After installing Installation Manager, use it in silent mode to install packages. This file explains how to install packages by using 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) All available updates to are installed. |
-installAll |
(Optional) 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 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 located in the same directory as the IBMIM.exe file contains initialization parameters that are applicable to installing silently and should always be present. |
-accessRights |
Defines whether the IM operates in admin or nonAdmin mode. For nonAdmin
mode this argument should always be used with 'nonAdmin' parameter: -accessRights nonAdminFor admin mode it should be used with 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 -accessRights nonAdmin argument
should be passed explicitly. |
-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