Month: March 2012

After walking through the installation GUI, copy the Configuration File Path on the ‘Ready To Install’ page.  Copy and modify this file in the following order to generate a repeatable unattended install process:

1. Put a semicolon infront of UNIMODE=”Normal”
2. Set either QUITE=”False” or QUITESIMPLE=False” to true
3. Add the following line to accept the licensing terms:
   IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS="True"
4.  Run the following as administrator from a command prompt:
   
   Shell

   "path_to_setup\setup.exe" /CONFIGURATIONFILE="path_to_config_file\ConfigurationFile.ini" /SQLSVCPASSWORD="XXXXX" /AGTSVCPASSWORD="XXXXX" /SAPWD="XXXXX"

   1	"path_to_setup\setup.exe" /CONFIGURATIONFILE="path_to_config_file\ConfigurationFile.ini" /SQLSVCPASSWORD="XXXXX" /AGTSVCPASSWORD="XXXXX" /SAPWD="XXXXX"