About this section This section describes how to install SnapManager on a stand-alone Windows host system used for any of the following purposes:
◆ The production SQL Server computer
◆ A remote administration server
◆ A remote verification server
See the following topics for more information:
◆ “Modes of installing SnapManager” on page 44
◆ “Installing in interactive mode” on page 46
◆ “Installing SnapManager in unattended installation mode” on page 49
◆ “System configurations for SnapManager on a Windows cluster” on page 55 Note
You do not need to stop SQL Server instances before or during the SnapManager software installation process.
Modes of installing SnapManager
The software installation utility for SnapManager can be run in either interactive mode or unattended mode. These two modes are described in the following table.
Feature executing a script or command line.
Minimum required input
◆ Acceptance of the terms of the license agreement
◆ SnapManager service account
❖ User name
❖ Password
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Optional input ◆ User name
◆ Organization name
◆ SnapManager server-side license key
◆ SnapManager installation directory command line if you pass a specific required to activate new software, a dialog box appears and prompts you to select whether you want to reboot the target system.
If a system reboot is required to activate new software, a dialog box appears and prompts you to choose whether you want to reboot the target system. You can override this default
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Installing in interactive mode
To install SnapManager using the software installation utility in interactive mode, complete the following steps.
Step Action
1 Install the software from the CD that came packaged with your media kit or download it.
Attention
Do not use Terminal Services for any type of SnapManager administration, because you might miss critical information that is displayed only in pop-up boxes at the system console.
If... Then...
You are obtaining the software from the network
Download the SnapManager package from the network, save it on the Windows host system, then launch the SnapManager installation package by double-clicking it in your Windows Explorer screen.
Result: The software installation utility starts and opens to the Welcome screen.
You are installing the software from CD
Browse to the SnapManager installation package and double-click setup.exe.
Result: The software installation utility starts and opens to the Welcome screen.
2 In the Welcome screen, click Next.
Result: The License Agreement screen appears.
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3 Read the license agreement.
If you accept the terms of the agreement, select the “I accept....”
option and then click Next.
Result: The Customer Information screen appears.
4 In the Customer Information screen, specify the user name, the organization name, and the SnapManager license type. See
“SnapManager license requirements” on page 34 for details about the two license types.
If you have a storage-system-side license for SnapManager, select Per storage system, and be sure that the SnapManager system-side license is enabled on the storage system.
If you have an SQL-Server-side license for SnapManager, select Per Server and use the License Key box to enter the license key for your server-side license.
Note
If you do not have a license key, you can leave the License Key box empty for now and enter your server-side license key later by selecting Help > About the SnapManager interface. From that dialog box, you click Update License to open the Update Server-Side License dialog box and specify your license key.
5 Click Next.
Result: The Destination Folder screen appears.
6 In the destination folder, note the full path of the folder in which SnapManager will be installed.
The default installation directory for SnapManager 5.0 for Microsoft SQL Server is as follows:
c:\Program Files\NetApp\SnapManager for SQL Server\
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7 Optional. If you want to install SnapManager in a directory other than the default installation directory, do the following:
a. Click Change to open the Change Current Destination Folder dialog box.
b. Browse to an alternate installation directory.
c. Click OK to close the dialog box.
The Destination Folder screen displays the new specified installation directory path.
Record the newly specified installation directory path.
8 Click Next.
Result: The SnapManager Server Identity screen appears.
9 In the Account box of the SnapManager Server Identity screen, specify the user account you want to use to run SnapManager. This account must meet the following requirements:
◆ The account must have administrator privileges on the SQL Server computer.
◆ If you are running in Windows authentication mode, the account must also have system administrator server privileges.
If SnapDrive is installed and configured, the text box is populated with the account for which SnapDrive is configured. Otherwise, browse to find and select the account name. The user account name is specified in either of the following formats:
◆ DomainName\UserName
◆ UserName@DomainName
10 In the Password box and in the Confirm Password box, enter the user password.
11 Click Next.
Result: The Ready to Install the Program screen appears. All the installation specifications are complete.
Step Action
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Installing SnapManager in unattended installation mode
This topic describes how to install SnapManager by running the software installation utility from a command line. This enables you to install the SnapManager software under the control of a script for an unattended installation.
Note
You can also install SnapManager in interactive mode, as described in “Installing SnapManager in unattended installation mode” on page 49. For a comparison of the two installation modes, see “Modes of installing SnapManager” on page 44.
How to run the software installation utility: The command name you specify depends on the SnapManager installation media you access.
12 Optional. Review or change your current installation specifications before proceeding by clicking Back.
13 To proceed with the installation using your current specifications, click Install.
Result: The installation process begins, and the Installing SnapManager for SQL Server screen appears. The screen displays the progress of the installation process.
14 After the InstallShield Wizard Completed screen appears click Finish to exit the software installation utility.
15 Proceed to Chapter 4, “Starting SnapManager for the first time after installation,” on page 79.
Step Action
SnapManager installation media Application to be run
Software CD setup.exe (located on the CD)
Software package downloaded from the network
SMSQL5.0.exe (the name of the software package itself)
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How to display the software license agreement: To display the SnapManager software license agreement, enter the following command either directly at the command line or through a script:
CommandName /v”SHOWEULA=Yes /qb”
CommandName is either setup.exe or SMSQL5.0.exe, depending on the SnapManager installation media used.
Note
The SHOWEULA=Yes command argument cannot be used in combination with other command-line arguments.
How to start the unattended installation: To install SnapManager in unattended mode, enter the following command either directly at the command line or through a script:
CommandName /v”[AGREETOLICENSE={Yes|No}] [USERNAME=UserName]
[COMPANYNAME=CompanyName] [ISX_SERIALNUM=LicenseKey]
[INSTALLDIR=InstallationDirectory] SVCUSERNAME=Domain\UserName SVCUSERPASSWORD=Password SVCCONFIRMUSERPASSWORD=PassWord [REBOOT=0] [/L* TempDirPath\LogFileName] /qb”
The following table describes each of the parameters.
Command or parameter Description
CommandName Either setup.exe or SMSQL5.0.exe, depending on the SnapManager installation media being used.
AGREETOLICENSE={Yes|No} Set this parameter to Yes only if you have read and accept the terms of the SnapManager software license agreement. The installation does not proceed unless you specify this parameter with a value of Yes. If not specified, the default value No is used, and the installation does not proceed.
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value is retrieved from the registry.
COMPANYNAME=CompanyName Optional. If not specified, the default value is retrieved from the registry.
ISX_SERIALNUM=LicenseKey Optional. Only used to specify a SQL server-side license for SnapManager.
INSTALLDIR=InstallationDirectory Optional. If not specified, the default installation directory is used:
C:\Program Files\NetApp
\SnapManager for SQL Server\
SVCUSERNAME=Domain\UserName The account from which SnapManager is to be run.
SVCUSERPASSWORD=Password SVCCONFIRMUSERPASSWORD=Passwor d
REBOOT=0 Optional.
After the installation finishes, the installation utility automatically reboots the Windows host system if that is required to activate updated software.
If you specify this option, however, the system is not be rebooted.
Command or parameter Description
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Examples: Consider the following two scenarios.
/L* TempDirPath\LogFileName Optional.
If you specify this option, detailed information about the installation is written to the specified log file. This information can be used to
investigate details about how a particular instance of SnapManager for Microsoft SQL Server is installed.
The asterisk (*) is a wildcard character specifying that all the installation information (such as status messages, nonfatal warnings, and error messages) is to be logged.
TempDirPath is the fully qualified name of the directory in which the installation log is created or overwritten.
LogFileName is the name of the file to which the transaction logs are written.
Installation details Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Installation media to be
used
CD inserted into the CD drive on E:\
Installation package downloaded to C:NetApp\downloads\
Service account to be specified
Account user name: MKTG2\Administrator Account password: STeeL
SnapManager license Storage system-side Server-side (license key ABCDEFGHIJKLMN) Command or parameter Description
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For scenario 1, enter the following at the command line or from a script:
E:\setup.exe /s /v"AGREETOLICENSE=Yes
SVCUSERNAME=MKTG2\Administrator SVCUSERPASSWORD=****
SVCCONFIRMUSERPASSWORD=*** /qb"
or
E:\setup.exe /s /v"AGREETOLICENSE=Yes
SVCUSERNAME=MKTG2\Administrator SVCUSERPASSWORD=****
SVCCONFIRMUSERPASSWORD=*** ISX_SERIALNUM=*** /qb"
For scenario 2, replace setup.exe with the downloaded binary name in the command given above.
C:\NetApp\downloads\SMSQL5.0.exe /s /v"AGREETOLICENSE=Yes SVCUSERNAME=MKTG2\Administrator SVCUSERPASSWORD=****
SVCCONFIRMUSERPASSWORD=*** /qb"
or
C:\NetApp\downloads\SMSQL5.0.exe/s /v"AGREETOLICENSE=Yes SVCUSERNAME=MKTG2\Administrator SVCUSERPASSWORD=****
SVCCONFIRMUSERPASSWORD=*** ISX_SERIALNUM=*** /qb"
General procedure: To install SnapManager using the software installation utility in unattended mode, complete the following steps.
Step Action
1 Access the command line of the target host system.
Note
You do not need to stop SQL Server instances before or during the SnapManager software installation process.
2 At the command line, enter either the command string or the name of the script that executes the command string.
Result: The software installation utility installs the SnapManager for Microsoft SQL Server software in the specified directory. If the INSTALLDIR parameter is not specified, the utility installs the software in the default directory
C:\Program Files\NetApp\SnapManager for SQL Server\.
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3 Proceed to Chapter 4, “Starting SnapManager for the first time after installation,” on page 79.
Step Action
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