IBM InfoSphere Data Architect provides enterprise deployment scripts that you can use to install the product on the other computers in your enterprise. Optionally, users can download and install IBM® Installation Manager on their computers to then access and install the product from the shared directory on your network. You can download a supported version of Installation Manager at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27025142. For the versions of Installation Manager that are supported by IBM InfoSphere Data Architect, see Hardware and software requirements for IBM InfoSphere Data Architect.
For information Installation Manager, including other enterprise deployment options, see the Installation Manager Information Center at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r7/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.im.articles.doc/topics/SCRIPTING_IM.htm.
You run the following scripts on the base computer to silently run Installation Manager and perform a task with a response file. You can install the product, update the product, install the license activation kit, modify a product installation, and uninstall the product. For the other computers in your enterprise, you reuse the same script and response file to replicate the task on each of the other computers. You must have an instance of Installation Manager installed on each computer that you to use the scripts to .
The following scripts require Installation Manager and are included with IBM InfoSphere Data Architect in the enterpriseDeployment directory of the product image.
Scripts | Description |
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Windows: IM_run_silent_install.bat |
Uses the response_install.xml response file to silently install the product. |
Windows: IM_run_silent_update.bat |
Uses the response_update.xml response file to update the product. |
Windows: IM_run_silent_modify.bat |
Uses the response_modify.xml response file to add or remove installable features or languages. |
Windows: IM_run_silent_uninstall.bat |
Uses the response_uninstall.xml response file to silently uninstall the product. |