A few things:

1) What is in SETUP.LOG after the install fails?

There appears to be no Setup.log file on the drive

2) What does your SETUP.ISS file look like?

SETUP.ISS
[InstallShield Silent]
Version=v5.00.000
File=Response File
[File Transfer]
OverwriteReadOnly=NoToAll
[DlgOrder]
Dlg0=SdWelcome-0
Count=8
Dlg1=SdAskDestPath-0
Dlg2=SdSetupTypeEx-0
Dlg3=SdComponentDialog2-0
Dlg4=SdSelectFolder-0
Dlg5=SdStartCopy-0
Dlg6=AskYesNo-0
Dlg7=SdFinishReboot-0
[SdWelcome-0]
Result=1
[SdAskDestPath-0]
szDir=C:\ADSM
Result=1
[SdSetupTypeEx-0]
Result=Custom
[SdComponentDialog2-0]
Client\ODBC-type=string
Client\ODBC-count=4
Client\ODBC-0=Client\ODBC\ADSM Driver Files
Client\ODBC-1=Client\ODBC\Core-Desktop DB Files
Client\ODBC-2=Client\ODBC\Core
Client\ODBC-3=Client\ODBC\Uninstall Files
Client-type=string
Client-count=7
Client-0=Client\Backup-Archive Client
Client-1=Client\BA Scheduler Service
Client-2=Client\EM Backup-Archive Client
Client-3=Client\EM Services
Client-4=Client\API Runtime
Client-5=Client\API System
Client-6=Client\ODBC
Component-type=string
Component-count=1
Component-0=Client
Result=1
[SdSelectFolder-0]
szFolder=IBM ADSM
Result=1
[SdStartCopy-0]
Result=1
[AskYesNo-0]
Result=0
[Application]
Name=ADSM Open DataBase Connectivity
Version=CurrentVersion
Company=IBM
Lang=0009
[SdFinishReboot-0]
Result=1
BootOption=3


3) Does this fail on any machine you try it on, or
   just one machine?

All Machines Fail

4) Which version of Windows are you trying to do the
   install on (probably NT 4.0), and what service
   pack?

NT 4.0 SP3,4 and 5
also NT 3.51 SP5

5) Before starting the install, did you shut down all
   Windows apps? In particular, it is important that
   you stop any ADSM client services that might be
   running (i.e. scheduler, client acceptor, remote
   client agent).

Nothing is running, on machines that already had client installed, it was
uninstall, services removed and rebooted before install began.  still failed.

6) If you copy the client installation files to the
   machine's local disk, leaving them in their
   original directory structure (ADSMCLI\WIN32\INTEL,
   etc.) does the silent install work?

The files are currently in
I:\ADSMInst\ADSM Client - 3.1.07\Disk1"
I can try changing this.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Storage Systems Division
ADSM Client Development
e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
"The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked."

We are trying to get a silent install to work here and everything appears to be
going fine untill near the end of the install, the Backup client icon appears on
the desktop and then it dissapears and the install begins to remove its files
and then quits.  Where can i look for error messages?

Here's a copy of the batch file we are running.

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Setup.Bat

NET USE I: \\Servername\ADSMINST
I:
CD\
XCOPY I:\Weekly C:\ADSM\Weekly /E /C /I /F /H /R
COPY I:\INSDLSVC.BAT C:\ADSM\INSDLSVC.BAT
COPY I:\INSWKSVC.BAT C:\ADSM\INSWKSVC.BAT
COPY I:\SOON.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%
NET START SCHEDULE
SOON 900 C:\ADSM\INSDLSVC.BAT
SOON 930 C:\ADSM\INSWKSVC.BAT
CD \ADSM Client - 3.1.07
cd .\disk1
setup.exe -s

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INSDLSVC.BAT

C:\ADSM\BACLIENT\dsmcutil install /name:"ADSM Daily Scheduler Service"
/clientdir:C:\adsm\baclient /optfile:C:\adsm\baclient\dsm.opt
/node:%COMPUTERNAME% /password:adsm /autostart:Yes /machine:%COMPUTERNAME%

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INSWKSVC.BAT

C:\ADSM\BACLIENT\dsmcutil install /name:"ADSM Weekly Scheduler Service"
/clientdir:C:\adsm\weekly\baclient /optfile:C:\adsm\weekly\baclient\dsm.opt
/node:W%COMPUTERNAME% /password:adsm /autostart:Yes /machine:%COMPUTERNAME%

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Thanks in Advance
Mark Mooney