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Install WebSphere Commerce toolkit silently

Before you begin

The machine on which you are installing meets all prerequisites.

You have installed IBM Rational Application Developer with the WebSphere Application Server Test Environment on the machine.

You have stopped any applications running on the machine.

You have disabled any Web server that you have configured on your machine.

You are logged on as a user with Administrator privileges.

If you plan to use the IBM Sales Center development environment, preinstall the IBM Sales Center client.

Insert the WebSphere Commerce Developer DVD in the DVD-ROM of the RAD machine.

Procedure

1. To install silently, IBM Installation Manager requires a response file to provide the input that you would normally provide using the user interface.

   If you already have a response file, skip to step 5.

2. To create an installation response file:

   1. Copy the contents of the following directory:

      • drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager

      • drive:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager

        If the path names are too long, you might need to use the XCOPY command to copy the files.

      ...to a temporary, writeable directory, the agent_data_location.

      This agent_data_location (for example, c:\temp_agent_data) is used by the Installation Manager to read and write information about the installation you are recording. In order for the Installation Manager to detect previous RAD installations, the agent_data_location must contain this copied data.

   2. On a command line, navigate to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.

   3. On a command line, launch IBM Installation Manager using one of the following commands.

      To create a response file without installing the product:

      IBMIMc –record response_file_path -skipInstall agent_data_location

      agent_data_location must be a temporary writable directory, such as c:\temp_agent_data.

      Ensure the file paths you enter exist; Installation Manager will not create directories for the response file and the log file.

      The skipInstall argument causes the Installation Manager to save the installation data without installing the product.

      To create a response file and install the product...

      IBMIMc –record response_file_path

   4. Follow the steps in Install the WebSphere Commerce toolkit using the IBM Installation Manager to make the installation choices.

      Ensure that you set the repository preferences to the location of the WebSphere Commerce Developer install image during the recording of the response file.

   5. Click Finish, then close Installation Manager.

3. Optional: Open the response file you created, response_file_path, in a text editor.

4. Optional: Modify the entries in the response file to match the desired installation options.

5. Start the silent installation process...

   IBMIMc.exe -–launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input response_file_path -log log_file_path

6. Examine the contents of...

   WCDE_INSTALL/logs/setup.log

   ...for the results of setup.bat. This scripts creates the WebSphere Commerce Developer workspace.

   If errors appear in the setup.log, examine...

   WCDE_INSTALL/bin/setup.bat

   Verify the RAD_HOME environment variable points to the correct RAD installation location.

7. If you have installed the IBM Sales Center development environment component examine the contents of...

   WCDE_INSTALL/logs/setupmsc.log

   If errors appear in the setupmsc.log, examine...

   WCDE_INSTALL/bin/setenv.bat

   Verify the RAD_HOME environment variable points to the correct RAD installation location, and that the WED_HOME environment variable points to the correct IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce location.

What to do next

If required, you can change the development database type.

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