IBM Performance Management

Silent installation

You can install Agent Builder by using a silent installation method. This method does not require a graphical environment and can be easily replicated on several hosts.

About this task

The silent installation options file, installer.properties, is included on the installation media at the root of the installation directory. You must modify this file to meet your needs, and then run the silent installer. You can copy this file to other hosts and quickly install Agent Builder on all of them.

Procedure

  1. Create a copy of the installer.properties file, which is located in the installation image directory.
  2. Edit the new file to suit your needs. An example of the contents of this file is: 
    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
# IBM Agent Builder
# 
# (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2009.  All rights reserved.
# 
# Sample response file for silent install
# 
# To use this file, use the following command:
#
# Windows:
#    setup.bat -i silent -f <path>\installer.properties
#
# Linux and AIX:
#    setup.sh -i silent -f <path>/installer.properties
#
# Where
#    <path> is a fully-quailfied path to the installer.properties
#    file (including the drive letter or UNC path name on Windows).
#    <path> cannot contain spaces.
# -------------------------------------------------------------------


# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# This property indicates that the license has been accepted
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# LICENSE_ACCEPTED=FALSE

# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# This property specifies the install directory
#
# On Windows, the default is:
#     C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IBM\\AgentBuilder
#
# On Linux and AIX, the default is:
#     /opt/ibm/AgentBuilder
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
#USER_INSTALL_DIR=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IBM\\AgentBuilder
#USER_INSTALL_DIR=/opt/ibm/AgentBuilder
  3. Start the silent installation by running the following command in the extracted installation image directory:

    WindowsOn Windows systems, setup.bat -i silent -f path/installer.properties

    Linux or AIXOn Linux and UNIX systems, ./setup.sh -i silent -f path/installer.properties