install command

Use the install command to start the InstallShield for Multiplatforms (ISMP) Installation wizard. The Installation Factory installer program for WebSphere Application Server installs the customized installation package (CIP).

The Installation Factory installer for WebSphere Application Server is based on the V7.x full installer program. The Installation Factory installer program is sometimes referred to as the Installation wizard or the Installation Factory Installation wizard.

The Installation wizard has the capability to perform a new product installation, an incremental installation by adding features to an existing installation, or an update to an existing installation that updates the installation to a new service level. The term slip install is sometimes used to describe an update to an existing installation that updates the installation to a new service level. When a CIP is created, the fix packs, which are included in the CIP, are merged with the original installation packages. Interim fixes are not merged with the original installation packages. This way or merging has several implications:

  • When a CIP is used to initially install WAS ND, the initial fix pack level is "permanent". For example, if the CIP is created with WAS V6.1 and fix pack 23 is included, then it is not possible to uninstall fix pack 23. The minimum version of WAS in this example 6.1.0.23

  • A CIP can deliver a "slip install", which upgrades an existing product installation to a higher fix pack level. For example, if WAS V6.1.0.19 defines the installation. Use a fix pack 21 delivered as a CIP slip install to upgrade the existing installation to V6.1.0.21.

  • A product upgrade delivered via a "slip install" can be removed from WAS later. In the previous point, the installation was upgraded to V6.1.0.21. To uninstall fix pack 21, which was delivered via the CIP slip install, then you may do so.

  • A CIP can deliver interim fixes. When a CIP installs a new product or upgrades an existing product, all of those interim fixes included in the CIP are installed. One or more of those interim fixes can later be uninstalled using the Update Installer. All of the interim fixes must be individually uninstalled prior to uninstalling the fix pack delivered via the CIP slip install.

class="topictitle2">Location of the command file

The install command file is located in the /<sub_package_name> directory. The location of the install command varies depending on the installation package we have created. The following locations indicate the command's location, where cip_root or iip_root is the root directory of the installation package:

Integrated Installation Packages:

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The logging system of the Installation Factory installer program includes:

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class="topictitle2">Syntax for the install command

Installing using the GUI:
./install       

Install silently using a customized response file:

./install -options /tmp/WAS/myoptionsfile.txt -silent

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class="topictitle2">Syntax for the install.exe command

Installing using the GUI:
install       

Install silently using a customized response file:

install -options "C:\temp\WAS\myoptionsfile.txt" -silent



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