Creating a response file with Installation Manager

You can create a response file by recording your actions as you install a product package using Installation Manager. When you record a response file, all the selections that you make in the Installation Manager UI are stored in an XML file. When you run Installation Manager in silent mode, Installation Manager uses the XML response file to complete the installation.

You can create the response file and install the product or just skip the product installation and create the response file only by using the -skipInstall <agentDataLocation> argument. The following instructions provide example syntax for both options.

To create a response file for installation:

  1. At a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager. For example:
    Windows C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse
    UNIX/Linux /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse
  2. At a command line, use one of the following commands to start Installation Manager, substituting your own file name and location for the response file and (optionally) the log file.

    Ensure that the file paths that you enter exist; Installation Manager does not create directories for the response file and the log file. If you use the -skipInstall option, the <agentDataLocation> must be a writable directory.

    • Record a response file and install the product:

      IBMIM -record <response file path and name> -log <log file path and name>

    • Record a response file without installing the product:

      IBMIM -record <response file path and name> -log <log file path and name> -skipInstall <agentDataLocation>

  3. Follow the instructions in the Install Packages wizard to make your installation choices.
  4. Click Finish, and then close Installation Manager.

An XML response file is created and resides in the location specified in the command.


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