Business Integration Connect also provides a way to install the components using a command line. This feature requires an options file that provides values for all of the installation options. You can either modify the provided sample ISS files or perform an install using the GUI and record your choices to create a custom options file. See Generating an options file.
The sample files for the Database Loader are in the Database Loader directory on the CD or in the unarchived install image, while the Business Integration Connect sample files are in the hub directory on the CD or in the unarchived install image.
Each option in the file appears on a separate line and is preceded by comments that describe the setting and present an example of the option. In the sample files, the option values are the default values presented in the GUI. Some settings, such as passwords and hostnames, require information about the local configuration.
You can also generate your own options file while running the install or uninstall program that you can then use to duplicate the install or uninstall. For information, see the next section "Performing a silent install".
To install the Database Loader or Business Integration Connect using the command line:
or
cd hub
For Linux, enter:
./setupLinux -options <options file name>
For AIX, enter:
./setupAIX -options <options file name>
For Solaris, enter:
./setupSunOS -options <options file name>
Where <options file name> identifies the file that contains the option values the installer will use.
With this command, the installer displays all of the screens that appear in a normal GUI installation and all of the fields in the screens contain the values listed in the options file.
To generate an options file with settings specific to your installation, follow these steps:
cd DBLoader
or
cd hub
For Linux, enter:
./setupLinux -options-record "<options file name>"
For AIX, enter:
./setupAIX -options-record "<options file name>"
For Solaris, enter:
./setupSolaris -options-record "<options file name>"
Where <options file name> identifies the file that contains the option values the installer will use. You can also specify a directory name after the options-record parameter.
The installer runs using the GUI. It installs the Database Loader or Business Integration Connect and places the given options file in the install directory ({WBIC INSTALL DIR}/IBM/WBIConnect/DBLoader or {WBIC INSTALL DIR}/IBM/WBIConnect/ if you used the default value). You can then edit this file with any text editor, or use it without changes to install the product again or create duplicate installs on other machines.
To generate just the options file without installing the product, replace the options-record parameter with the -options-template command. This command creates the options file with all of the entries necessary to install the product, but each of these entries must be modified with your specific installation settings.