Use the IM_run_silent_lak scripts
to install the license activation kit for IBM InfoSphere Data Architect across your enterprise.
Before you begin
The
IDA_SILENT_DATA_SAVE directory must
exist.
About this task
Use this task to silently install the license activation
kit on computers in your enterprise with the scripts. You use the
IM_run_silent_lak script
to silently install the license activation kit on the base computer
with
IBM® Installation
Manager and
a response file. Then you can reuse the script and response file to
silently install the license activation kit on the other computers
in your enterprise.
Procedure
To install the license activation kit for the product
across the enterprise:
- Optional: Edit the IM_run_silent_lak scripts
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 modification
- The location of IBM 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: Edit these parameters only if you edited
them for the installation scripts. The parameter values must match
the values in the installation scripts.
- Generate the 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.
- On the base computer, run the silent activation with the
silent response file.
- Open a command prompt, change the directory to the IBM Installation
Manager installation
directory, and run the IM_run_silent_lak script.
- Check the log files for errors. The activation log file, log_modify.xml,
is in the IDA_SILENT_FILES directory.
The IDA_SILENT_DATA_SAVE and IDA_SILENT_FILES directories
were created and contain copies of the files you need to install the
license activation kit on the other computers.
- Run the silent activation on all the other computers in
your enterprise on which you want to activate the product license.
- Copy the following folder and files to the target computers:
- IDA_SILENT_DATA_SAVE folder
- IDA_SILENT_FILES/response_lak.xml file
- IM_run_silent_lak script
- Open a command prompt.
- Change the directory to the IBM Installation
Manager installation
directory.
- Run the IM_run_silent_lak script.