SERVINST: Installing a Service

This program installs a gateway as a service of Windows NT Server. To run SERVINST, type the following at the command prompt:

SERVINST /SITEDN=<site distinguished name>
/OBJNAME=<object name> /OBJTYPE=<object type>
/SERVICE=<service name> /DISPLAY_NAME=<service display name>
/DEPENDENCIES=<service dependencies>
/EXE=<executable name> /SERVER=<server computer name>
/ACCOUNT=<account name> /PASSWORD=<account password>
[/DELETE] [/HELP or /?]

SERVINST Parameters

Parameter Description
SITEDN Site distinguished name for the gateway.
OBJNAME Object name for the gateway. This can be the same as the display name.
OBJTYPE Object type (for a gateway, this is GATEWAY).
SERVICE Name to be assigned to the gateway. This becomes the final entry in the service key for the gateway object. This name can be the same as the display name.
DISPLAY_NAME Display name of the installed gateway. This name is used in the service registry to refer to the gateway object.
DEPENDENCIES Services that should be started before this gateway (separated by %).
EXE File name and path for the gateway executable file.
SERVER Server on which to install the gateway.
ACCOUNT Account name for accessing the gateway. This must include the domain name.
PASSWORD Password for accessing the gateway.
DELETE Deletes the gateway service.
HELP or ? Displays Help information.

An example of calling this program is:

SERVINST /SITEDN=/o=Microsoft/ou=APPS-WGA
/OBJNAME=gw1 /OBJTYPE=GATEWAY
/SERVICE=gw1 /DISPLAY_NAME=samplgw
/DEPENDENCIES=msexchangesa%msexchangeds
/EXE=\\myserver\myshare\samplegw\samplegw.exe
/SERVER=server1 /ACCOUNT=mydomain\myaccount
/PASSWORD=mypassword