After you install Installation Manager, use it in silent mode to install packages. This file explains how to install packages using the Installation Manager.
Argument | Description |
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-vm |
Specifies the Java™ launcher. In silent mode, always use java.exe on Windows, and java on other platforms. |
-nosplash |
Specifies that the splash screen should be suppressed. |
--launcher.suppressErrors |
Specifies that the JVM error dialog should be suppressed. |
-silent |
Specifies that the Installation Manager installer or Installation Manager should be run in silent mode. |
-input |
Specifies an XML response file as the input to Installation Manager installer or the Installation Manager. A response file contains commands that installer or Installation Manager runs. |
-log |
(Optional) Specifies a log file that records the result of
the silent installation. The log file is an XML file. If your silent installation session is successful, the log file will contain just the root element of <result> </result>. However, if errors occur during the installation, the silent install log file will contain error elements and messages. |
-updateAll |
(Optional) Specifies that all available updates are installed. |
-installAll |
(Optional) Specifies that all available products are installed. |
--launcher.ini silent-install.ini |
Specifies the location of the product .ini file to use. If this argument is not specified, the executable will check for a file in the same directory as the launcher with the same name and the extension .ini. For example, IBMIM.exe checks for IBMIM.ini and install.exe checks for install.ini. The silent-install.ini file that is located in the same directory as the IBMIM.exe file contains initialization parameters that are applicable to installing silently and should always be present. |
--launcher.ini user-silent-install.ini |
Specifies the location of the product .ini file to use for Windows as non-admin. If this argument is not specified, the executable will check for a file in the same directory as the launcher with the same name and the extension ".ini". For example, IBMIM.exe checks for IBMIM.ini. The user-silent-install.ini file that is located in the same directory as the IBMIM.exe file contains initialization parameters that are applicable to installing silently and should always be present. |
-showProgress |
Displays a progress bar to the console. |
-ShowVerboseProgress |
Displays progress text to the console. For example, the text "Rebooting the machine to complete the install" is displayed when a reboot is required. |
-accessRights |
Specifies whether the Installation Manager operates in admin
or nonAdmin mode. For nonAdmin mode, this argument should always be
used with the 'nonAdmin' parameter: -accessRights nonAdminFor admin mode, this argument should be used with the 'admin' parameter: -accessRights admin If
this argument is not used, the default value is set based on current
user permissions.
Note:
For Windows XP
users who are members of Administrator group, the default is always -accessRights
admin. For these users to run in nonAdmin mode, the -accessRights
nonAdmin argument should be passed explicitly. |
-accessRights admin -vm C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse\jre_5.0.2.sr5_20070511\jre\bin\java.exe -nosplash --launcher.suppressErrors -silent -vmargs -Xquickstart -Xgcpolicy:gencon
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <result> </result>The log file will contain an error element if the operation was not completed successfully.