Overview of mass deployment

Mass deployment allows you to install IBM® InfoSphere® Data Architect on one computer (the base computer) and then easily replicate the installation to other systems in your enterprise.

IBM InfoSphere Data Architect provides batch scripts that show the minimal parameters that should be considered to design and deploy a mass deployment solution.

The following batch scripts require IBM Installation Manager, Version 1.5.1. They are included with IBM InfoSphere Data Architect in the massDeployment directory to enable you to mass deploy an installation, update, or uninstallation of IBM InfoSphere Data Architect on multiple computers.
Table 1. Batch script files in the massDeployment directory for InfoSphere Data Architect.
Batch Script Description
IM_clean_silent_data_save.bat To be run on the base computer to clean up the IDA_SILENT_DATA_SAVE directory
IM_response_install.bat To be run on the base computer to generate the response files.
IM_response_lak.bat
IM_response_modify.bat
IM_response_uninstall.bat
IM_response_update.bat
IM_run_silent_install.bat To be run first on the base computer to execute the response files, and then to be moved and run on the other systems.
IM_run_silent_lak.bat
IM_run_silent_modify.bat
IM_run_silent_uninstall.bat
IM_run_silent_update.bat
These two directories are created during the process of running these scripts:
In general, you use the batch scripts to create a response file and to run the silent action on the base computer. Then, you run the batch script for the silent action on other computers. For example, to deploy the installation of IBM Installation Manager and IBM InfoSphere Data Architect across your enterprise, you would:
  1. Optional: Update the installation batch scripts to change any default parameters.
  2. Run the batch script to generate a silent installation response file.
  3. Run the batch script for a silent installation on the base computer.
  4. Run the batch script for the silent installation on other computers to replicate installation.

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