Installing Plug-In in Unattended Mode

You can install Nutanix AHV Plug-in in the unattended mode using the command line interface. The unattended installation mode does not require user interaction — the installation runs automatically in the background, and you do not have to respond to the installation wizard prompts. You can use the unattended installation mode to automate the Nutanix AHV Plug-in installation process in large-scale environments.

To install Nutanix AHV Plug-in in the unattended mode, use either of the following options:

  • If Nutanix AHV Plug-in is a part of Veeam Backup & Replication installation package, follow the instructions provided in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Installing Veeam Backup & Replication in Unattended Mode.
  • If Nutanix AHV Plug-in is delivered as a separate .EXE file, follow the instructions provided in this section.

Before You Begin

Before you start unattended installation, do the following:

  1. Download the NutanixAHVPlugin_12.5.1.8_AHV_5.1.0.7.EXE file as described in section Installing Nutanix AHV Plug-In (steps 1-3).
  2. Check compatibility of the Nutanix AHV Plug-in and Veeam Backup & Replication versions. For more information, see System Requirements.

Installation Command-Line Syntax

Open the command prompt and run the .EXE file using the following parameters:

%path% /silent /accepteula /acceptthirdpartylicenses /acceptlicensingpolicy /acceptrequiredsoftware

The following command-line parameters are used to run the setup file:

Parameter

Required

Description

%path%

Yes

Specifies a path to the installation .EXE file on the backup server or in a network shared folder.

/silent

Yes

Sets the user interface level to None, which means no user interaction is needed during installation.

/accepteula

Yes

Confirms that you accept the terms of the Veeam license agreement.

/acceptthirdpartylicenses

Yes

Confirms that you accept the license agreement for 3rd party components that Veeam incorporates.

/acceptlicensingpolicy

Yes

[Applies only to Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.1 and later] Confirms that you accept the Veeam licensing policy.

/acceptrequiredsoftware

Yes

[Applies only to Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.1 and later] Confirms that you accept the license agreements for each required software that Veeam will install.

/uninstall

No

Uninstalls the plug-in.

/repair

No

Replaces missing files and firewall rules.

Examples

The following command installs Nutanix AHV Plug-in:

NutanixAHVPlugin_12.5.1.8_AHV_5.1.0.7.exe /silent /accepteula /acceptthirdpartylicenses /acceptlicensingpolicy /acceptrequiredsoftware

The following command repairs Nutanix AHV Plug-in:

NutanixAHVPlugin_12.5.1.8_AHV_5.1.0.7.exe /silent /accepteula /acceptthirdpartylicenses /acceptlicensingpolicy /acceptrequiredsoftware /repair

The following command uninstalls Nutanix AHV Plug-in:

NutanixAHVPlugin_12.5.1.8_AHV_5.1.0.7.exe /silent /accepteula /acceptthirdpartylicenses /acceptlicensingpolicy /acceptrequiredsoftware /uninstall

Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV provides the following status codes to report about the installation result:

Code

Description

0

Nutanix AHV Plug-in installation has successfully completed.

1603

Nutanix AHV Plug-in installation has failed.

3010

Nutanix AHV Plug-in installation has successfully completed. The backup server requires rebooting.

 

Tip

For detailed logs of Nutanix AHV Plug-in installation, navigate to the Program Data\Veeam\Setup\Temp\ folder on the backup server and view the following files:

  • VeeamPluginBootstrap.log
  • NutanixAHVPlugin.log
  • NutanixAHVPluginUI.log
  • NutanixAHVPluginProxy.log