Creating a response file for server installation

A response file is used with msiexec. We can create it in three ways.

About this task

A response file is used with the msiexec command. For further information, see Use a response file with msiexec.

Procedure

There are three ways to create a response file for installation:

• Copy and edit the file Response.ini that is supplied on the IBM MQ Windows Server DVD, using an ASCII file editor.
• Create your own response file using an ASCII file editor.
• Use the msiexec command with the SAVEINI (and optionally, the ONLYINI ) command line parameters to generate a response file that contains the same installation options. See Table 1.

Example

A typical example of using msiexec with the SAVEINI parameter is here:

msiexec /i "path\IBM MQ.msi" /q SAVEINI="response_file"
TRANSFORMS="1033.mst" AGREETOLICENSE="yes"