Set up an unattended installation using the response.ats file

If you do not use the installation wizard to install components, you can use the default transfer specification response.ats file. You must modify the response.ats file for your environment before you can use it for an unattended installation.

Procedure

  1. Copy the Controller installer package download location/win32 directory from the computer where you downloaded Cognos Controller to the computer where you want to do the unattended installation.
  2. Go to the win32 directory and open the response.ats file in a text editor.

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

  3. Type the installation location of the program files for IBM® Cognos® Controller:

    appPath=location

    Tip: There should be no space on either side of the equal (=).
  4. For the server components of IBM Cognos Controller, in the section named Component List, next to each component do one of the following:
    • To install the component, type 1.
    • To not install the component, type 0.
  5. 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, type 1 for the VISIBLETOALL= property.
  6. For the install information in the [Install Conditions] section:
    • To specify the condition is true, type 1
    • To specify the condition is false, type 0
  7. Save the response.ats file to a local directory after you make the necessary changes.
  8. Go to the win32 directory.
  9. At the command prompt type the following command, where location is the directory where you copied the response.ats file:

    issetup -s location/response.ats

Results

If a return status other than zero (0) is returned, check the log files for error messages. Errors are recorded in the installation directory in the following log file:

tl-CONTRL-version-yyyymmdd-hhmm_summary-error.txt

If errors occur before sufficient initialization occurs, log messages are sent to one of the following log files in the Temp directory:

tl-CONTRL-version-yyyymmdd-hhmm.txt

Also ensure that the installation directory is protected from unauthorized or inappropriate access.

After all errors are resolved, you can set up an unattended IBM Cognos Controller configuration.