Silently installing Installation Manager and packages by using the Installation Manager installer

Use the Installation Manager installer to install Installation Manager and other software packages.

You can use the Installation Manager installer to silently install Installation Manager as well as other packages. Optionally, use the installer to install Installation Manager, then use Installation Manager to install packages silently. This file contains instructions for installing software packages using the Installation Manager installer.

To silently install both Installation Manager and packages using the Installation Manager installer that is included with InfoSphere Data Architect, from the InstallerImage_platform sub-directory in the disk1 directory, enter the following command:

The following table describes the arguments used with the silent installation command:
Argument Description
-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 nonAdmin
For 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.
The Installation Manager installer has an initialization or .ini file silent-install.ini that includes default values for the arguments in the table. For example, the silent-install.ini file might look something like this:
-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
When the Installation Manager installer runs in silent installation mode; it reads the response file and writes a log file to the directory you specified. While you must have a response file when running in silent installation mode, log files are optional. The result of this execution should be a status of 0 on success and non-zero number on failure.
Related reference
Reference: Sample response file
Silent installation commands
Silent installation preference commands

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