A silent installation is an installation that runs in the background without displaying
an interface or prompting you for input. You can silently install the warehouse components to
simplify the process of installing them on multiple computers.
Before you begin
Before you begin
Starting with data warehousing in Db2®, Version 10.5 Fix Pack 4,
you can no longer install Db2
database software using the data warehousing in Db2 installer. Db2 database software is installed with a
separate installer. In addition, Db2 database software must be installed before you install data warehousing in Db2 software. For more information on
installing Db2 database software,
see the Installing topic.
Starting with data warehousing in Db2, Version 10.5 Fix Pack 5,
using an encrypted metadata database is supported. You must create the encrypted database before you
install data warehousing in Db2
software. For more information, see the Creating Databases topic.
Before you can silently install a component group, you must have a response file. A
response file is a file that contains the properties and the values that drive the
installation. You can either customize the sample response file or create your own response
file.
If you are using
WebSphere® Application Server, V8, you cannot silently install
data warehousing in Db2 with the
WebSphere Application Server profile with standAlone mode under
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment. Instead, install
data warehousing in Db2 with the
WebSphere Application Server profile with standAlone mode under
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment with either the GUI-based launchpads or
by running the GUI-based installation wizards. An alternative resolution is to create a file that is
named,
WSCustomConstants.properties, in the directory
/properties with the content,
profileType=standAlone. And then
reinstall silently.
- Customizing the sample response file
- The sample response file, PROC_ISW.rsp, is in the
ResponseFiles directory of the disk or installation image that you downloaded.
Copy the sample response file to a temporary directory on the computer on which you are installing
the product. Follow the directions in the file to customize it to meet your needs.
- Creating your own response file
- You create a response file by running the installation wizard for the component group that you
want to install silently. One of the options in the wizard creates a response file without
installing the product. For more information about how to run the wizards,Installing data warehousing in Db2 by using the installation wizards.
If you accept the default file name
and path when you create a response file, the response file is named
PROC_ISW.rsp and is in the following directory:
- On Linux® and UNIX operating systems:
User_home
- On Linux operating systems:
User_home
- On Windows operating systems:
C:\Users\user
Procedure
To silently install a component group by using a response file:
- Issue one of the following commands:
- On Linux and UNIX operating systems:
path_to_installer/install.bin -f
'resp_file_path_and_name' -i silent
-Dprofile='profile_path'
- On Linux operating systems:
path_to_installer/install.bin -f
resp_file_path_and_name' -i silent
-Dprofile='profile_path'
- On Windows operating systems:
path_to_installer\install.exe -f
"resp_file_path_and_name" -i silent
-Dprofile="profile_path"
- On Windows operating systems
with FDCC: path_to_installer\install.exe -f
resp_file_path_and_name' -i silent -Dprofile="profile_path"
-DFDCC=true
where path_to_installer is the path to the
installation program in the server or client directory of
the image, resp_file_path_and_name is the path and name of the response file, and
profile_path is the path to the profile directory.
where path_to_installer is the path to the installation
program in the isw directory of the server or client image,
resp_file_path_and_name is the path and name of the response file, and
profile_path is the path to the profile directory.
If you do not provide the
Dprofile parameter, the default profile is used.Tip: If you
copied the
profile_path directory to the same directory as the installation
program, do not specify the argument for the profile directory for the command.
If you do not
include the -Dprofile parameter in the command the installation is completed
under a Try and Buy license.
If you want to specify a location for the installation
details log file instead of using the default location, you can
include
-Dlog="absolute_path_to_log_file" in
the command. For example:
On Linux and UNIX operating systems:
-Dlog='e:/WHinstall_details.log'
On Windows operating systems:
-Dlog="e:\WHinstall_details.log".
- Verify that the installation was successful by reading the installation log files, which
are in the following default directoryfor installations that are done by
administrators or root users:
- On Linux and UNIX operating systems: /opt/IBM/ISWarehouse/logs
- On Linux operating systems:
/opt/IBM/ISWarehouse/logs
- On Windows operating systems: C:\Program
Files\IBM\ISWarehouse\logs