Activating Enterprise Edition Server (Command Line)

Use the following syntax example to activate an Enterprise Edition Server Front End Server.

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LCSCmd.exe /Server:[<Server FQDN>] /Role:EE /Action:Activate /Password:<Account Password> /PoolName:<pool name> [/RefDomain:<Domain FQDN>] [/PDCRequired[:{TRUE\|FALSE}]] [/GlobalSettingsDC:<FQDN of a global settings domain controller>] [/DC:<domain controller FQDN>] [/GC:<Global Catalog FQDN>] [/Global:{Configuration \| System}] [/GroupDomain:<Group Domain FQDN>] [/GroupDomainDC:<Group Domain DC FQDN>] [/User:<Account Name>] [/UnRegSPN[:{TRUE\|FALSE}]] [/NoStart[:{TRUE\|FALSE}]] [/ArchServer:<Archiving Server computer name>] [/MonServer:<Monitoring Server computer name>] [/Force[:{TRUE\|FALSE}]] [/L:<log file path>] [/XML[:{TRUE\|FALSE}]] [/?[:{TRUE\|FALSE}]]

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LCSCmd.exe /Server:[<Server FQDN>] /Role:EE /Action:Activate
/Password:<Account Password> /PoolName:<pool name>
[/RefDomain:<Domain FQDN>] [/PDCRequired[:{TRUE|FALSE}]]
[/GlobalSettingsDC:<FQDN of a global settings domain
controller>] [/DC:<domain controller FQDN>]
[/GC:<Global Catalog FQDN>] [/Global:{Configuration |
System}] [/GroupDomain:<Group Domain FQDN>]
[/GroupDomainDC:<Group Domain DC FQDN>] [/User:<Account
Name>] [/UnRegSPN[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/NoStart[:{TRUE|FALSE}]]
[/ArchServer:<Archiving Server computer name>]
[/MonServer:<Monitoring Server computer name>]
[/Force[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/L:<log file path>]
[/XML[:{TRUE|FALSE}]] [/?[:{TRUE|FALSE}]]

Such as:

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LCSCmd.exe /Server /Role:EE /Action:Activate /Password:My$tr0ngPwd /PoolName:Pool01

Where:

Parameter	Description
/Server	Executes the action for the specified server FQDN. /server - activates the local server. /server:<remoteComputerFQDN> - activates a role on the remote computer.
/Role	Specifies the role of the server.
/Action	Takes a string that specifies the action name. Valid action names include CheckLCServerState, Activate, and Deactivate.
/Password	Specifies the service account password for the server.
/PoolName	Specifies the name of the pool that the Enterprise Edition server is going to serve.
/RefDomain	Specifies the reference domain FQDN.
/Global	Specifies the global setting location.
/GroupDomain	Specifies the FQDN of the domain where Office Communications Server universal groups are located.
/User	Specifies the service account name for the server. It defaults to RTCService. If the specified user account does not exist, Office Communications Server 2007 R2 automatically creates the account.
/UnRegSPN	Specifies whether to delete all existing service principal names registered for the service on the specified computer.
/NoStart	Specifies whether to start the LC service on the server during activation.
/ArchServer	Specifies the computer name of the IM Archiving Server that the IM Archiving Agent will be using.
/MonServer	Specifies the computer name of the Monitoring Server.
/Force	Specifies whether to force task execution.
/L	Specifies the log file path. If not specified, %TEMP%\<ActionName>[<Date>][<Time>].html is used. To disable logging, use a dash character (-) as the log file name.
/XML	Specifies whether the log file to be generated should be in XML format instead of HTML.
/?	Shows Help on usage.