line parameters usage

    HELP="False"

    ; Specifies that the detailed Setup log should be piped to the console.

    INDICATEPROGRESS="False"

    ; Setup will not display any user interface.

    QUIET="False"

    ; Setup will display progress only without any user interaction.

    QUIETSIMPLE="True"

    ; Specifies that Setup should install into WOW64. This command line argument is not supported on an IA64 or a 32-bit system.

    X86="False"

    ; Specifies the path to the installation media folder where setup.exe is located.

    MEDIASOURCE="\jparfs01\software\Microsoft\SQL 2008\Enterprise\"

    ; Specify if errors can be reported to Microsoft to improve future SQL Server releases. Specify 1 or True to enable and 0 or False to disable

    this feature.

    ERRORREPORTING="False"

    ; Specify the root installation directory for native shared components.

    INSTALLSHAREDDIR="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server"

    ; Specify the root installation directory for the WOW64 shared components.

    INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server"

    ; Specify the installation directory.

    INSTANCEDIR="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server"

    ; Specify that SQL Server feature usage data can be collected and sent to Microsoft. Specify 1 or True to enable and 0 or False to disable this

    feature.

    SQMREPORTING="False"

    ; Specify a default or named instance. MSSQLSERVER is the default instance for non-Express editions and SQLExpress for Express editions. This

    parameter is required when installing the SQL Server Database Engine (SQL), Analysis Services (AS), or Reporting Services (RS).

    INSTANCENAME="MSSQLInstance"

    ; Agent account name

    AGTSVCACCOUNT="domain\serviceaccount"

    ; Auto-start service after installation.

    AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"

    ; Startup type for Integration Services.

    ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"

    ; Account for Integration Services: Domain\User or system account.

    ISSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService"

    ; Controls the service startup type setting after the service has been created.

    ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"

    ; The collation to be used by Analysis Services.

    ASCOLLATION="Latin1_General_CI_AS"

    ; The location for the Analysis Services data files.

    ASDATADIR="Data"

    ; The location for the Analysis Services log files.

    ASLOGDIR="Log"

    ; The location for the Analysis Services backup files.

    ASBACKUPDIR="Backup"

    ; The location for the Analysis Services temporary files.

    ASTEMPDIR="Temp"

    ; The location for the Analysis Services configuration files.

    ASCONFIGDIR="Config"

    ; Specifies whether or not the MSOLAP provider is allowed to run in process.

    ASPROVIDERMSOLAP="1"

    ; Startup type for the SQL Server service.

    SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"

    ; Level to enable FILESTREAM feature at (0, 1, 2 or 3).

    FILESTREAMLEVEL="0"

    ; Set to "1" to enable RANU for SQL Server Express.

    ENABLERANU="False"

    ; Specifies a Windows collation or an SQL collation to use for the Database Engine.

    ; SQLCOLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_CI_AS"

    SQLCOLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"

    ; Account for SQL Server service: Domain\User or system account.

    SQLSVCACCOUNT="domain\serviceaccount"

    ; Windows account(s) to provision as SQL Server system administrators.

    SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="yourAccount"

    ; The default is Windows Authentication. Use "SQL" for Mixed Mode Authentication.

    SECURITYMODE="SQL"

    ; Provision current user as a Database Engine system administrator for SQL Server 2008 Express.

    ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN="False"

    ; Specify 0 to disable or 1 to enable the TCP/IP protocol.

    TCPENABLED="1"

    ; Specify 0 to disable or 1 to enable the Named Pipes protocol.

    NPENABLED="0"

    ; Startup type for Browser Service.

    BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"

    ; Specifies how the startup mode of the report server NT service. When

    ; Manual - Service startup is manual mode (default).

    ; Automatic - Service startup is automatic mode.

    ; Disabled - Service is disabled

    RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"

    ; Specifies which mode report server is installed in.

    ; Default value: “FilesOnly”

    RSINSTALLMODE="FilesOnlyMode"

    ; Add description of input argument FTSVCACCOUNT

    FTSVCACCOUNT="domain\serviceaccount"

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