Installing the product silently

Use either a fully-qualified response file, which you configure specifically to your needs, or parameters that pass to the command line to silently install the product and start the nodes.

Before you begin

Stop all processes that are running in your WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment environment. Stop all the nodes and the node agent, but do not stop the entire cell. See Command-line utilities for more information.

About this task

A silent installation uses the same installation program that the graphical user interface (GUI) version uses. However, instead of displaying a wizard interface, the silent installation reads all of your responses from a file that you customize, or from parameters that you pass to the command line.

Procedure

  1. Optional: If you choose to install the product using a response file, first customize the file.
    1. Copy the response file from the product CD or DVD to your disk drive.
    2. Open and edit the response file in the text editor of your choice. You must specify the following parameters:
      • The license agreement
      • The location of the product installation
      • The list of profiles to augment
      • The location of the centralized installation manager repository
      Tip: The installer uses the location that you select for your installation to determine where the existing instance of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment is installed. If you install on a node with multiple WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment instances, clearly define your location.
    3. Run the following script to start the installation.
      ./install.sh|bat -options C:/drive_path/response_file.txt -silent

      The log files are located in the install_root/logs/xd_operations/install directory. If the installation fails before the installation location is located or created, the log files are located in the user_home/wxd_install_logs directory. For example, if you log in as root, user_home is the /root directory.

      If you install WebSphere Virtual Enterprise in a Network Deployment environment, you can install the centralized installation manager repository, or include the product in the existing repository by further customizing the response file.

  2. Optional: If you choose to install the product by passing certain parameters to the command line, run the following script to start the installation:
    ./install.sh|bat -silent -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance=true -OPT installLocation=install_location

Results

You successfully installed the product, and started the nodes without any errors occurring.

What to do next

Configure each node to meet your objectives, which you can do either from the administrative console or by using the wsadmin tool.
  • Click Servers > All servers to configure each node from the administrative console.
  • See Scripts to use the wsadmin tool to configure each node.

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