B.2 Using the Registry Editor to Configure Additional Options for Migrating MSI Applications

When you install the Migration utility on a device, registry keys with the values specified in the following table are created under HKLM\Software\Novell\ZCM\Migration\MSIOptions\. The values determine how much of the user interface to display during the installation of the migrated MSI application.

Table B-1 Additional Options For Migrating MSI Applications

Key

Value

Description

Default

/qb-

Displays an appropriate user interface level (as chosen by the Windows Installer)

Silent

/qn

Displays no user interface

Progress

/qb!

Displays simple progress information and error messages/prompts

Reduced

/qr

Displays a full user interface with wizard dialog boxes suppressed

Full

/qf

Displays a full user interface (Wizard dialog boxes, progress information, error messages and prompts, and so forth)

MigrateWithParentOptions

0

MSPs are migrated in Silent mode

You can choose to edit the value of the keys to specify how much amount of the user interface to display on the device during the installation of the migrated MSI application.

For example:

Assume that you have an MSI application with the User Interface Level set as Silent. To display simple progress information and error messages or prompts during the installation of this application on a device, perform the following steps before you migrate the application:

  1. Open the Registry Editor.

  2. Go to HKLM\Software\Novell\ZCM\Migration\MSIOptions\.

  3. Right-click Silent and click Modify.

  4. In the Edit String dialog box, specify /qb! in the Value data option.

  5. Click OK.

By default, the MSPs are migrated in Silent mode. To migrate the MSPs with the same parameter as that of the parent MSI:

  1. Open the Registry Editor.

  2. Go to HKLM\Software\Novell\ZCM\Migration\MSIOptions.

  3. Set the value of MigrateWithParentOptions to 1.