Customizing the Network Deployment options response file

This topic describes how to customize the response file for silently installing the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment product from a command line without the Installation wizard. Install as the root user on a Linux or UNIX-based platform, or as a user that belongs to the administrator group on a Windows platform. Some steps of the silent installation procedure on a Windows platform require that the administrator group user to have the advanced user rights Act as part of the operating system and Log on as a service.

Before you begin

Before using the install -options ./myoptionsfile command, for example, to invoke a silent installation, you must customize the response file to add your selections.

Why and when to perform this task

Customize the options response file precisely to enable the silent installation program to use it. The options response file is for silent installation only. The file does not affect the default values that appear in the Installation wizard.

Steps for this task

  1. Locate the sample options response file. The file is named responsefile in the operating-system platform directory on the product CD-ROM.
  2. Copy the file to preserve it in its original form. For example, copy it as myOptionsFile.
  3. Edit the copy in your flat file editor of choice, on the target operating system. Read the directions within the response file to choose appropriate values.
    Prepare for a silent installation on an AIX platform by using UNIX line-end characters (0x0D0A) to terminate each line of the options response file, as described in the Platform-specific tips for installing and migrating topic.
  4. Make the first non-commented option -silent to have a silent installation.
  5. Include custom option responses that reflect parameters for your system.

    Read the directions within the response file to choose appropriate values.

    Ignore the following line that appears in the file:

    #-W coexistencePanelBean.useIhs="true"
    
    Uncommenting the line can produce uncertain results.

  6. [Version 5.0.1 and later]Comment extra information that might display in the Network Deployment response file.

    Extra information might appear in the Network Deployment response file. Specifically, the following line might appear. If so, comment the line:

    #-W coexistencePanelBean.useIhs="true"

  7. Save the file.

Results

You can customize the response file to prepare for running a silent installation.

Example

Edit the version of the file that ships with the WebSphere Application Server product. The following example shows a few lines from the file.

-silent

# *******************************************
# WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Install Location
#
# Please specify the destination directory for the WebSphere 
# Application Server Network Deployment installation.   You will need to change 
# this for UNIX platforms. As an example for AIX, the value
# might be "/usr/WebSphere/DeploymentManager"
# *******************************************

-P wasBean.installLocation="C:\WebSphere\DeploymentManager"

What to do next

Return to Installing the product to continue.


Related tasks
Installing silently
Related reference
Platform-specific tips for installing and migrating
responsefile



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Last updated: Jun 21, 2007 4:55:42 PM CDT    WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 5.0.2
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