WebSphere® MQ
File Transfer Edition provides
an unattended or silent installation for the Remote Tools and Documentation.
You can install the WebSphere MQ
Explorer and information center options on Windows and Linux platforms
only.
Before you begin
To use the unattended installation mode you must provide the
installer with a response file. For information about how to create
this file, see
Creating a Remote Tools and Documentation response file by using the console installer. Because the
Remote Tools and Documentation installation differs from the Server
and Client installations in the options you can select, you must create
a specific response file to install Remote Tools and Documentation
silently: you cannot reuse a Server or Client response file.
If you are running a console installation on Linux, unset the DISPLAY environment variable
before you install.
About this task
Complete the following steps to install in an unattended
mode:
Procedure
- Create a response file that defines your install directory
and configuration directory.
Note: Ensure that you edit
the response file to include the properties CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET and LICENSE_ACCEPTED.
For more information, see Creating a Remote Tools and Documentation response file by using the console installer.
- Insert the IBM® WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition Remote Tools and Documentation
DVD into the DVD drive, or copy the contents of the DVD onto the system
where you want to install the product, or unpack the relevant eAssembly
image onto your system where you want to install the product. Ensure
that you keep the full directory structure intact.
- Start the installer, by using the executable or binary
file and use the -f parameter to pass in the
location of the response file.

- On Windows, the command
to run an unattended installation is as follows:
installer_location\Windows_x86\VM\install.exe -i silent -f response_file_location\response_file_name
- On UNIX and Linux platforms, the command to run an unattended
installation is as follows:
installer_location/platform_name/VM/install.bin -i silent -f response_file_location/response_file_name
where platform_name is
one of the following platforms: AIX_ppc, HPUX_IA64, HPUX_PARISC, Linux_SystemZ,
Linux_x86, Linux64_SystemP, or Solaris_SPARC.
- Wait while the unattended installer installs the product
to the installation directory and creates the configuration directory
defined by the response file.
If you chose to skip the
configuration steps in your response file, you must carry out the
following steps 5 and 6 to set up the configuration now.
- Configure the coordination queue manager by using the fteSetupCoordination command.
- Configure the command queue manager by using the fteSetupCommands command.
- When installation is complete, run the MQSC commands contained
in the file created by the fteSetupCoordination command
against the coordination queue managers. This file is called coordination_qmgr_name.mqsc file
and is located in the config_directory/coordination_qmgr_name directory. If you want to set up your coordination queue manager manually,
see Configuring the coordination queue manager