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Contents of the silent response file

This section explains the contents of the silent response file.

The silent response file supports the following records:

comments

Any line beginning with a number sign (#) is treated as a comment.

Keyword=value

These lines define variables in the silent response file. Do not include spaces before the keyword or immediately before or after the equal sign (=). Values must not contain the following characters:

  • $

  • =

  • |

The silent response file supports the following variables:

License_Agreement

(Required) This variable accepts the license agreement for the System Monitor Agent. In the sample response file, simply uncomment the line containing the License Agreement variable, or set the variable to I agree to use the software only in accordance with the installed license.

INSTALL_PRODUCT

(Required) Identifies the product you want installed; specify lz for Linux for ux for UNIX.

INSTALL_FOR_PLATFORM

(Optional) Identifies the platform for which the product should be installed; see IBM Tivoli product, platform, and component codes. If left commented out, the installer will use the platform of the machine on which the installation is performed.

INSTALL_ENCRYPTION_KEY

(Optional) This variable sets the encryption key used for storing passwords and other protected content. The default value if not specified is IBMTivoliMonitoringEncryptionKey.

  1. Do not use any of the following characters in your key:

    & ampersand
    | pipe
    ' single quote
    = equal sign
    $ dollar sign

    In addition, do not specify double-byte (DBCS) characters.

  2. Document the value you use for the key. Use this key during the installation of any components that communicate with this monitoring server.

INSTALL_IGNORE_RUNNING_PROCESSES

If set to n, this keyword aborts the installation of running IBM Tivoli Monitoring processes. If this parameter is set to y, the installation stops the running processes, installs the requested product, and restarts the processes that were running.

KDC_FAMILIES_OVERRIDE

(Optional) This variable overrides the value assigned to the KDC_FAMILIES variable that the agent uses at run time. In the sample response file, uncomment the line containing the KDC_FAMILIES_OVERRIDE variable and specify the wanted protocols to be enabled. If left commented out, the installer uses a value of:

    IP.PIPE PORT:1918 IP use:n IP.SPIPE use:n SNA use:n

This example sets the default protocol to IP.SPIPE, using listening port 3660, and with all other protocols disabled:

    KDC_FAMILIES_OVERRIDE='IP.SPIPE PORT:3660 IP.PIPE use:n IP use:n SNA use:n'

For more information about the supported protocols and modifiers, see Tivoli Monitoring protocol usage and protocol modifiers.

Failure to specify at least one active protocol results in the System Monitor Agent not starting. To rectify this you can manually edit the KDC_FAMILIES environment parameter in the configuration file of the agent.

Sample lz_silent_install.txt and ux_silent_install.txt response files can be found in directory /agents/system_monitor_agent/unix/ on the Agents DVD.


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Install the System Monitor Agent on Linux or UNIX systems

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