Install a recording server silently

The advantage of a silent install is that you can do it remotely. Follow the steps below:

1. Locate the recording server installation file: MilestoneXProtectRecordingServerInstaller_x64.exe.
   1. Log into the management server.
   2. Open an internet browser and type the address: http:// localhost/Installation/Admin/
   3. Save the recording server installation file on the server where you want to install the new recording server.

   Or you can browse to the file. The path is typically:
   C:\Program Files\Milestone\XProtect Management Server\IIS\httpdocs\Admin\Recording Server Installer\[version number] [bit-version]\All Languages\en-US
   

2. Either run a silent installation with default parameter settings:

   To run a silent installation using the default values for all parameters, start a command prompt (cmd.exe) in the directory where the installation program is located and perform following command:

   MilestoneXProtectRecordingServerInstaller_x64.exe --quiet

3. Or do a customized installation. You need to specify the parameters that you want to overwrite:

   For example, to change the path to the management server of the installation, run: 

   MilestoneXProtectRecordingServerInstaller_x64.exe --quiet --parameters=SERVERHOSTNAME:DKWS-OKR-02

   These are the parameters that you may use through command line parameters:

   • To change name of the recording server:

     RECORDERNAME – name of the recorder that will appear in Management Client.

     --quiet --parameters=RECORDERNAME:NewRecorderName

   • To install recording server as failover:

     ISFAILOVER – set this flag to True

     --quiet --parameters=ISFAILOVER:True

   • To change Management Server:

     SERVERHOSTNAME – hostname of the Management Server where Recording Server will connect to

     SERVERPORT – port of the Management Server (80 by default)

     --quiet --parameters=SERVERHOSTNAME:DKWS-OKR-02

   • To install Recording Server as different user than NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE:

     RECUSERACCOUNT – flag that determines if user account is used or one of the predefined accounts

     RECSERVICEACCOUNT – name of the used user or predefined service account

   • In order to change the location of the installation from default you must first perform:

     MilestoneXProtectRecordingServerInstaller_x64.exe --generateargsfile=C:\temp

     In the specified location you will find .xml file with the parameters. So you would need to change parameters in this file and run your installation with the newly modified file.

   • To change location of the installation:

     INSTALLDIR - path where Recording Server should be installed to

     TARGETDIR – should be the same as INSTALLDIR

     INSTALLLOCATION – should be the same as INSTALLDIR

   • To change location of recordings:

     MEDIADBPATH – path to the Media database with all recordings

     E.g. modifications in my Argements_.xml were. My new location of the installation will be %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Milestone\ and new location for recordings is C:\MD

     <KeyValueParametersOfStringString>

     <Value>%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Milestone\bla</Value>

     <Key>INSTALLDIR</Key>

     </KeyValueParametersOfStringString>

     <KeyValueParametersOfStringString>

       <Value>%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Milestone\bla</Value>

       <Key>TARGETDIR</Key>

     </KeyValueParametersOfStringString>

     <KeyValueParametersOfStringString>

       <Value>%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Milestone\bla</Value>

       <Key>INSTALLLOCATION</Key>

     </KeyValueParametersOfStringString>

     <KeyValueParametersOfStringString>

       <Value>C:\MD</Value>

       <Key>MEDIADBPATH</Key>

     </KeyValueParametersOfStringString>

     Run the:

     MilestoneXProtectRecordingServerInstaller_x64.exe --quiet --arguments=C:\temp\Arguments_.xml

Troubleshooting

Where can I find the log files of the installation?

The log files of the installation are located under C:\ProgramData\Milestone\Installer\

How do I see a list of default parameters that will be used during a Single Computer installation?

To see a list of parameters with all default values you can run MilestoneXProtectRecordingServerInstaller_x64.exe --generateargsfile=C:\temp

It will generate a file called Arguments.xml in the specified folder.

How do I see the parameters that were used during my customized installation?

The full list of parameters used to run the installation are in C:\ProgramData\Milestone\Installer\Milestone XProtect Recording Server (64_bit)I.log + search for ‘Command line’

How do I see a full list of possible parameters?

Run MilestoneXProtectRecordingServerInstaller_x64.exe --help

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