Install Connections, and Installation Manager in silent mode

Use a silent installation to perform an identical installation of Connections, and Installation Manager on multiple systems.

This task assumes that Installation Manager is not installed on the system.

Complete all the prerequisite tasks that are relevant for your environment.

However, do not complete the prerequisite tasks that relate to Installation Manager.

Edit the default response file to suit the environment.

Using a response file for the intended deployment, install Connections on multiple systems without needing to interact with the installation wizard.

To perform a silent installation:

1. Open a command prompt and go to the location of the silent installation file. The file is stored in the IBM_Connections_set-up/IBM_Connections_install/IM/OS directory, where IBM_Connections_set-up is the directory or media where the Connections installation files are located and OS represents your operating system

   To change the paths to the response file and log file, edit the lc_install.ini file. The file is located in the IBM_Connections_set-up/IBM_Connections_install/IM/OS directory.

2. Run the silent installation script:

   • AIX or Linux (root user): ./installc -input response_file -log log_file -acceptLicense

   • AIX or Linux (non-root user): ./userinstc -input response_file -log log_file -acceptLicense

   • Windows (administrator): installc.exe -input response_file -log log_file -acceptLicense

   • Windows (non-administrator): userinstc.exe -input response_file -log log_file -acceptLicense

   where response_file is the full path and name of the response file and log_file is the full path and name of the log file. The default name of the file is LC.rsp.

   By default, the response file is stored in the IBM_Connections_set-up/IBM_Connections_install/IBMConnecgtions directory on the installation media.

Results

Installation Manager writes the result of the installation command to the log file specified with the -log parameter.

If the installation is successful, the log files are empty. For example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<result>
</result>

The log file contains an error element if the operation was not completed successfully. A successful installation adds a value of 0 to the log file. An unsuccessful installation adds a positive integer to the log file.

The log file for Installation Manager records the values entered when we ran Installation Manager in interactive mode. To review the log file for Installation Manager, open the date_time.xml file, where date_time represents the date and time of the installation. The file by default is in...

• AIX or Linux (root user): /var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs

• AIX or Linux (non-root user): user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs where user_home is the non-root user account directory

To check the complete details of the installation, open each of the log files in the connections_root/logs directory. Each Connections application that you installed has a log file, using the following naming format: applicationInstallog.txt, where application is the name of a Connections application.

What to do next

Complete any applicable post-installation tasks.

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Install silently