You can install IBM® Business
Process Manager silently by creating a response
file and then running a command to use that response file to install the product.
Before you begin
If you do not have the prerequisite base products necessary for
IBM Business
Process Manager
installation, you must install them as part of the silent installation. The required base products
are:
- IBM Installation
Manager. If you are installing
IBM Business
Process Manager in group mode, you must use an
instance of IBM Installation
Manager that is installed in
group mode. For more information, see the Installation Manager documentation topic Administrator, nonadministrator, and group mode.
- WebSphere® Application
Server Network Deployment, including the
ejbdeploy and thinclient features.
When you install the product, also install any available cumulative fixes or fix packs by
adding the repository where you downloaded the fix.
If you are installing from downloaded images from Passport Advantage, ensure that you downloaded both required disk images (CNM66ML and
CNM67ML) for your operating system. If you are installing from the DVD images, obtain the compressed
files from the DVDs. In both cases, extract all of the files from the compressed files to the same
location on your hard disk.
About this task
By using response files, you can
simplify the silent installation and reduce errors in the process
because you set up your installation options once in a saved, sharable
file that can be used on one or more machines. The installation software
provides sample response files for each supported operating system.
You can use an unmodified sample response file to perform a silent
installation using default settings, or you can modify the response
file to set particular values. The comments in the sample response
files provide detailed instructions and information about setting
the values.
During the silent installation, the following tasks are performed:
- Installation Manager is installed or updated to the appropriate level.
- The required base products and IBM Business
Process Manager are installed.
Only
one IBM Installation Manager is required to install multiple instances
of IBM Business
Process Manager.
Procedure
- Optional: Run the following
command to generate encrypted passwords using IBM Installation Manager
to securely connect to DB2 and the administrative console.
extract_directory/IM64/tools/imutilsc -silent -nosplash encryptString password_to_encrypt
Note: If
you already have 32-bit Installation Manager installed, you can run
the command from the extract_directory/IM/tools directory.
- Create the response file
that will install the required base products and IBM Business
Process Manager. Copy a sample response file, suitable for your user access level,
from the following directory:
- extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/
Alternatively, you can create a response file by recording your
actions in Installation Manager. When you record a response file,
the selections that you make in Installation Manager are stored in
an XML file. When you run Installation Manager in silent mode, Installation
Manager uses the data in the XML response file to perform the installation.
- The default values that are provided
in the sample response files will perform a basic installation, but
you should review the file and its comments, and modify the parameters
as needed for your environment and the access level of your user ID.
Review the following parameters and
values:
- Permissions - For non-root and installation group user IDs, check
that all location variables point to locations that the user or group
has permissions for.
- Repository location - If you are not installing directly from
the extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/ directory,
point to the location of your installation repository. The repository
can be local or remote.
- Installation location - The installLocation directory
where IBM Installation Manager is or will be installed.
- Product installation location - The directory where IBM Business
Process Manager will
be installed. To install the product into an existing supported instance
of WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment,
specify its directory.
- Eclipse location - The eclipseLocation directory.
To install into an existing supported instance of WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment, specify
its Eclipse location directory.
- The list of features for the product
- Production or non-production use - Your selection is recorded in the product tag for inventory
purposes, so select the license feature that matches the license you have purchased and want to use.
Important: - Always use the Production License when installing Process Center.
- Do not mix production and non-production servers in the same cell.
- Read and accept the license terms before
installing. Adding -acceptLicense to the command
line means that you accept all licenses.
- Run the following command:
Note: If you already have 32-bit Installation Manager installed,
you can run the command from the extract_directory/IM/tools directory.
Root
user:
extract_directory/IM64/installc -acceptLicense input
extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/response_file_name.xml
-log preferred_log_location/silent_install.log
Non-root
user:
extract_directory/IM64/userinstc -acceptLicense input
extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/response_file_name.xml
-log preferred_log_location/silent_install.log
Installation
group user:
extract_directory/IM64/groupinstc -acceptLicense input
extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/response_file_name.xml
-log preferred_log_location/silent_install.log
Results
Installation Manager
installs the required prerequisites and IBM Business
Process Manager,
and writes a log file to the directory that you specified.
What to do next
After you install
IBM BPM, you
must configure the product by creating profiles, setting up database
tables, and configuring the network deployment environment. To do
these configuration tasks in one step, use the
BPMConfig command.
Alternatively, you can do each configuration step separately using
the Profile Management Tool, if it is supported on your operating
system, and the Deployment Environment wizard.
Important: If
you are migrating business data and applications from a previous version,
use the configuration instructions in the Migrating to IBM Business
Process Manager section.