Setting up the installation using the default transfer specification file

You can install IBM® Cognos® Dynamic Cubes components by using the default transfer specification file (response.ats).

About this task

If you do not use the installation wizard to install components, you can use the default transfer specification file named response.ats that is available on the product disc. Use the response.ats file to copy IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes components to several computers without being prompted for information.

You must modify the response.ats file for your environment before you can use it for an unattended installation.

You can determine whether the unattended installation was successful by checking the return status. A value of zero (0) indicates success, and all other values indicate that an error occurred.

Procedure

  1. On the target computer, insert the IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes product disc.
  2. Go to the directory for your operating system and in a text editor, open the response.ats file.

    Each section in the response.ats file corresponds to a window in the installation wizard.

  3. In the License Agreement section, change the I Agree= property to y.

    This action means that you are accepting the license agreement. To read the terms of the license agreement, see the LA_language_code and notices files in the root installation directory for the operating system on the product disc.

  4. In the APPDIR= location, type the installation location of the program files for the IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes component.
  5. For a Windows installation, for the APPFOLDER= property, type the name of the Start menu folder that contains your program shortcuts.
    Tip: To ensure that the shortcut folder is visible to all users, for the ALLUSERS_FLAG= property, type 1.
  6. In the section named [Component List], next to each component:
    • To install the component, type 1.
    • To not install the component, type 0.
    For example, if you require only IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes, set the value for DCUBEMODEL_APP to 1.
  7. Ensure that there are no spaces on either side of the equal sign (=) for all changes set in the transfer specification file.
  8. Save the transfer specification file to a local directory.
  9. Go to the directory where you saved the transfer specification file.
  10. Install IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes:
    • On Microsoft Windows, insert the product disc, open a command prompt window, change to the win32 directory on the IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes product disc, and type the following command:

      issetup -s location/response.ats

      Where location is the directory where you saved the transfer specification file.

    • On Linux®, open a shell prompt, change to your Linux operating system directory on the IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes product disc; for example, linuxi38632, and type the following command:

      ./issetup -s location/response.ats

      Where location is the directory where you saved the transfer specification file.

    • On Linux computer where you do not have X Window System, change to the directory where you copied the contents of the disk, and in the directory for your operating system, type the following command:

      ./issetupnx -s location/response.ats

      Where location is the directory where you saved the transfer specification file.

      Tip: To view the status of the installation on the screen, add the -displayLog option to the issetup or issetupnx command.

Results

If a return status other than zero (0) is returned, check the log files for error messages. Errors are recorded in the c10_location\instlog directory in a summary error log file. The file name format is tl-DCUBEMODEL-versionyyyymmdd- hhmm_summary-error.txt.

If errors occur before sufficient initialization occurs, log messages are sent to the tl-DCUBEMODEL-version-yyyymmdd-hhmm.txt log file in the Temp directory.