Let's suppose you have 15,000 computers around the world on which you want to install EFT Server. You can provide each of the remote sites the installation files with a batch file (e.g., on a disk), then ask a local administrator to execute the batch file, which will install EFT Server. The script silently installs/upgrades EFT Server without any interaction on the part of the administrator.
An example of the batch file is described below. Your installation path and the application data folder location may be different than the default, in which case you would have to specify that in the batch file. (If you are installing at the default path, you do not have to specify a path.)
Command line usage:
installer.exe /S /USERNAME= /PASSWORD= [/APPDATA=] [/D=]
/S = silent installation
/USERNAME = administrator user name
/PASSWORD = administrator password
Optional parameters:
/APPDATA = appdata path
(default = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\GlobalSCAPE\EFT Server Enterprise)
/INSTALL_SQLEXPR =(y/n, Y/N)
/D = installation folder
(default = C:\Program Files\GlobalSCAPE\EFT Server Enterprise)
Batch file examples:
If you are installing EFT Enterprise without a database at the default path:
eftserver-ent-nodb.exe /S /USERNAME=test /PASSWORD=test
If you are installing EFT Enterprise at the default path with SQL Express:
eftserver-ent.exe /S /USERNAME=test /PASSWORD=test /INSTALL_SQLEXPR=y