Silently installing Rational DOORS on a Windows system

You can create installation scripts that contain preferred settings and then run the scripts to silently install the server and client across the network. You might silently install if you want to install the client and server again without running the client and server installers again.

Before you begin

You can silently install on Windows systems only. If you plan to silently install on Windows Vista, Windows 2008, or Windows 7 systems, make sure that the user account control is off.

About this task

Script your Rational® product installations in this order:

  1. Any of these products: Rational DOORS®, IBM® Rational Synergy, IBM Rational Change, and IBM Rational Tau
  2. Rational DOORS Analyst Add On
  3. All other products and integrations

To silently install, you run each product installer from a command prompt. The command includes the path to the directory where the client or database server setup files are stored. You add settings, such as the installation log file, port number, and the location of the database, as parameter values. These settings are shown in italics in the following examples. In each example, replace 9.version with the version of Rational DOORS, as shown in your installation directory.

If errors occur, a silent installation program records status information in the install.log file. In the script, you can specify any log name and location.

Procedure

  1. To silently install the Rational DOORS database server, enter this command as a single line. Be sure to replace the italic text as needed.
    C:\doors_server\setup.exe /s /v"/l*v
    \"C:\doors_server\install.log\" /qn
    PORTNUMBER=\"36677\" LAPAGREE=\"Yes\" 
    DATABASEDIR=\"C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.version\data\"
    INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.version\""
  2. To silently install the Rational DOORS client, enter this command as a single line. Be sure to replace the italic text as needed.
    C:\doors_client\setup.exe /s /v"/l*v
    \"C:\doors_client\install.log\" /qn
    INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.version\"
    CLIENTDATA=\"36677@server_machine\"
    LAPAGREE=\"Yes\" TLLICENSESERVER=\"19353@license_server\"

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