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Figure 11-8
Command-Line Installation
Installing Reporting Services can also be done from the command line. This technique is especially useful
when performing multiple installs, as in a web farm deployment. Using scripts, the deployment process
can be automated. This allows the installations to run unattended and with identical settings used for
each report server instance.
To run setup.exe from the command line, first navigate to the location of the executable file on the file
system. Then, use the switches to indicate which components to install. To get a summary of the switches
available, invoke help by adding the /? switch at the command prompt. Use switches to supply the
required installation parameters as well. Be sure to provide values for all required properties or the install
will fail. If the components you specify are already installed, they'll be uninstalled and then reinstalled.
Note that in order to perform an unattended installation, /qn must be specified, or else the regular
installation GUI will be displayed.
Configuration Tools
To configure settings in Reporting Services means working in a variety of environments, such as XML and
database files. Like many of the applications that run on the .NET Framework, Reporting Services makes
extensive use of XML. Other settings are kept encrypted in the ReportServer database. To help make
configuring the server an easier task, Microsoft has provided utilities that abstract the details of making
configuration changes. Let's take a closer look at working with those configuration files and utilities.
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