Digital Certificates
All Server Administrator packages for Microsoft are digitally signed with a certificate that helps guarantee the integrity
of the installation packages. If these packages are repackaged, edited, or manipulated in other ways, the digital
signature is invalidated. This manipulation results in an unsupported installation package and the prerequisite checker
does not allow you to install the software.
Enabling Windows Installer Logging Service
Windows includes a registry-activated logging service to help diagnose Windows Installer issues.
To enable this logging service during a silent install, open the registry editor and create the following path and keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer
Reg_SZ: Logging
Value: voicewarmup
The letters in the value field can be in any order. Each letter turns on a different logging mode. Each letter's actual
function is as follows for MSI version 3.1:
v
- Verbose output
o
- Out-of-disk-space message
i
- Status message
c
- Initial UI parameter
e
- All error message
w
- Non-fatal warning
a
- Startup of action
r
- Action-specific record
m
- Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
u
- User request
p
- Terminal property
+
- Append to existing file
!
- Flush each line to the log
"*"- Wildcard, log all information except for the v option. To include the v option, specify "/l*v".
Once activated, the log files are generated in the %TEMP%
directory. Some log files generated in this directory are:
• Managed System Installation
– SysMgmt.log
• Management Station Installation
– MgmtSt.log
These log files are created by default if the prerequisite checker user interface (UI) is running.
Microsoft Active Directory
If you use Active Directory service software, you can configure it to control access to the network. The Active Directory
database is modified to support remote management authentication and authorization. Server Administrator, Integrated
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