Network Deployment

[skrysiak]

I know this is an old thread, but just posting this in case anyone else is trying to achieve the same thing. The installer is an InstallShield package, so run the installer from an admin-elevated command prompt with the switches "/a /r /f1c:\temp\setup.iss" at the end, for example:

Code:

FumeFX504R2020.EXE /a /r /f1C:\temp\setup.iss

(there is no space between the /f1 switch and the file name)

The installer will run normally, so choose the setup options as you would with a standard installation of FumeFX. Once the installer has finished, the file "C:\temp\setup.iss" is created. This is an "answer" file generated from the installation you just performed.

To perform a silent installation, copy the file "C:\temp\setup.iss" to a network path that your render farm can see, along with the installer itself. Then run the installer as a command with the following syntax (put this in a batch file or run it from an admin-elevated command prompt, modifying the paths to match your own network location):

Code:

\\fileserver\FumeFX\FumeFX504R2020.EXE /s /a /s /sms /f1\\fileserver\FumeFX\2020\setup.iss

(again, no space between the /f1 switch and the file name; remove the first "/s" if you want to see a status bar as the installation package extracts, while still running an unattended installation)