Use either a fully-qualified response file, which you configure
specifically to your needs, or parameters that pass to the command
line to silently install the product and start the nodes.
Before you begin
Ensure that
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment is installed and operational,
and your workstation meets all the system requirements.
Stop all the nodes and the node agent, but do not
stop the entire cell. Issue the stopNode command.
Avoid trouble: If your environment contains
WebSphere® Application Server
Network Deployment Version 7.0, you must
install WebSphere Extended Deployment Version 6.1.0.5 before augmenting
profiles to use with WebSphere Extended Deployment. Do not augment
profiles to use with WebSphere Extended Deployment during the installation
of Version 6.1.
gotcha
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 to the command line. You can use either method to silently
install the product.
Procedure
- Optional: If you choose to install the product
by launching the response file, first customize the file.
- Copy the response file, xdsetup.response ,
from the product CD to your disk drive. Rename and save
the file as myoptionsfile.txt.
- Open and edit the response file in the text editor of
your choice. The file includes comments to assist the configuration
process and must include these parameters:
- The license agreement
- The location of the product installation
- The list of profiles to augment
- The location of the centralized installation
manager repository
Tip: The location that you select for your installation
is how the installation program determines where your previous WebSphere
Application Server instance is located. If you install on a node with
multiple WebSphere Application Server instances, clearly define your
location.
- Issue the proper command to launch your customized response
file. Substitute the name and correct path of your response
file if you renamed the file to something other than the provided
example.
./install.sh|bat -options C:/drive_path/myoptionsfile.txt -silent
The log files are located in the install_root/logs/xd_computegrid/install directory.
If the installation fails before the installation location is located
or created, the log files are located in the user_home/wxd_install_logs directory.
For example, if you log in as root, user_home is
the /root directory.
If
you install WebSphere Extended Deployment
Compute Grid in
a Network Deployment environment, you can choose to install the centralized
installation manager repository, or include the product in the existing
repository by further customizing the response file.
- Optional: If you choose to install the product
by passing certain parameters to the command line, issue the following
command to launch the installation:
./install.sh|bat -silent -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance=true -OPT installLocation=installation_location
where
installation_location is
the location of your existing WebSphere Application Server Network
Deployment installation.
To specify certain
profiles to augment, issue the following parameter:
-OPT profileAugmentList=profiles_separated_by_commas
- Review the resulting logs for errors or an installation
failure.
Results
You successfully installed the product, and started the nodes
without any errors occurring.
What to do next
Create a new profile, or augment an existing profile by using
the Profile Management tool. You
can omit this task if you augmented the profile through the Installation
wizard.