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Install IBM Integration Designer silently using a response file

You can install the IBM Integration Designer product package in silent installation mode. Instead, you run a command to use a response file that installs the product.

Before install IBM Integration Designer, review the system requirements for the product.

Although the installation process automatically checks for prerequisite operating system patches, review the system requirements . The system requirements link lists all supported operating systems and the operating system fixes and patches required to have a compliant operating system. It also lists the required levels of all prerequisite software.

If installing IBM Integration Designer with its test environment as a nonadministrative or nonroot user and you intend to install the test environment, install DB2 before you begin the product installation

If you do not have the prerequisite base products necessary for IBM Integration Designer installation, install them as part of the silent installation. The required base products are:

• Installation Manager

• WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (if you are installing the test environment)

The silent installation performs the following tasks:

• Installs Installation Manager if it is not already installed or updates it to the appropriate level if it is installed.

• Installs the required base products and IBM Integration Designer.

Procedure

To silently install IBM Integration Designer:

1. Adding -acceptLicense to the command line means that you accept all licenses.

2. Create the response file that will install the required base products and IBM Integration Designer. Copy a sample response file, suitable for your operating system and user access level, from one of the following directories:

   • To install both IBM Integration Designer and the test environment: extract_directory/responsefiles/iid_testenv/

   • To install IBM Integration Designer alone: extract_directory/responsefiles/iid/

   Alternatively, you can create a response file by recording your actions in Installation Manager. When you record a response file, the selections that you make in Installation Manager are stored in an XML file. When you run Installation Manager in silent mode, Installation Manager uses the data in the XML response file to perform the installation.

3. The default values provided in the sample response files will perform a basic install, but you should review the file and its comments, and modify the parameters as needed for your environment.

   Important: Verify that the repository locations in your response file point to the correct location in your environment and that other parameter values are also appropriate.

4. Run the following command:

   If you are running Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008, start your command prompt by right-clicking and selecting Run as administrator.

   To install IBM Integration Designer and the test environment:
   

    extract_directory\IM_win32\installc.exe -acceptLicense input ..\responsefiles\ response_file_name.xml -log silent.log

   
   

    extract_directory/IM_linux/installc -acceptLicense input ../responsefiles/ response_file_name.xml -log silent.log

   To install IBM Integration Designer alone:
   

    extract_directory\IM_win32\installc -acceptLicense input ..\responsefiles\ response_file_name.xml -log silent.log

   
   

    extract_directory/IM_linux/installc -acceptLicense input ../responsefiles/ response_file_name.xml -log silent.log

Results

Installation Manager installs any required prerequisites and IBM Integration Designer and writes a log file to the directory you specified.

Attention: When install the IBM Integration Designer and the UTE on Linux platform under the /home or /opt directories you are likely to receive a warning output or log message indicating that there has been an error during the installation of DB2 Express. The error message will read as follows: Warnings were encountered during installation of DB2 Express.See DB2 Express installation log file /opt/IBM/BPM8.0/logs/db2install.log for more information. This is an expected behavior on Linux platform, and does not indicate installation failure. Proceed with the rest of the installation to complete it.

Install IBM Integration Designer silently

Related tasks:

Installing silently with Installation Manager
Recording a response file with Installation Manager

Related reference:

System requirements for IBM Integration Designer