Use the database wizard in silent mode 

Run the database wizard in silent mode when you need an identical installation on multiple servers.

Before starting

Ensure that the wizard has created the response.properties file in the <user_settings>/lcWizard/response/dbWizard directory.

To create a response file, run the wizard in standard mode and specify that you would like to create a response file. You can modify the existing response file or create your own, using a text editor. For more information, see the Database wizard response file topic.

DB2 only. If you are hosting IBM DB2 on a single 32-bit system, you should create multiple DB2 instances. A single DB2 instance on a 32-bit system can manage a maximum of 2 GB of data in memory and this can become a constraint when you install multiple IBM Connections applications. At a minimum, create two DB2 instances when you are installing all the applications, but also consider creating separate instances for the Activities and Communities databases because they are usually the most memory-intensive databases. Ideally, you would install one DB2 instance per IBM Connections application. If you are hosting DB2 on a 64-bit system, you do not need to create multiple instances, provided the system has sufficient RAM.

About this task

To create databases in silent mode...

Procedure

1. (DB2 on Windows™ 2008 64-bit) On Windows 2008, perform DB2 administration tasks with full administrator privileges.

   1. Logged in as the instance owner, open a command prompt and change to the DB2 bin directory. For example: C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\BIN.

   2. Enter the following command: db2cwadmin.bat. This command opens the DB2 Command Line Processor while also setting your DB2 privileges.
      

2. From the command prompt, change to the directory where the wizard is located.

3. Launch the wizard...
   

   • AIX : ./DbWizard30.sh -silent <response_file>

   • Linux™: ./DbWizard30.sh -silent <response_file>

   • Microsoft™ Windows: DbWizard30.bat -silent<response_file>
     
   where <response_file> is the file path to the response file.

   Note: If the path to the response_file contains a space, this parameter must be enclosed in double quotation marks (").
   

What to do next

After the wizard has finished, check the log file in the <Lotus_Connections_set-up_directory>/Wizards/DBWizard directory for messages. The log file name uses the time as a postfix. For example: dbConfig_20110308_202501.log.

The database wizard response file
The IBM Connections database wizard can record your input in a response file that you can use for silent installations.

Parent topic

Create databases with the database wizard

Related reference
The database wizard response file

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