Silent installation command

You use the silent installation command to install WSRR without using a graphical user interface.

The silent installation command calls a response file that is located in the responsefiles directory at the top level of your WSRR product DVD or download directory. You edit the response file to customize your silent installation. The silent installation completes the following tasks:

Installs IM, or checks for updates if it is already installed.
Installs WebSphere Application Server.
Installs WSRR.

The following picture shows the structure of the DVD or download directory.

The command starts the Installation Manager (IM) silent installation, and passes it the response file so that IM can read install parameters from the file. Include the -sVP option in the command to show progress text in the console.

If you do not already have IM installed, and are installing on Windows 64-bit or Linux/x86-64, you can choose to use 64-bit IM by specifying the 64-bit IM directory. In all the following examples, replace the directory IM with IM64.

Note: You cannot update an existing 32-bit IM installation to be 64-bit.

Command for administrative user installing on Windows

If you are an administrative user installing on a Windows system, use the following command to start a silent installation:

dvd_root\IM\installc.exe -input dvd_root/responsefiles/template_response.xml -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense -sVP

Command for non-administrative user installing on Windows

If you are a non-administrative user installing on a Windows system, use the following command to start a silent installation:

dvd_root\IM\userinstc.exe -input dvd_root/responsefiles/template_response.xml -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense -sVP

You must also ensure that the non-administrative user has write access to the installation directories specified in the response file, template_response.xml. They also require write access to the IM subdirectory of the install media and its contents.

Command for root user installing on UNIX or Linux

If you are installing on a UNIX or Linux system as root, use the following command to start a silent installation:

dvd_root/IM/installc -input dvd_root/responsefiles/template_response.xml -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense -sVP

Command for non-root user installing on UNIX or Linux

If you are installing on a UNIX or Linux system as a non-root user, use the following command to start a silent installation:

dvd_root/IM/userinstc -input dvd_root/responsefiles/template_response.xml-log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense -sVP

You must also ensure that the non-root user has write access to the installation directories specified in the response file, template_response.xml. They also require write access to the IM subdirectory of the install media and its contents.