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  2. NetBackup™ Installation Guide
  3. Installing NetBackup client software
  4. About NetBackup client installation on Windows
  5. Installing NetBackup Windows clients silently
NetBackup™ Installation Guide

Installing NetBackup Windows clients silently

A silent installation process does not require interactive input. It does, however, require that you edit the silentclient.cmd file before you run it.

See About the NetBackup answer file.

Silent installations of NetBackup clients are not supported if you want to run the NetBackup services as a user instead of a local administrator.

To install NetBackup with a custom services account, refer to the following topics:

See Installing NetBackup Windows clients locally or remotely.

Use the following procedure to perform a silent installation of a local NetBackup client.

To perform a silent installation of NetBackup client software on Windows

  1. Navigate to the location where the ESD images (downloaded files) reside.
  2. Copy the contents of the directory shown to a temporary folder on your hard drive. For example, C:\temp.

    x64

  3. Since the original source files are read-only, change the permissions for the copied files on the hard drive to allow the update.
  4. In the temporary directory, use a text editor to edit the silentclient.cmd file so the script installs the client software as needed.
  5. Run the silentclient.cmd script.
  6. To verify that the installation was successful, check the installation log file in the following directory:

    %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Veritas\NetBackup\InstallLogs

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