Silently installing Content Manager OnDemand

The installation programs for Content Manager OnDemand for Multiplatforms are based on InstallAnywhere.

About this task

You cannot install Content Manager OnDemand V10.5 silently without a response file to accept the license agreement.

Content Manager OnDemand provides a sample response file, named ondemand_response_file.txt, in the server directory (such as /opt/IBM/ondemand/V10.5 on AIX, /opt/ibm/ondemand/V10.5 on Linux, or C:\Program Files\IBM\OnDemand\V10.5 on Windows). The file contains three fields, at least one of which must be updated. The comments at the beginning of the sample file provide details regarding the three fields and their possible values. At a high level, the three fields are:

#Indicate whether the license agreement has been accepted
#--------------------------------------------------------
LICENSE_ACCEPTED=FALSE

This field value must be set to TRUE for the install to proceed.

#Choose Install Folder
#---------------------
USER_INSTALL_DIR=/opt/IBM/ondemand/V10.5

Modify the install path if required.

#Choose License Type
#-------------------
OD_LICENSE_TYPE=UVU

Modify the license type if required. The comments within the file provide detailed information regarding all possible license types. Note that VPC and NPVPC license types are supported at V10.5.0.2 and later fix packs and are not valid for V10.5.0.0 and V10.5.0.1 installers.

To use the generated response file in a silent installation, you can use the -f command line switch followed by the response file name. For example, on AIX:

./odaix.bin -f /path/ondemand_response_file.txt -i silent