Installing IBM Spectrum Control with a remote database by using silent mode

You can install IBM Spectrum® Control in a multiple-server environment by using silent mode.

For this procedure, the terms Server A and Server B denote the two servers. If you plan to install IBM Spectrum Control as a non-root user, have your system administrator complete the tasks that are described in Installing IBM Spectrum Control in a single-server AIX or Linux environment on both servers before you begin the installation.

If you are installing IBM Spectrum Control in silent mode on a Windows™ operating system, confirm that your Windows firewalls are disabled in the Control Panel.

Server A will have Db2® and the IBM Spectrum Control database repository installed. Server B will have the IBM Spectrum Control servers installed.

To install IBM Spectrum Control in a multiple-server environment by using silent mode, complete the following steps:

  1. Complete the following steps on Server A:
    1. Log on to Server A.
      If you are installing on a Windows operating system, log on as a user who has administrator privileges. If you are installing on an AIX or Linux operating system, log on as the root user or as a non-root user who has sudo privileges.
    2. Install Db2 on Server A.
      For more information about installing Db2, see Installing Db2. If you install Db2 on a Windows server, make sure that you restart the server before you install IBM Spectrum Control.
    3. If you logged on as an AIX or Linux non-root user, run the following command in a command shell: 
      sudo DB2_installation_directory/cfg/db2ln
      For example:
      sudo /opt/ibm/db2/V11.5/cfg/db2ln
    4. When you install IBM Spectrum Control, the TPCDB database is created in the location that you specify in the Db2 DFTDBPATH variable.
      To determine the current DFTDBPATH value, run the following command in a Db2 CLI window: 
      get dbm cfg
      If you want to install this database in a location that is other than the default location:
      1. Run the following command in a Db2 CLI window:
        update dbm cfg using DFTDBPATH path
        where path is the new value for the DFTDBPATH variable.
      2. If you are installing on an AIX or Linux operating system, run the db2stop and db2start commands to stop and restart Db2.
    5. On Server A, set the following parameters in the silent_MultipleServer.properties response file to install the remote database repository.
      • LICENSE_ACCEPTED=true
      • CHOSEN_INSTALL_TYPE="Multiple Server Install"
      • varMultipleServerComponentList=database
      • USER_INSTALL_DIR=option
      • varSrvName=option
      • varDBAdmUsr=user_name
      • varDBAdmPW=password
      • varDBName=database_name
      • varDBPath=database_location
      • varDBLogPath=log_location

      For more information about editing the silent_MultipleServer.properties file, see Editing the response file.

    6. Save the response file.
    7. If you are installing on an AIX or Linux operating system, in a command shell, source the Db2 user profile db2profile for the Db2 instance owner.
      For example:
      . /home/db2inst1/sqllib/db2profile
    8. Run the silent mode installation program on Server A.
      • For Windows operating systems, run the following command: 
        setup.bat -l language -i silent -f absolute_path_to_response_file
        where language can be one of the following values:
        • Czech - cs
        • English - en
        • French - fr
        • German - de
        • Hungarian - hu
        • Italian - it
        • Japanese - ja
        • Korean - ko
        • Polish - pl
        • Brazilian Portuguese - pt_BR
        • Russian - ru
        • Spanish - es
        • Chinese (Simplified) - zh_CN
        • Chinese (Traditional) - zh_TW
        absolute_path_to_response_file is the absolute path to the response file. For example, the following command specifies the language and the path: 
        setup.bat -l fr -i silent -f c:\TPC\silent_MultipleServer.properties
      • For AIX or Linux operating systems, run the following command:
        Root user
        ./setup.bin -l language -i silent -f /absolute_path_to_response_file
        For example, the following command specifies the language and the path:
        ./setup.bin -l de -i silent -f /TPC/silent_MultipleServer.properties
        Non-root user
        sudo -E ./setup.bin -l language -i silent -f /absolute_path_to_response_file
        For example, the following command specifies the language and the path:
        sudo -E ./setup.bin -l de -i silent -f /TPC/silent_MultipleServer.properties

      If you do not specify a language or if the language is not specified correctly, the installation program uses the English language as the default.

    9. Monitor the progress of the installation.
      • To view the progress of the silent mode installation on Windows operating systems, check the trace log in the following path:
        installation_dir\logs\traceTPCInstall.log
      • To view the progress of the silent mode installation on AIX or Linux operating systems, check the trace log in the following path:
        installation_dir/logs/traceTPCInstall.log
      Tip: If there are preinstallation errors, you can review the lax*out.txt and lax*err.txt files that are in the /tmp and %TEMP% directories.
  2. Complete the following steps on Server B:
    1. Log on to Server B.
      If you are installing on a Windows operating system, log on as a user who has administrator privileges. If you are installing on an AIX or Linux operating system, log on as the root user or as a non-root user who has sudo privileges.
    2. On Server B, set the following parameters in the silent_MultipleServer.properties response file:
      • LICENSE_ACCEPTED=true
      • CHOSEN_INSTALL_TYPE="Multiple Server Install"
      • varMultipleServerComponentList=servers
      • USER_INSTALL_DIR=option
      • varSrvName=option
      • varTPCPortRangeSP=port
      • varCommonUsrID=user_name
      • varCommonUsrPw=password
      • varRemoteDBSrvName=host_name
      • varRemoteDBPort=port
      • varRemoteDBAdmUsr=user_name
      • varRemoteDBAdmPW=password
      • varRemoteDBName=database_name

      For more information about editing the silent_MultipleServer.properties file, see Editing the response file.

    3. Run the silent mode installation program on Server B.
      • For Windows operating systems, run the following command: 
        setup.bat -l language -i silent -f absolute_path_to_response_file
        where language can be one of the following values:
        • Czech - cs
        • English - en
        • French - fr
        • German - de
        • Hungarian - hu
        • Italian - it
        • Japanese - ja
        • Korean - ko
        • Polish - pl
        • Brazilian Portuguese - pt_BR
        • Russian - ru
        • Spanish - es
        • Chinese (Simplified) - zh_CN
        • Chinese (Traditional) - zh_TW
        absolute_path_to_response_file is the absolute path to the response file. For example, the following command specifies the language and the path: 
        setup.bat -l fr -i silent -f c:\TPC\silent_MultipleServer.properties
      • For AIX or Linux operating systems, run the following command:
        Root user
        ./setup.bin -l language -i silent -f /absolute_path_to_response_file
        For example, the following command specifies the language and the path:
        ./setup.bin -l de -i silent -f /TPC/silent_MultipleServer.properties
        Non-root user
        sudo -E ./setup.bin -l language -i silent -f /absolute_path_to_response_file
        For example, the following command specifies the language and the path:
        sudo -E ./setup.bin -l de -i silent -f /TPC/silent_MultipleServer.properties

      If you do not specify a language or if the language is not specified correctly, the installation program uses the English language as the default.

    4. Monitor the progress of the installation.
      • To view the progress of the silent mode installation on Windows operating systems, check the trace log in the following path:
        installation_dir\logs\traceTPCInstall.log
      • To view the progress of the silent mode installation on AIX or Linux operating systems, check the trace log in the following path:
        installation_dir/logs/traceTPCInstall.log
      Note: If there are preinstallation errors, you can review the lax*out.txt and lax*err.txt files that are in the /tmp and %TEMP% directories.