Recording an installation response file

Recording an installation response file requires you to run the interactive installation process and at each step enter the desired parameters for the installation. The installer records these parameters in an installation response file.

About this task

Attention: The host machine on which you record an installation response file must not have a version of Netcool/SSM currently installed. Attempting to record an installation on a machine that contains an installed version of Netcool/SSM will uninstall the existing version instead of recording an installation.

Procedure

To record an installation response file:

  1. Enter the command:
    netcool_ssm-4.0.1-xxxx-win32.exe /r /f1"filename"

    where the x characters represent the build number of your version of the Netcool/SSM installer.

  2. Follow the installation procedure through to completion. When the procedure is complete, the installation response file is stored in the file specified by the /f1 switch.

Results

Tip: If you did not specify a file using the /f1 switch, the installer records the responses in the file setup.iss located in the Windows directory of the host machine, which is C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT. If you specify a filename but no path, the installer creates the file in the Windows directory.