SIMS Command Line Install

[rrafluap]

Hi,

 

I'm having issues deploying SIMS via a script on SCCM (full system deployment -Windows 10) but SIMSInfrustructureSetup.exe keeps timing the script out. The trouble with the SCCM deployment is that it doesn't show any popups/errors etc... If I run the script manually as local admin, it works fine?! What exactly does the SIMSInfrustructureSetup.exe installer actually install so I can just leave it out? Or does anyone know if I'm using the wrong syntax: SIMSInfrustructureSetup.exe /s {QuietMode} {SIMSWorkstation}

 

Appreciate any help.

 

Thanks, Paul

[ThatBoringBloke]

Is there any reason why you're not just using SOLUS to deplou SIMS?

[robjduk]

Morning,

You run the SIMSApplicationSetup.exe with /silent. If you are feeling fancy then add %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\taskkill.exe /f /im pulsar.exe as a step before ensuring SIMS is closed.

 

I push it out with PDQ and the results were amazing. Also, if you have to ask when you are not using Solus then maybe you are new to SIMS.

[Asgard]

Paul

This may not be the 'best practice' way of doing it, but this has worked flawlessly for us over the last few years, deploying via MECM/SCCM. We used the link here ( http://www.edugeek.net/forums/mis-systems/48749-sims-cc3-needs-change-3.html#post549506 ) from @morganw

 

We deploy it as a MECM Package and run the below from it; We put the the SIMS.ini and Connect.ini in the same location , just under sub-folders; we also deploy two other files;

 

Pulsar.visualelementsmanifest

Pulsar-mytile

 

So we can populate our start menu with a SIMS.Net icon

 

REM Original Code from EduGeek - See ITServices documentation for link
REM Credit to Edugeek User MorganW

     @echo off

cls
setlocal

TITLE SIMS.net Installer

REM Links to SIMS App Location
REM and SIMS Configuration Files for AD SSO
set SETUPS=\\SIMS_Server_NAME\SHARE$\SIMS\Setups
set CONFIGFILE=\\MECMDeploymentServer\MECMDeploymentShare$\Installations\SIMS\ConfigFiles\SIMS.ini
set CONNECTFILE=\\MECMDeploymentServer\MECMDeploymentShare$\Installations\SIMS\ConfigFiles\Connect.ini

REM Setting SIMS Network Share and Local Machine Location
set SIMSDIRECTORY=s:\SIMS\
set SIMSDOTNETDIRECTORY=C:\Program Files\SIMS\SIMS .net

echo Installing SIMS Infrastructure...
start /wait %SETUPS%\SIMSInfrastructureSetup.EXE -a /S {QuietMode} {SIMSWorkstation} {NoAdobeReader}

echo Installing SIMS.net Applications...
start /wait %SETUPS%\SIMSApplicationSetup.exe /S {QuietMode} [sIMSDirectory]="%SIMSDIRECTORY%" [sIMSDotNetDirectory]="%SIMSDOTNETDIRECTORY%"
echo.

echo Installing SIMS Manuals...
start /wait %SETUPS%\SIMSManualSetup.exe /S {QuietMode} [sIMSDirectory]="%SIMSDIRECTORY%" [sIMSDotNetDirectory]="%SIMSDOTNETDIRECTORY%"
echo.

if exist %CONFIGFILE% (
  echo Copying configuration file into Windows directory...
  start /wait xcopy "%CONFIGFILE%" "%WINDIR%" /y
  ) else (

  echo Configuration file could not be found.
  )

if exist %CONNECTFILE% (
  echo Copying Connect.ini file into SIMS .net directory...
  start /wait xcopy "%CONNECTFILE%" "%SIMSDOTNETDIRECTORY%" /y
  ) else (

  echo Connect.ini file could not be found.
  )

echo.
echo Installation is complete

 

Like I say, people may do it differently, its just how we do it and its worked fine in our Task Sequence for a few years now; its run as the 2nd to last step on our Staff PC task sequence

Edited May 16, 2022 by Asgard

[Banjo]

You can break the infrastructure package down and install the items individually, that's what I did and it works better than running the 'capita' packages.

 

This was for new server installs though not workstations.

 

You can also create an installer script for the whole of SIMS including Doc Store and Discover.

 

REM --- Installs MSXML MSI -----

 

SET MSXML_CHECK=0

IF EXIST "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msxml4.dll" (

SET MSXML_CHECK=1

)

IF %MSXML_CHECK%==1 GOTO SKIPMSMXL

msiexec /i %DRIVE%\shared\sims\Setups\Installs\SIMS-2013-Summer-2-Installable-7153x\Tools\msxml.msi /qn

:SKIPMSMXL

[rrafluap]

SOLUS was absolutely useless for the Spring release so have had to resort to doing it manually till I have the time to work out the issue.

 

Thanks so much for the suggestions, will give them a go in the morning.

[PeterH]

You don't need to install SimsInfrastructureSetup. All it does is install .Net, and a bunch of other stuff you've probably already got. Not installed it on any of our Sims machines, haven't done for years.