PQ77317: During Silent install of WAS 5.0 cust is seeing exit code of "0" no matter if it is successful or not.

APAR status
Closed as fixed if next.

Error description
Problem:Cust would like to automate his install using update
silent command for WAS 5.0.
He would like to see exit code of "0" if successful and
something else if it fails.
He would not like to look into log.txt and search for INSTFIN
and see if it completed or not.
Local fix
WorkAround:Check log.txt for "INSTFIN" for success.
Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: WebSphere Application Server 5.0 users       *
*                 installing the full product with either the  *
*                 GUI or silent install.                       *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: After the installation of WebSphere     *
*                      Application Server 5.0, there is no     *
*                      return code set.                        *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Users installing WebSphere Application Serve 5.0 silently or
through the GUI will not be able to check the return code to
determine a successful or failed install.  The installer does
not set the return code to indicate success or failure.
This will be fixed in the next full release which is planned
to be WebSphere 5.1 .
Problem conclusion Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ77317
Reported component name WAS NETWRK DEPL
Reported component ID 5630A3601
Reported release 00A
Status CLOSED FIN
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Special Attention NoSpecatt
Submitted date 2003-08-08
Closed date 2003-08-14
Last modified date 2003-08-14

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Applicable component levels
R003 PSY    UP
R00A PSY    UP
R00H PSY    UP
R00I PSY    UP
R00P PSY    UP
R00S PSY    UP
R00W PSY    UP


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 00A
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ77317
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Aug 14, 2003