Software Deployment

I'm trying to automate an install of all components, including NVIDIA WMI, for the nVidia driver package:
Quadro/Tesla Desktop Driver Release 295 WHQL ver 296.70 release date 4.5.2012

So far I have this command which does a silent install with noreboot, but does not install NVWMI.
setup.exe -s -n -log:%temp%\nvidialogs -loglevel:6

Looking at the logs from a manual install, when selecting NVWMI, the property "NVSupportNVWmi" is set. So I've appended NVSupportNVWmi as a property to setup.cfg and used it on the command line, but this did not work.

Setup.cfg
options
bool name="nvwmi" property="NVSupportNVWmi"

setup.exe -s -n -nvwmi -log:%temp%\nvidialogs -loglevel:6

I'm now thinking I might need to add this as a feature property, as seen in the log:
....SetPropertyForPackage : Setting property "Feature.NvWmi" for "Display.NVWMI".

Has anyone achieved this yet? I have logged it with nVidia but it's been two weeks with no help so far and they have not documented how to customise automated installs.
I'd like to deploy v301.42 but this also looks to have the same limitations. - Lenndlcom 12 years ago

Here's what I use (as install.cmd):

REM Install NVIDIA Drivers
"%~dp0setup.exe" -s -n -log:"%temp%\NVIDIA" -loglevel:6

Unfortunately, nVidia made some changes to the setup.exe and it stopped working in recent versions of their drivers.

The problem seems to be here (while using Microsoft deployment tools like WSUS or System Center):
-= successful (launched as admin user) installation START =-
DEBUG: [NVI2.CNVRejectTestWUInstall] 61@CNVRejectTestWUInstall::InvokeTest : Windows Update not currently installing or uninstalling updates.
16.280 | DEBUG: [NVI2.NVRejectTestConstraint] 160@CNVRejectTestConstraint::InvokeCheck : No activity for "WUINSTALL".
16.282 | INFO: [NVI2.CNVRejectTestPnP] 192@CNVRejectTestPnP::InvokeTest : PNP install inactive.
-= successful installation END =-

-= unsuccessful (launched by SYSTEM) installation START =-
WARNING: [NVI2.CNVRejectTestWUInstall] 66@CNVRejectTestWUInstall::InvokeTest : Windows Update is currently installing or uninstalling updates.
59.468 | WARNING: [NVI2.NVRejectTestConstraint] 138@CNVRejectTestConstraint::InvokeCheck : Activity constraint "WUINSTALL" failed.
59.469 | DEBUG: [NVI2.NVInstaller] 3030@CNVInstaller::IsConstraintFailureOverridden : Constraint "WUINSTALL" can not be overridden in failure case.
-= unsuccessful installation END =-

Does anyone know how to disable (ignore) this check in setup command line? - olos 11 years ago

To provide a nVidia silent install and control the components that will install you can use this command line syntax:

setup.exe -s -n -ignorepnp Display.NView Display.NVWMI -log"C:\Logs\nVidia_QuadroDrivers301.42whql" -loglevel:6

This example allowed me to automate installing the NV WMI functionality as part of a large fully automated HP Blade trade floor deployment which then opened up possibilities provided by the NV WMI class.
I worked it out back in June 2012 so I'm just going by my notes from back then, sorry didn't post sooner. Let me know if this works for you. - Lenndlcom 11 years ago