Use a silent installation to perform an identical installation
of IBM® Connections and IBM Installation Manager on multiple
systems.
Before you begin
This task assumes that IBM Installation
Manager is not installed on your system.
Ensure
that you complete all the prerequisite tasks that are relevant for
your environment. For more information, see the Before installing topic.
Note: However,
do not complete the prerequisite tasks that relate to IBM Installation Manager.
Edit the default
response file to suit your environment. For more information, refer
to Using the default response file.
About this task
Using
a response file for your intended deployment, install IBM Connections on multiple systems without needing
to interact with the installation wizard.
To
perform a silent installation, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- Open a command prompt and go to the location of the silent
installation file. The file is stored in the IBM_Connections_set-up/IBM_Connections_install/IM/OS directory,
where IBM_Connections_set-up is the directory or
media where the IBM Connections
installation files are located and OS represents
your operating system
Note: To change the paths
to the response file and log file, edit the lc_install.ini file.
The file is located in the IBM_Connections_set-up/IBM_Connections_install/IM/OS directory.
- Run the silent installation script:
- AIX® or Linux™ (root user): ./installc -input response_file -log log_file -acceptLicense
- AIX or Linux (non-root user): ./userinstc
-input response_file -log log_file -acceptLicense
- Windows™ (administrator):
installc.exe -input response_file -log log_file -acceptLicense
- Windows (non-administrator):
userinstc.exe -input response_file -log log_file -acceptLicense
where response_file is the full path and
name of the response file and log_file is the full
path and name of the log file. The default name of the file is LC.rsp.
By
default, the response file is stored in the IBM_Connections_set-up/IBM_Connections_install/IBMConnecgtions directory
on the installation media.
Results
IBM Installation Manager writes
the result of the installation command to the log file that you specified
with the -log parameter.
If the installation
is successful, the log files are empty. For example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<result>
</result>
The log file contains an error element if
the operation was not completed successfully. A successful installation
adds a value of 0 to the log file. An unsuccessful installation adds
a positive integer to the log file.
The log file for IBM Installation Manager records
the values that you entered when you ran IBM Installation
Manager in interactive mode. To review the log file for IBM Installation Manager, open the
date_time.xml file,
where
date_time represents the date and time of
the installation. The file by default is in the following directory:
- AIX or Linux (root user): /var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs
- AIX or Linux (non-root user): user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs where user_home is
the non-root user account directory
To check the complete details of the installation, open each
of the log files in the
connections_root/logs directory.
Each IBM Connections application
that you installed has a log file, using the following naming format:
applicationInstallog.txt,
where
application is the name of an IBM Connections application.
What to do next
Complete
any applicable post-installation tasks. For more information, see
the Post-installation tasks topic.
Refer
to Post-Installation tasks for
more information.