To install an Acronis product from command-line you need to extract the installation package and then issue the msiexec command along with defining necessary switches
This article applies to:
- Acronis True Image 10.0 Home
- Acronis True Image 11 Home
- Acronis True Image Echo Workstation
- Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows
- Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server
- Acronis True Image 9.1 Workstation
- Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Windows
- Acronis True Image 9.1 Enterprise Server
- Acronis Privacy Expert Suite 9.0
- Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate
- Acronis Disk Director 11 Home
This article applies to older versions of Acronis products. For newer versions, the same information can be found in product documentation:
- Acronis Cyber Protect 15: see Unattended installation or uninstallation
- Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5: see Unattended installation or uninstallation
Introduction
Any of the Acronis products listed above can be installed from command-line.
Installation of these products requires that the operating system have Windows Installer 2.0 or higher.
Solution
- Extract the Acronis product installation package:
- Launch the product installation file
- Once the Acronis product installation screen appears, right-click on the name of the component you need to install. You should see two options there: Install and Extract. Select Extract
- Select the path for extracting the component and click Save
- Go to the Run prompt (Start -> Run) and issue the following command:
- msiexec /i [drive letter]:\[path to the extracted installation package] /qb PIDKEY=[full or upgrade serial number] OLD_PIDKEY=[old serial number if an upgrade serial number was specified] TARGETDIR=[target location]
Examples of issuing installation commands:
- If you are installing a full version of the product to a default location, then run:
- msiexec /i C:\AcronisTrueImage.msi /qb PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
- If you are installing a full version of the product to a custom location, then run:
- msiexec /i C:\AcronisTrueImage.msi /qb PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX TARGETDIR=D:\Acronis
- If you are installing an upgrade version of the product to a default location, then run:
- msiexec /i F:\AcronisTrueImage.msi /qb PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX OLD_PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
- If you are installing an upgrade version of the product to a custom location, then run:
- msiexec /i F:\AcronisTrueImage.msi /qb PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX OLD_PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX TARGETDIR=D:\Acronis
More information:
Versions of Windows operating systems higher than Windows 2000 include Windows Installer by default.
Windows 95/98/Me require downloading Windows Installer Redistributable
Windows NT 4.0/2000 require downloading Windows Installer Redistributable
You can also take a look at the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 314881 for additional information on working with Windows Installer.
List of parameters that can be used during installation of Acronis products
| Parameter | Description | Example |
| PIDKEY=[serial number] | Specifies serial number for the product being installed. You need to use this only for versions of Acronis products without License Server. | msiexec /i C:\AcronisTrueImageServer.msi PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX |
| OLD_PIDKEY=[old serial number] | Specifies serial number of the older Acronis product. You need to use this only if you are installing an upgrade version. | msiexec /i C:\AcronisTrueImage.msi /qb PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX OLD_PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX |
| USE_LICENSE_SERVER=1 [LICENSE_SERVER="computer name or IP-Address"] | Specifies the Acronis License Server component network address. For versions with Acronis License Server only. | msiexec /i C:\AcronisTrueImageEnterpriseServerAgent.msi USE_LICENSE_SERVER=1 LICENSE_SERVER="MyLicenseServerComputer.domain.local" |
| ADDLOCAL=component name,component name | Allows you to install certain components of the product. | msiexec /i C:\AcronisTrueImageServer.msi PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX ADDLOCAL=TrueImageClient,MediaBuilder,TrueImagePE |
| TARGETDIR=[target directory] | Specifies the target directory of where the product is being installed to. | msiexec /i C:\AcronisTrueImage.msi /qb PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX OLD_PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX TARGETDIR=D:\Acronis |
| REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus | This parameter needs to be specified when updating some component (installing it over a previous build). | msiexec /i C:\AcronisTrueImageServer.msi ADDLOCAL=TrueImageClient,MediaBuilder REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus |
| /q[n|b|r|f] |
Sets the user interface level of installation.
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msiexec /i C:\AcronisTrueImage.msi /qb PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX |
| /norestart | Installation of an Acronis product requires a reboot. This switch suppresses reboot. This is available only in Windows Installer 3.0 or higher. | msiexec /i C:\AcronisTrueImage.msi /qb PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /norestart |
| REBOOT=ReallySuppress | This parameter suppresses reboot in versions of Windows Installer older than 3.0 | msiexec /i C:\AcronisTrueImage.msi /qb PIDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX REBOOT=ReallySuppress |