Installing the Remote Tools and Documentation in unattended (silent) mode

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.

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Complete the following steps to install in an unattended mode:

Procedure

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Start the installer, by using the executable or binary file and use the -f parameter to pass in the location of the response file. Start of change
    • 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.

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  4. 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.

  5. Configure the coordination queue manager by using the fteSetupCoordination command.
  6. Configure the command queue manager by using the fteSetupCommands command.
  7. 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

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