Comments on: SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1 SP2 – Before You Install… http://trustedbi.com/?p=286 Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:23:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dtaylor92 http://trustedbi.com/?p=286&cpage=1#comment-187 dtaylor92 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:23:32 +0000 http://neverknewthat.wordpress.com/?p=286#comment-187 Sandor - Thanks for your comments. If you download the install XI 3.1 SP2 installation manual (located http://bit.ly/XI2lP), the section regarding silent installs, page 103, includes some additional flags you can use. The /qn+ will prompt you when the installation is finished. I definitely would NOT do the install unless I had plenty of disk space. You don't want to run out of disk space half way through an install. That would be bad news. Hopes this helps. Let me know. Sandor – Thanks for your comments. If you download the install XI 3.1 SP2 installation manual (located http://bit.ly/XI2lP), the section regarding silent installs, page 103, includes some additional flags you can use. The /qn+ will prompt you when the installation is finished.

I definitely would NOT do the install unless I had plenty of disk space. You don’t want to run out of disk space half way through an install. That would be bad news.

Hopes this helps. Let me know.

]]> By: Sandor http://trustedbi.com/?p=286&cpage=1#comment-188 Sandor Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:49:33 +0000 http://neverknewthat.wordpress.com/?p=286#comment-188 I've read reports of it taking up to 18 hours, so several hours is kind of an understatement. Mine took a little less than six hours on my (virtual) test machine. I'm not sure which version of MSI is running on my OS, I'm guessing 4.x, it being Server 2008. In which case my silent install didn't help to shorten the process. I'm confused by your step 3 (run setup.exe /qn+). I don't remember doing this. Isn't it the case that you either use a response file or run a scripted setup (with the parameters in the command line)? I was going to do the upgrade for a client this coming Friday, but I'm hesitant now, because their installation has got a limited amount of free disk left and I don't want it to abort prematurely. I’ve read reports of it taking up to 18 hours, so several hours is kind of an understatement. Mine took a little less than six hours on my (virtual) test machine. I’m not sure which version of MSI is running on my OS, I’m guessing 4.x, it being Server 2008. In which case my silent install didn’t help to shorten the process.

I’m confused by your step 3 (run setup.exe /qn+). I don’t remember doing this. Isn’t it the case that you either use a response file or run a scripted setup (with the parameters in the command line)?

I was going to do the upgrade for a client this coming Friday, but I’m hesitant now, because their installation has got a limited amount of free disk left and I don’t want it to abort prematurely.

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