Unattended setup of StarWind VSAN v8
- Guidance
- December 11, 2017
Installer options
The StarWind installer supports the following command-line options:
/SILENT
Unattended setup mode.
/VERYSILENT
Unattended setup mode. Installation progress window is not displayed.
/DIR=<path>
Change default directory for installation.
/LICENSEKEY=”path to license file”
Installs product license from the file.
/LOG=”filename”
Causes Setup to create a log file. Can be used without filename, log file will be created in user’s TEMP directory.
/NORESTART
Installer skips reboot if it needs it. It will finish with exit code 8 if system restart is needed.
/SUPPRESSMSGBOXES
Skips any additional questions from installer. For example, if file is use or any other messages.
/COMPONENTS=”comma separated list of component names”
Overrides default component settings.
Current list of components:List of components for typical installation on the server:
- service – StarWind VSAN server.
- service\haprocdriver – HA Processor Driver, it is used to support devices that have been created with older versions of the Software.
- service\starflb – Loopback Accelerator, it is used with Windows 2012 and upper versions to accelerate iSCSI operation when client resides on the same machine as server.
- service\starportdriver – StarPort driver that is required for operation of Mirror devices.
- gui – Management Console;
- StarWindXDll – StarWindX COM object;
- StarWindXDll\powerShellEx – StarWindX PowerShell module
List of components for typical installation on the server:
“service,StarWindXDll,StarWindXDll\powerShellEx” (VMware ESXi or Hyper-V Compute&Storage Separate scenarios)
“service,service\starflb,StarWindXDll,StarWindXDll\powerShellEx” (Hyper-V Hyperconverged scenario)
List of components for typical installation on the management machine:
“gui,StarWindXDll,StarWindXDll\powerShellEx”
Sample command line for installation:
StarWind.exe /silent /components=”service,StarWindXDll” /licensekey=”d:\server_lic.swk”
