Deploy App Volumes Manager Silently

You can install App Volumes Manager silently using the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI). To run the installation unattended, you can perform a silent installation.

Prerequisites

• If you intend to use a local database, then ensure that you install the SQL Server.

• Optional: To obfuscate PII data in App Volumes Manager logs, set the system environment variable, EnablePIILogging, to 0.

  If this setting is already present in the database, then the value of this setting overrides the value of the system environment variable.

  PII data can also be obfuscated after configuring App Volumes Manager using the PII Logging toggle. For more information about this toggle, see the App Volumes Manager Configuration Settings Page section in the Omnissa App Volumes Administration Guide at Omnissa Product Documentation.

• You must have administrator privileges on the machine where you want to perform the silent installation.

• Ensure that your Windows Server has the latest OS security updates. See the Microsoft KB https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2919355 for more information.

• Ensure that you have msodbcsql.msi which installs the ODBC 17.10 driver.

  msodbcsql.msi is present in the Omnissa App Volumes ISO at Installation\Manager. You can download the ISO from the All Downloads page.

• Access vc_redist.x64.exe executable from the App Volumes Manager folder and run the executable.

Parameters Used During Silent Installation

• ENABLESTRONGENCRYPTION - This is an optional parameter. Use this parameter to deactivate the SQL server certificate validation during silent installation.

• DEPLOYMENT_PLATFORM - This parameter allows you to indicate the platform on which you intend to deploy App Volumes. The valid values for this parameter are as follows: ["AWS", "Azure", "Dell EMC", "General", "Google Cloud", "Oracle Cloud"]. If no value suits your requirement, you can select General.

  Note: This parameter is used only for information gathering.

• RESET_DB - Use this parameter to reset the database and perform the initial configuration again. If you want to reset, set this parameter to 1. By default, the value is 0.

• ALLOW_HTTP - To enable HTTP, set this parameter to 1. This enables port 80.

Procedure

1. Open a command prompt and run the following command to install the ODBC driver:
   msodbcsql.msi /qn IACCEPTMSODBCSQLLICENSETERMS=YES /norestart

2. Install App Volumes Manager.msi using an elevated command prompt as follows:

   Important: Non-ASCII characters are not supported in the database_name.

   Option	Procedure
   Local database with Windows authentication	IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER=(local)\SQLEXPRESS IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE=svmanager_production RESET_DB=1 ALLOW_HTTP=1 ENABLESTRONGENCRYPTION=0 DEPLOYMENT_PLATFORM=AWS
   Remote database	With IP address: msiexec /i "App Volumes Manager.msi" /qb IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER=192.168.0.1\SQLEXPRESS IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE=svmanager_production RESET_DB=1 ALLOW_HTTP=1 DEPLOYMENT_PLATFORM=General With FQDN: msiexec /i "App Volumes Manager.msi" /qb IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER=SQLSERVER2022.domain.com\SQLEXPRESS IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE=svmanager_production RESET_DB=1 ALLOW_HTTP=1 DEPLOYMENT_PLATFORM=Azure

What to do next

Log in to App Volumes Manager and configure the directory service, vCenter Server, machine managers, and storage. Configure the connection to the SQL database and SSL for App Volumes Manager. You can also configure various Admin Roles and recovery administrator credentials. For more information about Configuring App Volumes Manager, see the App Volumes Administration Guide at Omnissa Product Documentation.