You can use native installation to install WebSphere Application Server. The steps below describe how to install WebSphere Application Server using the noninteractive (silent) mode.
To complete a silent installation, you must create a response file and then use it to perform the installation.
WebSphere Application Server supplies a template response file called response_aix.res. Using this file as a template, you create your own response file. By default, a file that you create directly from the template installs IBM SDK 1.2, IBM HTTP Server Version 1.3.12, InstantDB, and WebSphere Application Server as well as configures WebSphere Application Server for use with IBM HTTP Server and InstantDB. Further, it installs documentation in U.S. English, WebSphere Application Server application samples, and files that make the product compatible with the Tivoli System Management Tool.
You can edit your file to permit configuration with other selected Web servers or databases, or to install documentation in selected languages. Detailed instructions within the template file guide you in your selections.
After creating your file, you run the associated shell script WebSphereInstallAIX.sh with your response file as the argument. This script silently installs the components and options that you have selected into the /usr/IBMWebAS directory in U.S. English. (Because the shell script performs some pre- and post-processing steps on the installation, do not use the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) to run the script.)
Perform the following steps to create a custom response file and install WebSphere Application Server by using the noninteractive (silent) mode. These instructions assume that installation is made from the product CD.
# smitty mountfs
# cd /cdrom/usr/sys/inst.images
# cp response_aix.res <response_file>where <response_file> is the full path name of the response file you are creating (for instance, /tmp/<response_file>). Be sure that the name of your response file has a .res extension.
# ./WebSphereInstallAIX.sh <response_file>The WebSphereInstallAIX.sh shell script then uses the response file to silently install the components and options that you have selected into the /usr/IBMWebAS directory.
Note: If you choose to install the plugin for IBM HTTP Server, the installation process checks if you have the correct version of the server (1.3.12.0) on your machine. If you do not have this product on your machine and you have indicated in your response file that you want to have it installed, the installation process installs it. (You must manually back up and merge any existing configuration and date files from previous editions of IBM HTTP Server.) If you do not have this product on your machine and you have indicated in your response file that you do not want to have it installed, the script exits without installing the product.