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Installing silently on i5/OS from a System i server

If you do not want to use the graphical user interface to install WebSphere® ESB, you can perform a silent, or background, installation on a System i server by using a file called a response file. Instead of displaying a graphical user interface, or a "wizard," the silent installation causes the installation program to read all of your responses from a file that you provide. An example response file, responsefile.wesb.txt, is shipped with default values and can be used to silently install WebSphere ESB.

Before you begin

Prepare for the installation before using this procedure. See Prerequisites for installing WebSphere ESB and Preparing i5/OS systems for installation for more information.

Before you install WebSphere ESB, ensure that your user profile has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.

Note: The installation path cannot contain parenthesis. You cannot install over an existing WebSphere Application Server installation that contains parenthesis in the installation path.

About this task

You can install WebSphere ESB from Qshell using the INSTALL command. You can also use the RUNJVA command to invoke the installation wizard.

Response files, also called options files, are used to pass command-line options to an installation or uninstallation program.

Procedure
  1. Sign on to the System i server with a user profile that has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.
  2. Place the WebSphere ESB for i5/OS disk in the disk drive of your System i server.

    Do not use the WebSphere ESB, Version 6.2 for Windows® disk or any other operating system disk other than the disk for i5/OS.

  3. Use the Copy (CPY) command to create a copy of the responsefile.wesb.txtfile from the disk.

    For example:

    CPY OBJ('/QOPT/WEBSPHERE') TOOBJ('/my_dir/new_dir') SUBTREE(*ALL) REPLACE(*YES)

    QOPT is the disk mount point.

    WEBSPHERE is the disk volume label.

    /WBI is the product directory on the disk. This will be referred to in later steps.

  4. If you have not already done so, read the IBM® International Program License Agreement located in the /WBI/lafiles directory.

    If you agree to the terms of the agreement, continue with the installation process.

  5. Edit the /MYDIR/responsefile.wesb.txt file.
    1. Change the value for -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance from false to true.

      A value of true indicates that you have read and accept the terms of the license agreement. This change is required to run the installation.

    2. By default, the PROF_enableAdminSecurity option is set to true. If you want to enable administrative security for the default profile created during install, you must specify values for the PROF_adminUserName and PROF_adminPassword options.

      The user ID and password do not need to be a system user ID and password or an LDAP user ID and password. The ID-and-password pair specified are stored in the user registry and used for administrative security for the default profile. Write down the user ID and password.

      If you do not want to enable administrative security for the default profile, change the value for the PROF_enableAdminSecurity option from true to false.

    Note: The Samples feature is not installed with the product by default. If you want to use the samples, perform the following actions:
    • Specify sampleSelected for the -OPT addFeature option.
    • Specify a value for the -OPT samplesPassword option if you are enabling security.
  6. Invoke the installation program for WebSphere ESB for i5/OS.

    To invoke the installation program for WebSphere ESB for i5/OS, run the INSTALL command from Qshell or use the RUNJVA command from the CL command line.

    In the following example commands, path/responsefile represents the fully qualified path of the responsefile.wesb.txt file that you edited.

    • Run the INSTALL command from Qshell.
      1. On a CL command line, issue the STRQSH command to start the Qshell command shell.
      2. Issue the INSTALL command from the /WBI directory to start the installation program.
        INSTALL -options path/responsefile -silent
        Important: Do not exit the Qshell session (PF3) until the installation has completed. Doing so might cause the installation to stop prematurely.
    • Issue the RUNJVA command from the CL command line:

      At the CL command line, change back to the /my_dir/new_dir/WBI/install directory before issuing the following commands. Enter the RUNJVA command on one line. The command is shown on more lines for formatting clarity.

      RUNJVA 
        CLASS(run) PARM('-options' 'path/responsefile') 
        CLASSPATH('setup.jar') 
        PROP(
          ('Xbootclasspath/p' '../JDK/jre.pak/repository/package.java.jre/
            java/jre/lib/xml.jar') 
          (java.version 1.5) 
          (is.debug 1)
         )

Results

After you invoke the installation, messages are displayed that indicate the progress of the installation process. When the setup program completes, press F3 to exit.

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