Installing or upgrading Data Studio web console silently by using a response file

A silent installation or upgrade is an installation that runs without displaying an interface or prompting you for input. Silent installations or upgrades simplify the process of installing or upgrading the product on multiple computers.

Before you begin

About this task

To install Data Studio web console silently, use a response file that contains the properties and values that are used as input for the installation to do one or more silent installations of the product. See Response files.
Tip: For an upgrade, ensure that you type the installation directory of the existing product.

If you install the product as a Windows administrator, Data Studio web console is added as a Windows service. If you run the installer as a non-administrative user, an administrative user can later install the Data Studio web console service manually by running the installservice.bat script from the DSWC_installation_dir/bin directory.

Procedure

To install Data Studio web console silently by using a response file:

  1. If you are upgrading an earlier version of Data Studio web console or IBM Data Studio Health Monitor, do the following tasks to prepare to upgrade:
    1. Stop the earlier version of Data Studio Health Monitor, if running:
      • Linux and UNIX: From the DSHM_installation_dir/bin directory, run the command stop.sh
      • Windows: From the Start menu, click All Programs > IBM Data Studio > Stop Data Studio Health Monitor.
    2. Uninstall any manually installed Windows service. If you manually configured Data Studio Health Monitor to run as a Windows service, you must manually uninstall the service by running removeservice.bat from the DSHM_installation_dir/bin directory.
  2. Run the installer in silent mode. Run the following command from the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager:
    • For Windows: imcl.exe input response_file_path_and_name -log log_file_path_and_name –acceptLicense
    • For other platforms: imcl input response_file_path_and_name -log log_file_path_and_name –acceptLicense
    Data Studio web console is installed.
  3. Optional: To see the installation details, you can check the installation log files in the following directories:
    • On Linux and UNIX:
      • DSWC_installation_dir/logs/
      • /var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs/
    • On Windows:
      • DSWC_installation_dir\logs\
      • C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\logs\

What to do next

If Data Studio web console is not already running, start it and log in to the web console by using the default administrative user that you created when you installed the product. If you upgraded your product, log in as a user with permission to access the web console.

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