Response file parameters (Windows)

Response files vary depending on the conditions of your particular installation. You can use this reference to view details about the response file parameters that apply to your installation. Response parameters and their values are case-sensitive.

Important: IBM® InfoSphere® QualityStage® Standardization Rules Designer will not be supported after 31 December 2020. No replacement is planned.
allow.customize.was.profile.ports=[true|false]
Set to true if you are specifying the settings for all IBM WebSphere® Application Server ports instead of installing with the default ports.
app.server.password=change_to_application_server_admin_password
Set the password for the application server administrator.
app.server.type=[was]
Set the type of application server that is being configured.
An example value is was.
app.server.user=admin user ID
Set the user ID for the application server administrator. This ID is created in the local repository for authentication.
An example value is wasadmin.
DataStage=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM InfoSphere DataStage®.
DataStage.BalOp=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM InfoSphere DataStage Balanced Optimization. This option can be true only if DataStage is true.
DataStage.SAS=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM InfoSphere DataStage Pack for SAS. This option can be true only if DataStage is true.
DataStage.Server=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM InfoSphere DataStage.
db.driver=
  [ com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver
  | com.ibm.isf.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver
  | com.ibm.isf.jdbc.oracle.OracleDriver ]
Set the driver that the metadata repository uses to connect to the database server. This option controls which database to use, and is available if you are using a preinstalled database.
An example value is com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver.
db.url=database_url
Set the database URL for the metadata repository or given database. These sample values apply only if you created the database using the DatabaseSupport scripts or if the database is on a remote system. The following database URLs are allowed:
jdbc:db2://hostname:port/database
jdbc:ibm:oracle://hostname:port;SID=database
jdbc:ibm:sqlserver://hostname:port;DatabaseName=database
db2.admin.user.name=DB2_admin_username
Set to the operating system ID to be used as the IBM Db2® administrator ID. This value applies only if you are installing the repository tier.
An example value is db2admin.
db2.admin.user.password=DB2_admin_password
Set to the password for the Db2 administrator ID. This value applies only if you are installing the repository tier.
db2.copy.name=DB2_copy_name
Set to the name of this Db2 Copy. This value applies only if you are installing the repository tier.
db2.install.location=DB2_absolute_installation_path
Set to the absolute path where Db2 is to be installed.
An example path is: C:\IBM\SQLLIB.
db2.port.number=DB2_instance_port_number
Set to the TCPIP port for this Db2 instance. This value applies only if you are installing the repository tier.
An example value is 50000.
ds.client.language.acronym=[n|n1|n2...nn]
Set to the language code for InfoSphere DataStage clients, where n can be any of the codes in the following table.
Table 1. Supported language codes for InfoSphere DataStage
Language Code
English ENU
French FRA
German DEU
Italian ITA
Spanish ESP
Portuguese-Brazil PTB
Chinese-Simplified CHS
Chinese-Traditional CHT
Japanese JPN
Korean KOR
ds.project.1.name=DataStage_project_name
Set the value to the InfoSphere DataStage project name that you want. Replace the number, 1, with the project number that increments, starting with 1.
An example value is dstage1.
ds.project.1.path=path_to_DataStage_project_files
Set the value for the path to the InfoSphere DataStage project files. Replace the number, 1, with the project number that increments, starting with 1.
An example value is C:\\IBM\\InformationServer\\Server\\Projects\\dstage1.
ds.project.1.version=New
Replace the number with the incrementing number, starting with 1, of the project to be created for InfoSphere DataStage.
Set the value to New.
Note: To make a project protected, add (Protected) in English, as demonstrated in the last line in the example.
For example:
ds.project.1.name=dstage1
ds.project.1.path=C:\\IBM\\InformationServer\\Server\\Projects\\dstage1
ds.project.1.version=New
ds.project.2.name=addedproj
ds.project.2.path=C:\\IBM\\InformationServer\\Server\\Projects\\addedproj
ds.project.2.version=New
ds.project.3.name=protect
ds.project.3.path=C:\\IBM\\InformationServer\\Server\\Projects\\protect
ds.project.3.version=New (Protected)
https.truststore.path=path
In a secure HTTP (HTTPS) installation, set to the path to the truststore file that contains the certificate to accept.
An example location is C:\\tempMyFile.jks.
ia.db.hostname=Information_Analyzer_db_host_name
Set to the IBM InfoSphere Information Analyzer database server name.
The host name is the output of the hostname command on the system where the response file was generated.
ia.db.location=Information_Analyzer_db_location
Set to the path where the InfoSphere Information Analyzer database will be stored.
An example location is C:\\.
ia.db.name=Information_Analyzer_db_name
Set to the name of the InfoSphere Information Analyzer database to be created.
An example database name is iadb.
ia.db.password=Information_Analyzer_db_owner_password
Set to the password for the InfoSphere Information Analyzer database owner.
ia.db.port=port_number_for_DB2_instance
Set to the port for the Db2 instance where the database is to be created. If this is a repository installation and the InfoSphere Information Analyzer database is to be created in the local Db2 instance, ia.db.port must use the same port as the port used for db2.port.number.
An example port is 50000.
ia.db.type=[db2|oracle|sqlserver]
Set to database type for the InfoSphere Information Analyzer database.
ia.db.username=Information_Analyzer_db_owner_ID
Set to the operating system ID to be used as the InfoSphere Information Analyzer database owner ID.
An example value is iauser.
im.shared.directory=installation_manager_shared_path
Set to the IBM Installation Manager shared installation path. IBM Installation Manager is used to install WebSphere Application Server. Set this attribute on the services tier only.
An example value is C:\IBM\IMShared.
imamMbbAgent.ajp.port=port_number
Set to the port number of the Apache JServ Protocol connector for bridges. Set this attribute on the client tier only.
An example value is 19979.
imamMbbAgent.https.port=port_number
Set to the HTTPS port number for bridges. Set this attribute on the client tier only.
An example value is 19443.
imamMbbAgent.shutdown.port=port_number
Set to the port number on which the metadata interchange agent waits for requests to shut down. Set this attribute on the client tier only.
An example value is 19978.
imam.register.server=[true|false]
This attribute is used to register the metadata interchange server with InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager. It is used only on the client tier. Set this to true only if you have already installed the services tier. If you set this attribute to true, you must also set services.tier.host and services.tier.port.
install.path=[1|2|3|4|5|6]
Set to the type of installation:
  • 1 = New Installation
  • 2 = Add Product
  • 3 = Add Tier
  • 4 = Remove Product
  • 5 = Remove Tier
  • 6 = Uninstall
An example value is 1.
is.admin.password=Information_Server_Admin_password
Set to the password for the InfoSphere Information Server Administrator ID.
is.admin.user=Information_Server_Admin_ID
Set to the user name that you want for the InfoSphere Information Server Administrator ID. This ID will be created in the local repository.
An example value is admin.
is.console.port=port
Set to the HTTP or HTTPS port where InfoSphere Information Server is installed.
In HTTP installation, the value is typically 9080. In an HTTPS installation, the value is typically 9443 or 443.
is.ha.selected=[true|false]
Set to true if this is an active-passive server cluster configuration installation.
is.https=[true|false]
Set to true if this is an HTTPS installation.
is.was.cluster=[true|false]
Set to true if you are installing into a WebSphere Application Server cluster configuration.
isf.agent.port=[true|false]
Set to the port number for the InfoSphere Information Server Agent.
An example value is 31531.
isf.http.host=host_name
Set the host name of the front-end dispatcher for a cluster installation.
This value is the short form of hostname, excluding the domain. (For example, only the HTTP_host_name portion of HTTP_host_name.domain.com is used.)
isf.http.port=port_number
Set the HTTP or HTTPS port number of the front-end dispatcher for a cluster installation.
An example value is 80.
isf.server.host=ISF_server_host_name
Set the server host name for a cluster environment.
This value is the complete form of hostname, including the complete domain.
jobmon.port.1=port_number_for_first_job_monitor_port
Set to the port number for the first job monitor port.
An example value is 13400.
jobmon.port.2=port_number_for_second_job_monitor_port
Set to the port number for the second job monitor port.
An example value is 13401.
kafka.sasl.password=kafka_password
Set to the password that you want to configure the Kafka services authentication.
This value applies only if you are installing the microservices tier.
kafka.sasl.username=kafka_username
Set to the user name that you want to configure the Kafka services authentication.
This value applies only if you are installing the microservices tier.
LIC_AGREEMENT=ACCEPT
Set to ACCEPT to accept the license agreement.
master.node.host=microservices_tier_master_node
Set to the fully qualified domain name of the designated microservices tier master node host.
master.node.password=master_node_user_password
Set to the password for the user that is used to run the installation. Setting a value for this option is required if ug.ssh.pwd.flag is set to true.
master.node.port=microservices_tier_port_number
Set to the port number that is to be used for connections with the microservices tier master host. The default port is 22.
master.node.user=installation_user
Set to the user account for authenticating with the host where the microservices tier is to be installed. The user can either be root or any other user with sudo privileges. If you set up a multi-node microservices tier, the non-root user must exist on all nodes.
mq.install.choice=[NONE|SERVER|CLIENT]
Set to SERVER if you want to install the WebSphere MQ Server plug-in.
Set to CLIENT if you want to install the WebSphere MQ Client plug-in.
multi.node.flag=[true|false]
Set to false for a single node microservices tier deployment. It can be set to true only if number.of.nodes is 3.
nls.enabled=[true|false]
Set to true if you want globalization support for InfoSphere DataStage and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage.
The value false is supported only for systems that have the nls.language parameter set to English and a supported system code page.
nls.language=[English-UTF8|English|Chinese-Simplified-UTF8|Chinese-Simplified|Chinese-Traditional-UTF8|Chinese-Traditional|French-UTF8|French|German-UTF8|German|Italian-UTF8|Italian|Japanese-EUC|Japanese-SJIS|Japanese-UTF8|Japanese|Korean-UTF8|Portuguese-Brazilian-UTF8|Portuguese-Brazilian|Spanish-UTF8|Spanish|Thai]
Set to the language to configure for InfoSphere DataStage and InfoSphere QualityStage. The installation computer code page must be compatible and supported by InfoSphere DataStage.
An example value is English.
nls.language.code=[n|n1|n2...nn]
Set to the three-letter language code for InfoSphere DataStage and InfoSphere QualityStage support, where n can be any of the codes in the following table.
Table 2. Supported language codes
Language Code
English ENU
French FRA
German DEU
Italian ITA
Spanish ESP
Portuguese-Brazil PTB
Chinese-Simplified CHS
Chinese-Traditional CHT
Japanese JPN
Korean KOR
number.of.nodes=[1|3]
Set to number of microservices tier nodes. This option can be set only if ug.install.flag is set to true.
product[AVI].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Address Verification Interface.
product[BusinessGlossary].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog.
product[BusinessGlossaryAnywhere].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM Glossary Anywhere.
product[datastage].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing InfoSphere DataStage.
product[DPID].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Module for DPID.
product[FastTrack].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM InfoSphere FastTrack.
product[IMAM].selected=true
Set to true to install IBM InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager.
product[IMAMEngine].selected=true
Set to true to install IBM InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager. Set this attribute on the client tier only.
product[InformationAnalyzer].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing InfoSphere Information Analyzer.
product[ISALite].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM Support Assistant Lite. It is recommended to leave this set to true.
product[ISTools].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing InfoSphere Information Server Manager.
product[metadata.server].selected=[true]
Set to true for installing IBM InfoSphere Metadata Server.
product[MetadataWorkbench].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog.
product[qualitystage].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing InfoSphere QualityStage.
product[Recovery].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing backup and recovery software. It is recommended to leave this set to true.
product[SERP].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Module for SERP.
product[WISD].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing IBM InfoSphere Information Services Director.
sevenone.ug.eligible.flag=[true|false]
Set to true if the system is eligible for an in-place upgrade to 11.7.1.0 with the microservices tier.
solr.auth.basic.password=solr_password
Set to the password that you want to configure the Solr services authentication.
solr.auth.basic.username=solr_username
Set to the user name that you want to configure the Solr services authentication.
This value applies only if you are installing the microservices tier.
srd.db.location=location_path
Set to the path for the IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Standardization Rules Designer database. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
srd.db.name=database_name
Set to the name of the database that the IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Standardization Rules Designer data store is in. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
srd.db.schemaName=schema_name
Set to the name of the IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Standardization Rules Designer schema. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
srd.db.tablespace=tablespace_name
Set to the tablespace name of the IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Standardization Rules Designer data store. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
srd.db.user.name=owner_ID
Set to the owner ID for the IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Standardization Rules Designer data store. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
srd.db.user.password=password
Set to the password of the IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Standardization Rules Designer data store owner ID. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
suite.installLocation=IS_installation_path
Set to the absolute directory path where InfoSphere Information Server is to be installed.
An example value is C:\\IBM\\InformationServer.
Do not use spaces in the path name.
suite.tier[app.server.tier].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing the Services tier.
suite.tier[client.tier].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing the Client tier.
suite.tier[database.tier].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing the Repository tier.
suite.tier[engine.tier].selected=[true|false]
Set to true if installing the Engine tier.
target.country.code=[n|n1|n2...nn]
Set the two-letter country or region code for the InfoSphere Information Server installation, where n can be any of the codes in the following table.
Table 3. Supported country or region codes
Language Code
Brazil BR
China CN
France FR
Germany DE
Italy IT
Japan JP
Korea KR
Spain ES
Taiwan TW
United States US
target.language.code=[n|n1|n2...nn]
Set the language code for the InfoSphere Information Server installation, where n can be any of the codes in the following table.
Table 4. Supported language codes
Language Code
English en
French fr
German de
Italian it
Spanish es
Portuguese-Brazil pt_BR
Chinese-Simplified zh
Chinese-Traditional zh_TW
Japanese ja
Korean ko
ug.domain.name=microservices_tier_master_node_host
Set to the domain name of the designated microservices tier master node host.
ug.eligible.flag=[true|false]
Set to true if InfoSphere Information Analyzer, Information Governance Catalog, or the InfoSphere Information Governance Dashboard are selected for installation or already installed so that Information Server Enterprise Search or the microservices tier can be installed on the system.
ug.images.tar.path=ug_image_download_location
Set to the path to the downloaded Enterprise Search image on the designated microservices master node host.
ug.install.dir=microservices_tier_installation_path
Set to the absolute directory path where the microservices tier is to be installed. If the directory already exists, it must be empty.
ug.install.flag=[true|false]
Set to true to install the microservices tier.
ug.installed.flag=[true|false]
Set to true if Information Server Enterprise Search is installed on the system to be upgraded.
ug.local.storage.dir=application_data_storage_locaction
Set to the path to the location for storing application data for the microservices tier. The location can be a folder in the local file system of the microservices tier nodes or an NFS mount.
ug.ssh.pwd.flag=[true|false]
Set to true if you want to authenticate with password instead of using passwordless SSH connections. In this case, you must also provide a value for master.node.password. The password must be the one for the user specified with master.node.user.
use.bundled.db2=[true|false]
Set to true if installing the Db2 database that is bundled with InfoSphere Information Server.
use.bundled.was=[true|false]
Install the IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment that is bundled with InfoSphere Information Server.
was.admin.host.port=was_console_port_number
Set to the port for the WebSphere Application Server administrative console.
An example value is 9060.
was.bootstrap.port=websphere_bootstrap_port_number
Set to the WebSphere bootstrap port.
An example value is 2809.
was.dcs.unicast.port=was_ha_manager_port_number
Set to WebSphere high availability manager communication port.
An example value is 9353.
was.default.host.port=was_http_transport_port_number
Set to the port number for the HTTP transport port.
An example value is 9080.
was.install.location=was_installation_location
Set to the directory where installing WebSphere Application Server. The directory must be empty.
An example value is C:\\IBM\\WebSphere\\AppServer.
was.ipc.connector.port=port_number
Set to the port number for the WebSphere Application Server Inter-Process Communications connector. The directory must be empty.
An example value is 9633.
was.mutual.auth.listener.port=was_mutual_bootstrap_port_number
Set to the port number for the WebSphere mutual bootstrap port.
An example value is 9402.
was.orb.listener.port=was_orb_listener_port_number
Set to the port number for the WebSphere ORB listening port.
An example value is 9100.
was.profile.dir=was_profile_directory
Set the WebSphere profile directory.
An example value is C:\\IBM\\WebSphere\\AppServer\\profiles\\InfoSphere.
was.profile.name=was_profile_name
Set the WebSphere profile name.
An example value is InfoSphere.
was.sas.ssl.port=SAS_SSL_port
Set to the port number for the SAS SSL Server Authentication listener.
An example value is 9401.
was.secure.admin.host.port=secure_was_port
Set to the port number for the secure WebSphere Application Server administrative console.
An example value is 9043.
was.secure.default.host.port=default_secure_HTTP_transport_port_number
Set to the port number for the default secure HTTP transport port.
An example value is 9443.
was.secure.sib.mq.port=secure_service_integration_MQ_port_number
Set to the port number for the secure service integration WebSphere MQ interoperability port.
An example value is 5578.
was.secure.sib.port=secure_service_integration_port_number
Set to the port number for the secure service integration port.
An example value is 7286.
was.server.auth.listener.port=CSIV2_server_auth_port_number
Set to the port number for the CSIV2 server authentication port.
An example value is 9403.
was.server.name=was_server_name
Set the WebSphere Application Server server name.
An example value is server1.
was.sib.mq.port=service_integration_MQ_port_number
Set to the port number for the service integration WebSphere MQ interoperability port.
An example value is 5558.
was.sib.port=service_integration_port_number
Set to the port number for the service integration port.
An example value is 7276.
was.sip.port=SIP_port_number
Set to the port number for the SIP port.
An example value is 5060.
was.sip.secured.port=SIP_secured_port_number
Set to the port number for the secured SIP port.
An example value is 5061.
was.soap.connector.port=SOAP_connector_port_number
Set to the port number for the SOAP connector port.
An example value is 8880.
wkc.deploy.flag=[true|false]
Set to true if installing Watson Knowledge Catalog Lite. This option can be set to true only if ug.install.flag is set to true.
wkc.images.tar.path=path_to_wkc_lite_image
Set to the path to the downloaded Watson Knowledge Catalog Lite image on the designated microservices master node host.

Set this parameter only if wkc.deploy.flag is set to true.

wkc.pro.deploy.flag=[true|false]
Set to true if installing Watson Knowledge Catalog Professional. In this case, wkc.deploy.flag must also be true.
wkc.pro.images.tar.path=path_to_wkc_pro_image
Set to the path to the downloaded Watson Knowledge Catalog Professional image on the designated microservices master node host.

Set this parameter only if wkc.pro.deploy.flag is set to true.

worker.node.host1=worker_node1_host_name
Set to the fully qualified domain name of the first worker node host in a microservices tier with multiple nodes.
worker.node.host2=worker_node2_host_name
Set to the fully qualified domain name of the second worker node host in a microservices tier with multiple nodes.
xmeta.db.config.type=[ db2_10_5_nls | Oracle11g_nls | sqlserver2012_nls ]
To set the database configuration type for metadata repository.
xmeta.db.hostname=metadata_repository_server_host_name
Set to the host name for the metadata repository database server.
An example value is myhostname.mydomain.com.
xmeta.db.location=metadata_repository_db_location
Set to the drive on Windows where you want the metadata repository database to be created.
An example value is C:\\.
xmeta.db.name=metadata_repository_db_name
Set to the database name for the metadata repository.
An example value is xmeta.
xmeta.db.password=metadata_repository_db_owner_password
Set to the password for the metadata repository database owner.
xmeta.db.port=metadata_repository_db_port
Set to the port for the Db2 instance where the database is to be created. The port for xmeta.db.port must be the same as db2.port.number if this is a repository installation and the InfoSphere Information Analyzer database is to be created in the local Db2 instance.
An example value is 50000.
xmeta.db.type=[db2|oracle|sqlserver]
Set the database type for the metadata repository.
xmeta.db.username=metadata_repository_db_owner_ID
Set to the operating system ID to be used as the metadata repository database owner ID.
An example value is xmeta.
xmeta.driver.type=[ DB2_10 | ORACLE_11g | SQL_SERVER_2012 ]
Set the driver type for the metadata repository.
xmeta.odb.db.hostname=host_name
Set to the host name of the IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage operations database. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
xmeta.odb.db.location=location_path
Set to the path of the IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage operations database. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
xmeta.odb.db.name=database_name
Set to the name of the IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage operations database. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
xmeta.odb.db.port=port_number
Set to the port number of the IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage operations database. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
xmeta.odb.db.registration=[true|false]
Set to true if the IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage operations database repository is to be registered in the metadata repository. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
xmeta.odb.db.schemaName=schema_name
Set to the schema name of the IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage operations database. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
xmeta.odb.db.tablespace=tablespace_name
Set to the tablespace name of the IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage operations database. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
xmeta.odb.db.user.name=owner_id
Set to the owner ID of the IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage operations database. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
xmeta.odb.db.user.password=password
Set to the password of the IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage operations database owner ID. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
xmeta.staging.db.password=password
Set to the password of the IBM InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager staging area owner ID. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.
xmeta.staging.db.username=owner_ID
Set to the owner ID of the IBM InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager staging area. This value applies only if you are installing the repository and services tiers.