The EVRemoteInstall.exe utility is a stand-alone executable that aids in scripting remote installations. It takes as parameters the ECS Streamer setup file along with a remote computer target. It also has extensive logging options.

This utility can be run in one of two ways:

• Install ECS Streamer on a remote system. The utility can be used in a script to install ECS Streamer on any number of systems. Use the /r parameter to specify the remote server.
• Specify a file containing a list of remote systems and install, uninstall, or get status on all the servers in the list. Use the /rf parameter to specify the list of remote servers.

Command-line use:

C:\>EVRemoteInstall.exe /?
Invalid Parameter: /?
Product: EVStreamer
Usage:
   EVRemoteInstall.exe <options> [<properties>]
   <options>:
      /don’t <path to setup file> - Install (UNC path or local path)
      /x                      - Uninstall
      /s                      - Check Install Status
      [/u <domain\user>]      - Connect with specified‘'domain\use’'
      [/a <password>]         - If /u specified, use password to connect
      [/r <remote server>]    - Remote server
      [/rf <file>]            - File contains one server per-line
      [/n <number>]           - Number of parallel installs (default = 4)
      [/p]                    - Display progress
      [/pv]                   - Verbose progress (list actions)
      [/b]                    - Reboot after install/uninstall
   Logging Options
      /l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>
            i–- Status messages
            w–- Nonfatal warnings
            e–- All error messages
            a–- Start up of actions
            r–- Action-specific records
            u–- User requests
            c–- Initial UI parameters
            m–- Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
            o–- Out-of-disk-space messages
            p–- Terminal properties
            v–- Verbose output
            x–- Extra debugging information
            + - Append to existing log file
            !–- Flush each line to the log
            * - Log all information, except for v and x options
      /log <LogFile>
            Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>
   <properties> - any number of install properties of the format:
            PROPERTYNAME=<value>
   if /rf is specified, then /r, /p or /pv are ignored.
   if /rf is not specified, then /n is ignored.

Sample usage:

This command installs the Enterprise Vault streamer on remotecomputer. It sets the installation folder to f:\EVStreamer and saves the installation log: 

C:\>EVRemoteInstall.exe /i c:\setupfiles\ECSStreamer.2.0.5.7.exe /r remotecomputer /p /log c:\setuplogs\ECSStreamer.remotecomputer.log INSTALLDIR=f:\EVStreamer

Requirements:

• EVRemoteInstall.exe does not require installation and can be run on any supported version of Windows Server. Supported versions are Windows Server 2012, 2012R2, 2016 and 2019.
• Client versions of Windows (7, 8, 8.1 and 10) are not supported, either for the system running EVRemoteInstall.exe or the system where the streamer is being installed.
• All servers must have file sharing enabled.

• File sharing is used to copy files to and from the target system, and to install a remote service and access remote registry.
• A named pipe connection is created at the local system to the target system.

Additional information:

Progress is not displayed for the first stage of the installation because the Microsoft Redistributables are being installed during this time. After they are installed, installation progress is displayed.

Do not use the /p option in a script. This option is good for showing progress when using this utility interactively. It displays a row of dots to show progress.

EVRemoteinstall.exe sets an exit code of zero if the installation was successful or nonzero if it was not successful. Capture any standard output and save a log file (/log option) to be able to analyze why the installation failed.

Specifying /rf <file> and a log file (/l) parameter creates one log file for the overall operation and another log file for each server in the file list. The server name is added to the specified log file name.

If the remote server is in a different domain, you must specify credentials: “/u <domain\user>” and “/a <password>” on the command line.

When you are specifying /rf <file>, the file should contain a list of servers, one per line. The syntax of each line is:

[#]<server name/IP>[;<domain/user>;<password>]

Where:

• Lines starting with # are ignored.
• Blank lines are ignored.
• If ;<domain/user>;<password> is included, those values override the same parameters specified on the command line, if any. This override is useful if servers in the list are in different domains.

For more information about installing the driver, see the ECS Streamer release notice.