Use the IM_run_silent_install script
to install IBM InfoSphere Data Architect across
your enterprise.
About this task
Use this task to silently install the product on computers
in your enterprise with the scripts. You use the
IM_run_silent_install script
to silently install the product on the base computer with
IBM® Installation
Manager and
a response file. Then you can reuse the script and response file to
silently install and replicate the product installation on the other
computers in your enterprise.
Procedure
To silently install the product across the enterprise
with the scripts:
- Edit the IM_run_silent_install script
to change the default parameters for:
- The location and file names for the generated log and response
files.
- The location to store data for the simulated installation.
- The location of Installation Manager,
if it is not installed into the default installation directory. For
example, on Windows, the
default installation directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation
Manager.
- The location of the installation files for the product. For example,
if the installation files are on a DVD that is in a drive that is
mapped to D:, the location is D:\.
Important: If you edit these parameters,
you must also change them in the other scripts so that those scripts
are able to update and uninstall the product.
- Generate the installation response file with Installation Manager or
update the sample response files in the product_package/enterpriseDeployment/sampleResponseFiles directory. For information about generating a response file, see Creating a response file manually.
Remember: The directories and settings that you specify in the response files are used for all
of the other computers.
- On the base computer, run the silent installation with
the silent response file.
- Open a command prompt, change to the media root directory,
and run the IM_run_silent_install script.
When the silent installation is complete, press any
key to return to the command prompt line. When you click All
Programs, shortcuts appear for the product.
- Check the log file for errors. The installation
log file, log_install.xml, is in the IDA_SILENT_DATA_SAVE directory.
The IDA_SILENT_DATA_SAVE and IDA_SILENT_FILES directories
were created and contain copies of the files you need to replicate
the product installation on the other computers.
- Run the silent installation on all the other computers
in your enterprise on which you want to install IBM InfoSphere Data Architect.
- Copy the following folder and files to the target computers:
- IDA_SILENT_DATA_SAVE folder
- IDA_SILENT_FILES/response_install.xml file
- IM_run_silent_install script
- Open a command prompt.
- Change the directory to the Installation Manager installation
directory.
- Run the IM_run_silent_install script.
Results
IBM InfoSphere Data Architect is
installed on the computers to which you transmitted and ran the installation
script.