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Overview

Use the procedure below to run the LEM Agent installer non-interactively in software distribution policies or local logon scripts. This method is also an alternative to the Remote Agent Installer in large deployment scenarios.

Requirements

The following files are required to install the LEM Agent non-interactively.

• The setup.* installer file for the operating system on which you are installing the LEM Agent. The file extension for the installer will differ by OS.
• A custom installer.properties file that contains your environmental variables.

For more information about the requirements for installing and running the SolarWinds LEM Agent, see KB3272.

To obtain the setup.* file for the LEM Agent installer:

1. Download the installer from the SolarWinds Customer Portal:
   1. Browse to http://www.solarwinds.com/customerportal/LicenseManagement.aspx.
   2. Log in with your SWID if necessary.
   3. Find LEM in the product list, and then click Choose Download.
   4. Find the appropriate installer on the list.
2. Extract the contents of the installer ZIP file to a local or network location.
3. Copy setup.* to a known location.

To prepare the installer.properties file, do one of the following:

1. Download and edit the installer.properties file attached to this article:
   1. Open the file in a text editor.
   2. Replace LEMManagerHostname with the hostname of your LEM appliance.
   3. If you are installing the LEM Agent on a Windows computer, but you do not want to install USB Defender, Replace 1 next to INSTALL_USB_DEFENDER with 0.
      Note: Do not clear the blank line under this entry. It is necessary for the file to work correctly.
   4. Save the file in the same location as you saved the setup.* file.
   5. If your text editor appended a TXT file extension, remove the file extension, so the file name is literally, installer.properties.
2. Create your own installer.properties file:
   1. Open a text editor.
   2. Enter MANAGER_IP=LEMManagerHostname, where LEMManagerHostname is the hostname of your LEM appliance.
   3. If you are installing the LEM Agent on a Windows computer and you also want to install USB Defender, enter INSTALL_USB_DEFENDER=1 on a new line, and then press Enter. This puts a carriage return after this entry, which is necessary for the properties file to work correctly.
   4. Save the file as installer.properties in the same location as you saved the setup.* file.
   5. If your text editor automatically saved your file with a TXT file extension, remove the file extension, so the file name is literally, installer.properties.

Procedure

To run the LEM Agent installer non-interactively:

1. Save setup.* and installer.properties in the same folder.
2. Run the command, setup -i silent using the active resource directory that matches the folder that contains the two installer files. The command immediately returns to the command prompt.
   Note: Append the file extension to the setup command in operating systems other than Windows. For example, use setup.bin -i silent for Linux installations.

The LEM Agent starts automatically and continues running until you uninstall or manually stop it. It begins sending alerts to your LEM Manager immediately. For LEM Agents on computers running Windows, the LEM Agent also appears in Add/Remove Programs.