14 Administrator Guide for SAS 9.1.3 Foundation for Microsoft Windows
This command can be used in the login script for your target users, in a Microsoft SMS
package, or in any other way that results in it being run on the end user’s machine without
requiring their presence. For more information, please refer to the chapter “
Installing SAS using Microsoft System Management Server 2.0” on page 48.
For examples
of how Quiet Mode might be used from a batch script, see the following files:
• sas\core\sasinst\examples\goquiet.cmd.txt
• sas\core\sasinst\examples\sasquiet.cmd.txt
• sas\core\sasinst\examples\srwquiet.cmd.txt
Note: If you are reviewing these files from a network image, the path will include Disk1
before sas\core. Otherwise, they will be located on the Setup disk.
When the System Requirements Wizard runs, it installs the JRE silently. As part of this
process, the System Requirements Wizard sets the location for the shared files, if that has not
already been specified for the user. If you want to specify the shared files location, run the
JRE installation manually. For more information, refer to SAS Shared Files on pa
ge 37.
SAS Setup
SAS Setup™ performs the actual installation of the software, and must be run on every
machine where the SAS Software will run, even if the machine will be running the majority of
the software from a network image (as is the case for your client users).
SAS Setup may be run in one of three modes:
1. Interactive Mode
Requires that a user be present to respond to prompts.
2. Record Mode
Prepares a quiet record file for use with Quiet Mode. This mode is run by the
administrator, and interactively records the component selections in the quiet record
file. Record Mode defaults all other responses, and allows the administrator to edit
these directly in the quiet record file.
3. Quiet Mode
Uses a quiet record file (created in Record Mode) to run SAS Setup in an unattended
fashion. Quiet Mode is intended for use in any context that does not require a user to
be present at the machine. This can be useful when used in a login script, in
conjunction with management packages such as Microsoft SMS (as described on
page
48), Tiv
oli, or with any other in-house solution used for managing software on
your PCs.
The next section covers interactive use of SAS Setup, to familiarize you with the prompts a
user would normally encounter. The following section discusses automation of the responses
to these prompts using Record Mode and Quiet Mode. For large-scale enterprise deployment,
Record Mode and Quiet Mode are highly recommended.
Interactive Use of SAS Setup
SAS Setup is accessible for interactive use from AutoPlay on the SAS Setup Disk or the SAS
Software Navigator by selecting the option Install The SAS Software Foundation.
This wizard can also be run by one of the following commands, depending on the type of end
user:
