Silently installing Event Analytics

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You can install Event Analytics silently with IBM® Installation Manager. This installation method is useful if you want identical installation configurations on multiple workstations. Silent installation requires a response file that defines the installation configuration.

Before you begin

Take the following actions:

Create or record an Installation Manager response file.
You can specify a local or remote IBM Tivoli® Netcool®/OMNIbus package and a Netcool Operations Insight® Extensions Web GUI package with a repository in the response file. You can also specify that Installation Manager downloads the packages from IBM Passport Advantage®. For more information about specifying authenticated repositories in response files, search for the Storing credentials topic in the Installation Manager information center:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSDV2W/im_family_welcome.html

A default response file is included in the Event Analytics installation package in responsefiles/platform, where platform can be unix or windows.
When you record a response file, you can use the -skipInstall argument to create a response file for an installation process without performing the installation. For example:
- Create or record a skipInstall:
```
IBMIM.exe -record C:\response_files\install_1.xml -skipInstall C:\Temp\skipInstall
```
Determine which Installation Manager user mode you require.
Read the license agreement. The license agreement file, license.txt, is stored in the /native/license_version.zip archive, which is contained in the installation package.
Ensure that the necessary user permissions are in place for your intended installation directories.
Configure localhost on the computer where Event Analytics is to be installed.

Procedure

Change to the /eclipse/tools subdirectory of the Installation Manager installation directory.
To encrypt the password that is used by the administrative user for the initial log-in to Dashboard Application Services Hub, run the following command:
- ./imutilsc encryptString password
Where password is the password to be encrypted.
To install Event Analytics, run the following command:
- ./imcl -input response_file -silent -log /tmp/install_log.xml -acceptLicense
Where response_file is the directory path to the response file.

Results

Installation Manager installs Event Analytics.

What to do next

If you add a cluster to the Impact environment, you must update the data sources in IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact 7.1. For more information, see Configuring extra failover capabilities in the Netcool/Impact environment.