Installing license activation kit for the product across the enterprise

Use the IM_run_silent_lak scripts to install the license activation kit for IBM InfoSphere Data Architect across your enterprise.

Before you begin

The IDA_SILENT_DATA_SAVE directory must exist.

About this task

Use this task to silently install the license activation kit on computers in your enterprise with the scripts. You use the IM_run_silent_lak script to silently install the license activation kit on the base computer with IBM® Installation Manager and a response file. Then you can reuse the script and response file to silently install the license activation kit on the other computers in your enterprise.

Procedure

To install the license activation kit for the product across the enterprise:

  1. Optional: Edit the IM_run_silent_lak scripts to change the default parameters for:
    • The location and file names for the generated log and response files
    • The location to store data for the simulated modification
    • The location of IBM Installation Manager, if it is not installed into the default installation directory. For example, on Windows, the default installation directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager
    • The location of the installation files for the product. For example, if the installation files are on a DVD that is in a drive that is mapped to D:, the location is D:\.
    Important: Edit these parameters only if you edited them for the installation scripts. The parameter values must match the values in the installation scripts.
  2. Generate the response file with Installation Manager or update the sample response files in the product_package/enterpriseDeployment/sampleResponseFiles directory. For information about generating a response file, see Creating a response file manually.
  3. On the base computer, run the silent activation with the silent response file.
    1. Open a command prompt, change the directory to the IBM Installation Manager installation directory, and run the IM_run_silent_lak script.
    2. Check the log files for errors. The activation log file, log_modify.xml, is in the IDA_SILENT_FILES directory.
    The IDA_SILENT_DATA_SAVE and IDA_SILENT_FILES directories were created and contain copies of the files you need to install the license activation kit on the other computers.
  4. Run the silent activation on all the other computers in your enterprise on which you want to activate the product license.
    1. Copy the following folder and files to the target computers:
      • IDA_SILENT_DATA_SAVE folder
      • IDA_SILENT_FILES/response_lak.xml file
      • IM_run_silent_lak script
    2. Open a command prompt.
    3. Change the directory to the IBM Installation Manager installation directory.
    4. Run the IM_run_silent_lak script.

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