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How to Extract the MSI Installer from the NovaBACKUP Setup File

Extract BackupClient64.msi from the NovaBACKUP setup file with the /ExtractCab switch.

This article explains how to extract the NovaBACKUP MSI installer (BackupClient64.msi) from the NovaBACKUP setup file, for example to deploy NovaBACKUP with a software distribution tool. It applies to NovaBACKUP 22 and 21.x.

Note: The setup file also installs the prerequisites that NovaBACKUP needs, such as the .NET runtime. The MSI alone does not. For unattended installations, we recommend running the setup file silently instead (see below). If you install the MSI directly, make sure the prerequisites are already installed.

Extract the MSI

  1. Download the setup file for your product (Setup-NB-PC-Agent.exe or Setup-NB-Server-Agent.exe) from novabackup.com/downloads into an empty folder, for example C:\NovaBACKUP-Setup.
  2. Open a Command Prompt and change to that folder:
    cd /d C:\NovaBACKUP-Setup
  3. Run the setup file with the /ExtractCab switch:
    Setup-NB-Server-Agent.exe /ExtractCab
  4. Setup creates a SupportFiles folder in the current folder and installs nothing. The MSI is SupportFiles\x64\BackupClient64.msi.

To list the contents of the setup file without extracting them, use /DisplayCab.

Install silently with the setup file

The setup file passes everything after /ComponentArgs "Backup Client": to the MSI, so you can set MSI options and properties without extracting it:

Setup-NB-Server-Agent.exe /q /ComponentArgs "Backup Client":"/l*v C:\setuplog.txt"

This installs NovaBACKUP silently and writes an MSI log to C:\setuplog.txt. To activate a license during the installation, add the license properties:

Setup-NB-Server-Agent.exe /q /ComponentArgs "Backup Client":"LICENSE_TYPE=key LICENSE_KEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX LICENSE_NAME=\"Jane Doe\" LICENSE_EMAIL_ADDRESS=jane@example.com"

Without LICENSE_TYPE=key, NovaBACKUP is installed as an evaluation. If activation fails during setup, see NovaBACKUP client Installer fails on activation; workaround install via command line.

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