Administrative Network Installation (MSI)

You can find all necessary information for installing clients and servers in the network here.

Administrative Installation

Purpose

System administrators can prepare an installation via the network to preset common settings for installation.

Such an administrative installation has the advantage of being able to make fixed settings in advance so that actual installation can be automated using a script and without the need for any dialog.

Prerequisites

You require the unzipped InnovatorEnterprise.zip installation package.

Windows Installer

The Windows Installer (msiexec.exe) provides administrative installation (parameter /a); this is no longer supported by Innovator installation packages.

You can find information about the essential parameters of the Windows Installer by calling:

msiexec.exe /help

You can find further information about the Windows Installer and its properties under:

https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/msi/windows-installer-portal

For automated installation at command line level or script level, start the Windows Installer with the following parameters:

msiexec /i <product>.msi /quiet [APPLICATIONFOLDER=<target path>] [ADDLOCAL=<features>] [<variable>=<value>]*

  • /i <Product>.msi

    Product installation.

  • /quiet

    Installation without user interface.

  • APPLICATIONFOLDER=<target path>

    Optionally, set the target directory for the installation.

  • ADDLOCAL=<features>

    The value of the optional ADDLOCAL property is a list of features separated by commas and installed locally. The parameter is necessary if you want to constrain the features to be installed. If it is not given, then all features are installed.

  • <Variable>=<value>

    Setting special Innovator variables which would otherwise be set in the user interface.

    • SHARED_INODIR=yes: Must be entered for a shared workgroup directory. The InodirFeature feature should then not be entered in ADDLOCAL.

    • INOHOST=<license server host name>.<port number>: Optional license server setting

    • INODIR=<target path>: Optional setting for program data directory

    • INOPRJ=<target path>: Optional setting for model repository directory

    • INOLIC=<target path>: Optional setting for license repository directory

    • INOHOME=<target path>: Optional setting for application setting directory

Innovator Features

Innovator Features and their components for the Windows installer:

Innovator: General DLLs

  • Editions: Model Editor; Beamer, DMN Import/Export, Excel Import/Export and Replace in Specifications plug-ins

    • I4BA: Activity-based costing, BPMN import/export and text-to-element plug-ins

    • I4EA: ArchiMate plug-in

    • I4IA: BI, Diagram Layout, Dimension Maintenance, Dimension/Hierarchy Export, and Input/Output Specification plug-ins

    • I4SA: ArchiMate plug-in

  • Admin (administrative tools)

    • InnoAdministration: Administration program tool

    • InoConf: Configuration editor tool

  • Server (license and model servers)

    • InoSrv: Model server with model templates in INOPRJ directory

    • InoAgent: Agent for maintaining and managing all models in the version control

    • InoLSrv: License server with bus and hub

    • InnoNotify: Notification service

    • InnoProxy: Proxy application

    • InnoRest: REST service

  • Transformation: Transformer for data migration from previous Innovator versions

  • InnoSvg: SVG generation

  • InoOSLC: genOSLC service

  • InodirFeature: INODIR program data directory content

Subordinate features include the direct components of the superordinate features.

InodirFeature cannot be explicitly (de)selected in the feature tree; it must be entered in ADDLOCAL for an installation without a shared workgroup directory using the command line when opened.

Examples

For installation of an Innovator for Business Analysts client with a shared workgroup directory, the Windows Installer's command line could be e.g.:

msiexec /i InnovatorEnterprise.msi /quiet ADDLOCAL=I4BA INODIR=\\srv1\Inodir SHARED_INODIR=yes

For installation of an Innovator for Information Architects client with no common workgroup directory on the E drive, the Windows Installer's command line could be e.g.:

msiexec /i InnovatorEnterprise.msi /quiet APPLICATIONFOLDER="E:\Program Files\Innovator" ADDLOCAL=I4IA,InodirFeature

Installation Prerequisite

For smooth operation, Innovator requires the system prerequisite Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2015-2022 (64 Bit). This prerequisite is not verified by the MSI package and needs to be explicitly installed beforehand for this type of installation.

The Microsoft Installer to be used can also be found in InnovatorEnterprise.zip. For installation without user interface. the command line is as follows:

VC_redist.x64 /quiet

It is also possible to use the InnovatorEnterprise-en-US.exe bundle installer; this explicitly verifies the system prerequisite and installs it, if necessary. All Innovator variables described (apart from ADDLOCAL) can also be used for calling it.