COBOL Server Installation Options

To install COBOL Server you run the <COBOL_Server_exe> file (cs_80.exe or csx64_80.exe) which contains a number of product .msi files (Windows Installer packages). When run, the executable performs some initial system checks then sequentially installs the .msi files.

The COBOL Server executable can take a number of parameters, enabling you to specify a number of different types of installation:

Standard Installation
- Format:
- <COBOL_Server_exe>
- Summary:
- Full installation including License Manager and COBOL Server. During installation you can specify options including the location to which the components are installed.
Non-interactive Installation
- Format:
- <COBOL_Server_exe> /passive
- Summary:
- Full installation, but the components are installed non-interactively using default options and directories.
Silent Installation
- Format:
- start /wait <COBOL_Server_exe> /q
- Summary:
- Full installation, but the components are installed non-interactively with no user interface, using default options and directories.
Modified Silent Installation
- Format:
- start /wait <COBOL_Server_exe> /q InstallFolder=d:\cobolrts
- Summary:
- Full installation, but the components are installed non-interactively with no user interface, and COBOL Server is installed to d:\cobolrts.

To see what parameters you can use, execute the following from the command line: <COBOL_Server_exe> /?.

Note:

Log files that are created during installation are saved in the folder specified by the TEMP environment variable. To change the location or name of the files, use the /log parameter on your setup command line and specify the path and file name, for example: filename /log d:\temp\log.txt. This creates a log file, named log.txt, in the d:\temp directory.