You can install WebSphere Extended Deployment silently in a mixed
environment by using a response file, which you configure specifically to
your needs, or with parameters that pass to the command line. With a silent
installation, you can bypass the Installation wizard, which is useful in some
environments.
Before you begin
To perform a silent installation, you must have the appropriate authority.
On a Linux or UNIX operating system, you must be authorized as the root user.
On a Windows operating system, your user ID must belong to the Administrator
group and have the following advanced user rights:
- Act as part of the operating system
- Log on as a service
If you create a new user ID on a Windows operating system, restart the
system before attempting a silent installation.
About this task
A silent installation uses the same installation program that the
graphical user interface (GUI) version uses. However, instead of displaying
a wizard interface, the silent installation reads all of your responses from
a file that you customize or from parameters that you pass on the command
line.
Procedure
- Determine whether you want to use the command line to pass your
parameters or the customized options response file.
- Optional: If you are using a response file for your
installation, customize the options response file for your silent installation.
- Copy the WebSphere Extended Deployment options response file, xd_mixedserver.response,
from the product CD. The response file is on the root of the CD.
Consider renaming the options file to something like myoptionsfile.
- Customize and save the response file. Open the file
in any text editor. The file includes comments to assist the configuration
process and must include the following parameters:
- The license agreement
- The location of the mixed server environment installation
- The feature that you want to install, either remote monitor, stand-alone
ObjectGrid, or both. You must choose at least one feature.
- Issue the command to launch your custom response file.
Substitute the name and correct path of your response file if you renamed
the file:
install.bat -options drive:path/xd_mixedserver.response -silent
The log file name is WAS.XD.install.log.
./install -options /absolute_path/xd_mixedserver.response -silent
The
log file name is WAS.XD.install.log.
- Optional: If you are using the command line to install,
launch the installation from the command line and pass the appropriate parameters:
- Issue the following command to start the silent installation:
install.bat -silent -P silentInstallLicenseAcceptance.value="true"
installLocation="Installation_location" -W
-W installType.userChoice="MSE" -P
remoteMonitoringAgentProductFeatureBean.active="true"
-P objectGridProductFeatureBean.active="false"
where Installation_location is an empty directory.
./install -silent -P silentInstallLicenseAcceptance.value="true"
installLocation="Installation_location" -W
-W installType.userChoice="MSE" -P
remoteMonitoringAgentProductFeatureBean.active="true"
-P objectGridProductFeatureBean.active="false"
where Installation_location is an empty directory.
What to do next
You can now create a new profile or augment an existing profile to
make it compatible with WebSphere Extended Deployment.