Installing and uninstalling the Advanced Open File Option to remote windows computers using the command line

You can install the Advanced Open File Option (AOFO) using silent mode on a remote computer using the Windows command line.

Silent mode runs the installation operation without the benefit of a user interface.

To use the command line to install AOFO on a remote computer

  1. Move to a remote server.

  2. Map a drive letter to the Backup Exec media server and change directories to the Advanced Open File Option install directory. By default, it is located at the following path:

    \Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Agents

    or copy the RAWS32 and MSXML folders to a local directory.

  3. Open a command prompt and enter the drive letter you mapped in step 2 and the following path:

    \RAWS32

  4. To install AOFO without advertising enabled, run the following command: setup.exe /AOFO: -s -boot

    To install AOFO with advertising enabled, run the following command:

    setup.exe /AOFO: -s /ADVRT: <media server name 1> <media server 
    name 2>
    

    The -s parameter is used to run the install operation in silent mode, without the benefit of a user interface.

    The parameter -boot is used to automatically reboot your computer. If you want to do this, add the parameter -boot; if not, you must reboot the computer manually at your convenience in order to activate the Advanced Open File Option.

  5. The AOFO files are installed on the remote computer in the following directory:

    \Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\RAWS

    The AOFO installation log file is created in the following directory:

    \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Backup Exec\Logs\bkupinst.log

    On Windows Vista/Server 2008, the AOFO installation log file is created in the following directory:

    \ProgramData\Symantec\Backup Exec\Logs\bkupinst.log

  6. After the installation finishes, reboot the computer at your convenience in order to activate the Advanced Open File Option.

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