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

• Verify that your environment meets the System Requirements.

• Verify that your account has local administrator privileges on the target server.

• To use SQL authentication as the database connection method, ensure that you have the SQL server authentication details with you.

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

• 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.

• 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.

Parameters Used During Silent Installation

• IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER

  A mandatory parameter required to specify the database option: local or remote.

  (local)\SQLEXPRESS - local
  IP address of FQDN - remote

• IS_SQLSERVER_AUTHENTICATION

  A parameter required to specify the database connection: Windows authentication or SQL authentication.

  0 - Windows authentication
  1 - SQL authentication

  Note: To use SQL authentication as the database connection, this parameter is mandatory.

• IS_SQLSERVER_USERNAME and IS_SQLSERVER_PASSWORD

  These parameters are mandatory when using SQL authentication. Username and password must be specified for the SQL server user account.

• IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE

  A mandatory parameter required to specify the name of the database; ASCII characters only. By default, the parameter value is svmanager_production.

• ENABLESTRONGENCRYPTION

  An optional parameter which can be used to configure the SQL server certificate validation. By default, the parameter value is 1.

  0 - Turn off certificate validation.
  1 - Validate the SSL connection between App Volumes Manager and SQL server.

  Use this parameter to deactivate the SQL server certificate validation during silent installation.

• DEPLOYMENT_PLATFORM

  A mandatory parameter required to indicate the platform in which you intend to deploy App Volumes. The valid values for this parameter are: ["AWS", "Azure", "Dell EMC", "General", "Google Cloud", "Oracle Cloud"]. If no value suits your requirement, you can select General.

  Note: This parameter is used for information gathering only.

• RESET_DB

  An optional parameter which can be used to reset the database and perform the initial configuration again. When you upgrade or install an additional instance of App Volumes Manager, the parameter value must remain 0. By default, the value of this parameter is 0.

  0 - database is not reset and the existing database is used
  1 - database is reset (example: a new database is required when installing the first instance of App Volumes Manager)

  This parameter is equivalent to the Overwrite existing database (if any) setting available when installing App Volumes Manager using the setup.msi installer wizard.

• ALLOW_HTTP

  An optional parameter which can be used to enable HTTP and use port 80 for accessing App Volumes Manager admin UI from a browser. By default, App Volumes Manager can be accessed in a browser using HTTPS, port 443.

  0 - HTTPS, port 443
1 - HTTP, port 80

Procedure

1. Download the Omnissa App Volumes ISO.

   1. Go to the Customer Connect page.
   2. Click Downloads.
   3. In the Products A-Z listing, search for App Volumes and click Download Product.
   4. In the Download App Volumes page, navigate to the desired edition, and click GO TO DOWNLOADS.
   5. In the Download Product page, download the files.

2. Mount the ISO and navigate to the Installation > Manager folder.

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

   2. Run the vc_redist.x64.exe executable.

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

   msiexec /i "path_of_App Volumes Manager_installer" /qb IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER= <local or remote> IS_SQLSERVER_AUTHENTICATION=<0 or 1> IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE=<database_name> IS_SQLSERVER_USERNAME=<username> IS_SQLSERVER_PASSWORD=<password> RESET_DB=<0 or 1> ALLOW_HTTP=<0 or 1> DEPLOYMENT_PLATFORM=<platform_types> ENABLESTRONGENCRYPTION=<0 or 1>

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

   Option	Procedure
   Local database	Using Windows authentication: msiexec /i "path_of_App Volumes Manager_installer" /qb IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER= (local)\SQLEXPRESS IS_SQLSERVER_AUTHENTICATION=0 IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE=svmanager_production RESET_DB=1 ALLOW_HTTP=1 DEPLOYMENT_PLATFORM=General ENABLESTRONGENCRYPTION=0 Using SQL authentication: msiexec /i "path_of_App Volumes Manager_installer" /qb IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER= (local)\SQLEXPRESS IS_SQLSERVER_AUTHENTICATION=1 IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE=svmanager_production IS_SQLSERVER_USERNAME=<username> IS_SQLSERVER_PASSWORD=<password> RESET_DB=1 ALLOW_HTTP=1 DEPLOYMENT_PLATFORM=General ENABLESTRONGENCRYPTION=0
   Remote database	Using FQDN for App Volumes Manager: msiexec /i "path_of_App Volumes Manager_installer" /qb IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER=SQLSERVER2022.domain.com\SQLEXPRESS IS_SQLSERVER_AUTHENTICATION=1 IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE=svmanager_production IS_SQLSERVER_USERNAME=<username> IS_SQLSERVER_PASSWORD=<password> RESET_DB=0 ALLOW_HTTP=0 DEPLOYMENT_PLATFORM=General ENABLESTRONGENCRYPTION=0 Using IP address for App Volumes Manager: msiexec /i "path_of_App Volumes Manager_installer" /qb IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER=192.168.0.1\SQLEXPRESS IS_SQLSERVER_AUTHENTICATION=1 IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE=svmanager_production IS_SQLSERVER_USERNAME=<username> IS_SQLSERVER_PASSWORD=<password> RESET_DB=1 ALLOW_HTTP=1 DEPLOYMENT_PLATFORM=General ENABLESTRONGENCRYPTION=0

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.