Installing using the command line

The following command line options are supported by the IBM® Security Directory Integrator Version 7.2 installer:

-i

Sets the installer interface mode: silent, console or gui.

install_sdiv72_win_x86.exe -f Response File Name -i silent

install_sdiv72_win_x86.exe -i console

-f

Sets the location of a response file (installer.properties file) for the installer to use.

install_sdiv72_win_x86.exe -f installer.properties

This path can be absolute or relative. (Relative paths are relative to the location of the installer.)

-r

Creates a response file.

install_sdiv72_win_x86.exe -r myinstaller.properties

Note:

The IBM Security Directory Integrator Version 7.2 installer creates the tdi_respfile72.txt response file in the system's temporary files directory, even if -r option is not specified. For example:

• On Windows platform, the response file is created in the C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp directory.
• On non-Windows platform, the response file is created in the /tmp directory.

The TDI_install_dir/examples/install directory contains example response files for various installation and uninstallation scenarios.

-D

Passes custom command-line arguments.

install_sdiv72_win_x86.exe -Dmyvar=myvalue

-l

Uses the specified language code (and optional country code) to set the locale for the InstallAnywhere installer.

install_sdiv72_win_x86.exe -l en

install_sdiv72_win_x86.exe -l pt_BR

The required language code is a two-character (commonly lowercase) code defined by the ISO-639 standard. InstallAnywhere accepts both old (iw, ji, and in) and new (he, yi, and id) language codes.

The optional country code is a two-character (commonly uppercase) code defined by the ISO-3166 standard.

Locale options are only respected if the installer includes localizations for the locale you specify.

-?

Shows help for the InstallAnywhere installer.

On Windows, -help only works from the console launcher. Make sure to set the LaunchAnywhere to Console on the Windows tab of the Project > Platforms subtask. (For an installed LaunchAnywhere to provide this information, you need to make sure it is explicitly set to Console Launcher on the action.)

The following command line option is unique to the IBM Security Directory Integrator installation Wizard:

LAX_VM

The LAX_VM parameter is used to boot the installer from Java™ virtual machine, which is installed on the system.

You need to specify absolute path of the Java executable file that resides in the Java bin directory. For example,

install_sdiv72_win_x86.exe LAX_VM "Java_DIR/jre/bin/java.exe"

Use only the space characters between the arguments.

Note:

Make sure that you use the absolute path of IBM JRE 7.0.4 and above, as parameter value. The IBM Security Directory Integrator Version 7.2 installer may not work correctly with other JREs.

-D$TDI_BACKUP$="true"

This parameter should only be passed in on an uninstallation. This parameter is provided for future migration considerations; for example:

TDI_install_dir\_uninst\uninstaller.exe -D$TDI_BACKUP$="true"

This instructs the uninstaller to run the TDI_install_dir/bin/tdiBackup.bat(.sh) script, which in turn will cause a directory TDI_install_dir/backup_tdi to be created. A backup of a number of files particular to your installation will be stored into this directory, including your global properties files, global certificates and the like.

Note:

On a non-Windows system the $ (dollar) must be escaped with a \ (backslash). For example:

TDI_install_dir\_uninst\uninstaller -D\$TDI_BACKUP\$="true"

-D$TDI_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK$="true"

This parameter will cause the installer to skip any previous version checks. This essentially disables any migration from previous releases.

In a silent install, if this skip option is chosen and the install directory is same as an earlier installation of IBM Security Directory Integrator Version 7.2, it will cause the installer to stop.

Note:

On a non-Windows system the $ (dollar) sign must be escaped with a \ (backslash). For example:

./install_sdiv72_linux_x86_64.bin -D\$TDI_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK\$="true" 

-D$TDI_NOSHORTCUTS$="true"

This parameter is used to stop the installer from creating any shortcuts to the uninstaller, CE, or AMC.

Note:

On a non-Windows system the $ (dollar) must be escaped with a \ (backslash). For example:

./install_sdiv72_linux_x86_64.bin -D\$TDI_NOSHORTCUTS\$="true"