Supported command line options for the Microsoft App-V 4.5 Management Server installer
Here is a overview of all the supported command line options in App-V.
The table describes the Microsoft Application Virtualization (also known as App-V), command-line parameters that are available for the Microsoft App-V 4.5 Management Server.
| Parameter | Value(s) | Description |
| OPTIN | True\False | Configures the MU optin. |
| USERNAME | String value that specifies the user name who is performing the install. | |
| COMPANYNAME | String value that specifies the company name that owns the system. | |
| ADDLOCAL | Release_SoftGrid_Server, Release_AppVirt_Vss_Writer, Release_SoftGrid_Management_Console, Release_SoftGrid_Mgmt_Web_Service | A comma separated list of the App-V Server options that you want to install on the system. |
| DB_HOST | String value that specifies the hostname of the SQL Server system. | |
| DB_SERVICE | String value that specifies the database on the SQL Server system that is going to be created or used. | |
| DB_PORT | 1433 | Numeric value that specifies the SQL Server remote connection port number. |
| SWICERTHASH | String value that specifies the certificate thumbprint for the certificate that is installed on the system. | |
| SWISERVERRTSPPORT | 554/322 | Numeric value that specifies the RTSP(S) port number on the server. |
| SWIADMINGROUP | String value that specifies the Admin Group for the server. | |
| SWIUSERGROUP | String value that specifies the User Group for the Default Provider Policy. | |
| SWIDOMAINNAME | String value that specifies the domain name from which the Admin and User groups mentioned above belong to. | |
| SWICONTENTDIR | String value that specifies the content directory for the server. | |
| INSTALLDIR | String value that specifies the installation directory for the server. |
As an example, the following sample command line installs the Management Server using all the command line options mentioned above:
msiexec /i “setup.msi” /qn /l*vx %temp%\serverinstall.txt OPTIN=”true” USERNAME=”UserJim” COMPANYNAME=”Contoso” ADDLOCAL=”Release_SoftGrid_Server,Release_AppVirt_Vss_Writer,Release_SoftGrid_Management_Console,Release_SoftGrid_Mgmt_Web_Service” DB_HOST=”MySQLServer” DB_SERVICE=”MySQLDatabase” DB_PORT=”1433″ SWICERTHASH=”1A7E958464C90DABC1232372538A83624600E276″ SWISERVERRTSPPORT=”322″ SWIDOMAINNAME=”corp.contoso.com” SWIADMINGROUP=”MyAppVAdminGroup” SWIUSERGROUP=”MyAppVUserGroup” SWICONTENTDIR=”c:\program files\Microsoft System Center App Virt Management Server\App Virt Management Server\content\” INSTALLDIR=”C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center App Virt Management Server\”
