{"id":124,"date":"2013-05-30T13:51:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T13:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/?p=124"},"modified":"2013-05-30T20:18:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T20:18:32","slug":"silent-setup-office-web-apps-server-cu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/?p=124","title":{"rendered":"Silent Setup Office Web Apps Server +CU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I needed a method for automated setup of Office Web Apps Server that included the latest CU (from April) and Language Packs. The solution was as easy as 1-2-3. The trick that did it was a combination of a good old batch file, and the Config.xml files in the downloads.<\/p>\n<p>First of all download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=35489\">Office Web Apps Server<\/a>&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=35490\">Language Packs<\/a> (change for the 50 languages supported) and latest CU <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=38378\">April CU<\/a>     <br \/>Remember to have the PreReqs installed; see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/?p=86\">my older post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unpack the files into folders on network share (or on a hard drive on the OWA server). Create a .bat file in the root folder.     <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_thumb6.png\" width=\"259\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_thumb7.png\" width=\"445\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Add this text to the bat file:     <br \/><strong><em><font size=\"1\">@Echo on          <br \/>start \/wait wacserver\\setup.exe \/config \\Deploy\\wacserver\\files\\setupsilent\\config.xml           <br \/>start \/wait Update\\wacserver2013-kb2810007-fullfile-x64-glb.exe \/passive           <br \/>start \/wait NorLan\\setup.exe \/config \\Deploy\\NorLAn\\files\\setupsilent\\config.xml           <br \/>start \/wait SpanishLan\\setup.exe \/config \\Deploy\\SpanishLan\\files\\setupsilent\\config.xml<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The start \/wait command is the trick for running serial installations.    <br \/>For the WACServer (OWA Server) and all the LanguagePacks I use the \/Config parameter to point to the files\\setupsilent\\config.xml file. The only thing I modified was the Display Level, by entering \u201cbasic\u201d you will see the progressbar.     <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_thumb8.png\" width=\"433\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you like a reboot on the servers after install, modify the Value parameter to AutoAlways NB! do this only on the last Language Pack \u2013 I did that for the Spanish one. See .bat file above.    <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_thumb9.png\" width=\"437\" height=\"29\" \/><\/a>     <\/p>\n<p>The Updates from Microsoft Supports a Passive switch, so that\u2019s why I added this param. in the .bat file above.     <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_thumb10.png\" width=\"347\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it Mate <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none\" alt=\"Smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sharepoint13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/wlEmoticon-smile1.png\" \/> all binaries are in all servers.     <br \/>How about add the bat file to the GPO on the OU for OWA servers?     <\/p>\n<p>The next steps is creating the OWA Farm.     <br \/>\u2013For that you can use nothing but PowerShell. Stay tuned for another post on that..&#160; <br \/>Also I suggest a look at this nice blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wictorwilen.se\/office-web-apps-2013-patching-your-wac-farm-with-no-downtime\">Patching your WAC farm with no downtime<\/a> from Wictor Wil\u00e9n     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I needed a method for automated setup of Office Web Apps Server that included the latest CU (from April) and Language Packs. The solution was as easy as 1-2-3. 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