Installing VersionVault silently using a response file

Use Installation Manager silent mode to install VersionVault silently using a response file in environments that do not support a GUI.

Before you begin

Make sure that Installation Manager is installed on the system you will use to install the VersionVault product package. See Installation Manager tasks.

About this task

Silent installation requires a response file that contains information and option settings for installing a product package. A response file is an XML file that contains data required to complete installation operations silently.

Note: For more information about silent installation, search for Working in silent mode in the Installation Manager documentation for the version that you are using.

Procedure

To install a package silently

Prepare the package file to install.
- If the electronic software distribution (ESD) image is not available through a UNC or NFS path, complete these steps.
  1. Copy the ESD image onto the local machine.
  2. Extract the ESD image. The path to the ESD image is denoted as esd_image_root.
- If the ESD image is available through a UNC or NFS path, copy the file esd_image_root/ product_response_platform.xml onto a writeable disk.
Open and read the license agreement files located in esd_image_root/license_agreements. xx indicates the language of the file.
These are the license files:
- LA_xx
- LI_xx
- non_hcl_license
- notices
Open the response file, product_response_platform.xml.
If you agree to the license agreement, change the value for the acceptLicense key to true.
<agent-input acceptLicense='true'>
Change the value for the repository location key to 'esd_image_root/diskTag.inf'.
```
<server>
<repository location='esd_image_root/diskTag.inf'/>
</server>
```
Follow the comments within the response file to configure your product installation.
Open the file esd_image_root/InstallerImage_$platform/install.xml. Find the version key and copy the value. You use this value in the next step.
For example:
```
<install>
<offering id='com.hcl.ccm.versionvault.platform'  version='2.0.0.00-7-1-NR-D09MMDD'/>
</install>
```
Open the response file. In the <install> command, update the version attribute for the offering key with the value copied from the install.xml file. If the version attribute is not listed for the offering key in the response file, you must add it.
```
<install>
<offering id='com.hcl.ccm.versionvault.platform'  
version='2.0.0.00-7-1-NR-D09MMDD' 
features='com.hcl.ccm.versionvaultunix.core,....'/>
</install>
```
If Installation Manager is not installed, you must install it. If an older version of Installation Manager is installed, it must be upgraded. To install Installation Manager that is bundled along with the product or to upgrade the current installed version of Installation Manager, follow the instructions.
1. Add the repository location for Installation Manager into the downloaded response file:
```
<repository location='esd_image_root/InstallerImage_$platform'/>
```
2. Open esd_image_root/InstallerImage_$platform/install.xml.
3. Copy the install instruction into your response file:
```
<install>
<offering features='agent_core,agent_jre' id='com.ibm.cic.agent' version='1.3.0.20090211_1046'/>
</install>
```
An example of a response file after adding the repository location for Installation Manager:
```
<server>
<repository location='esd_image_root/diskTag.inf'/>
<repository location='esd_image_root/InstallerImage_$platform'/>
</server>
```
An example of a response file after adding the offering keys for Installation Manager:
```
<install>
<offering features='agent_core,agent_jre' 
id='com.ibm.cic.agent' 
version='1.3.0.20090211_1046'/>
<offering profile='HCL CCM'
id='com.hcl.ccm.versionvault.platform' 
version='2.0.0.00-7-1-NR-D09MMDD' 
features='com.hcl.ccm.versionvaultunix.core,....'/>
</install>
```
Run the command: esd_image_root/InstallerImage*/install --launcher.ini esd_image_root/InstallerImage*/silent-install.ini -silent -input product_response_platform.xml -log logfile
Note: To display progress text to the console add -showVerboseProgress to the command.

Results

For more information about Installation Manager and complete instructions for working in silent mode, see the Installation Manager documentation for the version that you have installed.