You can use the MQParms command to invoke installation or uninstallation. This command can use parameters on a command line, or those specified in a parameter file. The parameter file is an ASCII text file that contains the parameter values that you want to set for the installation. The MQParms command takes the specified parameters and generates the corresponding Msiexec command line.
This means that you can save all the parameters that you want to use with the Msiexec command in a single file.
For a silent installation, this must include the /q or /qn parameter, either on the command line, or in the [MSI] stanza of the parameter file. You must also set the AGREETOLICENSE parameter to "yes".
You can specify many more parameters in the parameter file that you use with the MQParms command than you can in the response file that you use directly with the Msiexec command. Also, as well as parameters that the WebSphere® MQ installation uses, you can specify parameters that can be used by the Prepare WebSphere MQ wizard.
An example of the file MQParms.ini is supplied with WebSphere MQ. This file contains default installation parameters.
MQParms MyParams.ini /l*v c:install.log
If you specify a parameter both on the command line and in the parameter file, the setting on the command line takes precedence.
If you specify a parameter file, you might want to run the encryption utility before you use the MQParms command (see Encrypting a parameter file).
/i "current_folder\MSI\IBM WebSphere MQ.msi"
WIZPARMFILE="current_folder\current_parameter_file"
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