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Installing the Feature Pack for EJB 3.0 Client silently

Run the Feature Pack for EJB 3.0 installation program to silently install the feature pack on an existing installation of an IBM Application Client for the WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 product.

Before you begin

The Feature Pack for EJB 3.0 implements the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) Version 3.0 and Java Persistence API (JPA) specifications.

Before starting this installation, do the following:
  1. Read Planning to install Feature Pack for EJB 3.0.
  2. Install a Version 6.1 WebSphere® Application Server product if you have not done so already.
  3. Download and extract the Feature Pack for EJB 3.0.

    For example, create two directories, ejb3_download and ejb3_installation_image. Then, download the feature pack to the ejb_download directory and then extract the downloaded file to the ejb_installation_image directory. Do not move any files out of the ejb_installation_image directory.

  4. The operating system requirements for a feature pack are the same as for the IBM Application Client for the WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 installation. However, you need to ensure that you have enough free disk space to install the feature pack and the included maintenance onto the application client installation.
    • 1450 MB of free space available in your target installation directory for the feature pack and included maintenance. This is in addition to the required Version 6.1 application client product.
    • 600 MB of free space available in your temporary directory

About this task

This topic describes how to install the feature pack using the installation wizard graphical interface.

The installation program installs the following program files if they are not already installed:

Note: Consider your current product topography before installing the feature pack because it installs maintenance packages which may affect the version of your application client product. If the application client is already at or above the levels of maintenance included with the feature pack, then the installation of these maintenance packages will be skipped.

Procedure

  1. Log on as the user who installed the IBM Application Client for the WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1. product.
    • [AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris] Log on using the same user ID that was used when the product was installed.

      Run the ls -al command at the root of the IBM Application Client for the WebSphere Application Server installation to find the user ID that was used to install the product.

    • [Windows] Log on as a user who belongs to the administrator group or as the user who installed the product.
  2. Extract the downloaded product files. The EJB3 directory is the main directory of the Feature Pack for EJB 3.0 installation image. Save a backup copy of the response file responsefile.EJB3.txt somewhere on your system.
  3. Edit responsefile.EJB3Client.txt and customize it for your environment.
    Set values for the following options:
    Option Description
    -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance="true"

    Accept the enclosed license agreement.

    -OPT disableNonBlockingPrereqChecking="true"

    This will notify the installer to continue with the installation and log the warnings even though the prerequisite checking has failed. This will also allow the installation to proceed if you are below the required level of maintenance. The feature pack installer will install the included maintenance packages.

    -OPT installLocation=app_client_root

    Set app_client_root to the root directory of your application client product.

    If you are logged on as a non-root user, you should use the -OPT allowNonRootSilentInstall="true" flag.

    To override any option in the response file with command-line options, include the following option in the response file:

    -OPT overrideResponsefileOptions=true
  4. Run the Feature Pack for EJB 3.0 silent installation program.

    At a command prompt in the EJB3 directory, enter the following command:

    install -options responsefile.EJB3Client.txt -silent

    The installation program runs silently in the background.

Results

The installation wizard installs the feature pack and records installation events in the installation log files in the app_client_root/logs/install/ejb3 directory.
Tip: If you are logged in as non-root or non-admin user, you may not always find a log in the application server directory after a failed installation or uninstallation attempt. When the installer runs, a log file is created in your user home directory. If the installation fails, an attempt is made to move the log to the app_client_root directory; however, without the necessary permission to move the file to the app_client_root directory, the attempt to move fails and the log remains in your home directory. Look for the following log files in the user_home/ejb3logs directory:
  • log.txt
  • trace.txt.gz
  • trace.xml.gz

Troubleshooting

If the installation program is interrupted for any reason while feature pack files are being installed, examine the messages that the installation program displays and the information in the installation logs. Correct the problems identified and try installing the product again. Since the feature pack installation contains the feature pack and various fix packs, an installation failure might occur at different points in the process.

Avoid trouble Avoid trouble: Certain events can prevent ISMP from starting the installation wizard. Such an event is not enough disk space to launch the installation wizard for example. If your installation fails and there is no information in the installation logs, use the -is:javaconsole parameter to record entries for events that cause the ISMP program to fail to start the installation wizard. The syntax of the install command for observing such events is:
[AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris]
./install -is:javaconsole
[Windows]
install.exe -is:javaconsole
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