Performing a silent installation or uninstallation of IBM WebSphere InterChange Server

If you need to install or uninstall the same WebSphere InterChange Server (ICS) configuration multiple times or in multiple locations, you can bypass the Installer GUI and perform a silent installation or uninstallation to save time.

Silent installation

When installing silently, you must make necessary modifications to the template response file of the form settings_WICS_<platform>.txt, where <platform> is AIX, Solaris, HP or Linux. In a silent installation, the responses you normally specify manually when you run Installer are stored in this file, which is then read by an executable that installs the components.

In the settings_WICS_<platform>.txt file, you can define:

The settings_WICS_<platform>.txt and OptionFile.txt are both included on the InterChange Server product CD.

To perform a silent installation, do the following:

  1. Modify the settings_WICS_<platform>.txt file and the OptionFile.txt file with the settings needed for your installation.
  2. If you are installing the InterChange Server component, provide the full path to the OptionFile.txt in your the settings_WICS_<platform>.txt file.
  3. Issue one of the following commands, depending on your platform:
    AIX

    setupAIX.bin -silent -options settings_WICS_AIX.txt

    Solaris

    setupsolarisSparc.bin -silent -options settings_WICS_Solaris.txt

    HP-UX

    setupHPUX.bin -silent -options settings_WICS_HP.txt

    Linux

    setupLinux.bin -silent -options settings_WICS_Linux.txt

Silent uninstallation

The silent uninstallation uninstalls all InterChange Server components. To perform a silent uninstallation, issue the following command:

ProductDir/_uninstWICS4.3.0/uninstaller.bin -G removeExistingResponses="yesToAll" 
-G removeModifiedResponse="yesToAll" -silent

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