How To
Summary
This technote will demonstrate how to perform silent installations for iBase and all iBase components.
Steps
Silent installation for iBase and iBase components require the msi installation file for iBase. The first step is to locate this msi file.
Step 1: Open command prompt with administrator privilege.
Step 2: Navigate to the folder, :\<iBase installer file folder>\IBA\IBM i2 iBase 8
Step 3: Enter the following command to install iBase and (or iBase components)
msiexec /i "IBM i2iBase8.msi" ADDLOCAL=<feature name> /q /L*V "c:\<log folder>\<log name>.log
Where:
- <feature name> is the name of the iBase feature you wish to install. Please find the iBase feature name in the below table
- <log folder> is the name of the folder you created to save the msi installation logs
- <log name> is the name of the msi installation log
Note: You MUST create the log folder before you enter the silent install command.
Step 4: Navigate to the log folder, open the msi installation log, scroll down the texts and confirm "MainEngineThread" returns a value of zero.
Now we will show you some examples:
Example 1: Silent installation for iBase Designer and enabling stored data in SQL server.
Looking at the below table, the feature name for iBase Designer is "iBaseDesigner", and it also requires "ThirdParty". Finally to enable stored data in SQL server, the feature name is "iBaseSSE", which requires both "iBase" and "ThirdParty". Furthermore, here we choose to save the msi installation log under the folder, "c:\logs".
So enter this command:
Msiexec /i "IBM i2 iBase 8.msi" ADDLOCAL=iBase,iBaseUser, iBaseDesigner,iBaseSSE,ThirdParty /q /L*V "c:\logs\ibase_install.log"
The installation runs silently, so how can I confirm if my software is installed correctly? And how can I troubleshoot the installation if my software is not installed
- Navigate to the log folder you created, open the msi installation log, scroll down to the back of the log, and make sure the "MainEngineThread" return value is zero. Like this:
- If the software is not installed or the value does not return zero, then you can use this log to troubleshoot your installation.
Example 2: Silent installation of iBase Administration Centre.
In this example we will perform a silent installation of iBase Administration Centre, it can be installed without iBase.
Looking at the below table, the feature name for iBase Administration Centre is ""AdminCenter". So we enter the below command:
Msiexec /i "IBM i2 iBase 8.msi" ADDLOCAL= AdminCenter /q /L*V "c:\logs\admin_centre.log"
Then open the msi installation log, and confirm the "MainEngineThread" returns a value of zero and Administration Centre is installed correctly.
Additional Information
| Feature Name | Description | Also requires |
| AdminCenter | Documentation for administrators of iBase | |
| AdminCenterReplication | Documentation for administrators of iBase Database Replication | AdminCenter |
| ANPR | Plate Analysis features | iBase, ThirdParty |
| ANPRDocs | Plate Analysis documentation files | iBase, ThirdParty |
| ANPRHelp | Plate Analysis help files | iBase, ThirdParty |
| ChartItemExtractor | Extracts charts into individual properties allowing them to be stored in iBase | iBase, ThirdParty |
| Cyber | IP/DNS resolution, geo-location, and spam blocklisting for iBase |
iBase, ThirdParty |
| DesignerExamples | An example database to use with iBase Designer | ThirdParty |
| DesignerHelp | Help on using the Designer dialogs | ThirdParty |
| GIS | Interfaces to GIS products | iBase, ThirdParty |
| GISArcGIS | Interface to ArcGIS | iBase, GIS, ThirdParty |
| GISArcView3 | Interface to ArcView 3 | iBase, GIS, ThirdParty |
| GISBlue8World | Interface to Blue8 World | iBase, GIS, ThirdParty |
| GISBlue8XD | Interface to Blue8 XD | iBase, GIS, ThirdParty |
| GISHelp | Mapping help files | iBase, GIS, ThirdParty |
| GISMapInfo | Interface to MapInfo | iBase, GIS, ThirdParty |
| GISMapPoint | Interface to MapPoint | iBase, GIS, ThirdParty |
| iBase | Investigative database | ThirdParty |
| iBaseCoordinateExt | Enables multiple coordinate systems in one database | iBase, ThirdParty |
| iBaseDesigner | Design and administer iBase databases and security files | ThirdParty |
| iBaseReplication | Use Microsoft SQL Server merge replication to enable distributed use of iBase | iBase, iBaseSSE, ThirdParty |
| iBaseScheduler | Schedule batch imports and exports | iBase, ThirdParty |
| iBaseSchedulerHelp | iBase Scheduler Help files | iBase, ThirdParty |
| iBaseSchedulerService | Run scheduled tasks | iBase, iBaseScheduler, ThirdParty |
| iBaseSchemaUpdate | Update database schemas from a database template (requires Designer) | iBase, iBaseDesigner, ThirdParty |
| iBaseServer | iBase Server components for the search service | ThirdParty |
| iBaseServerHelp | iBase Indexing Server Help files | ThirdParty |
| iBaseSSE | Store data in Microsoft SQL Server databases | iBase, ThirdParty |
| iBaseTools | Includes Audit Viewer and tools for maintaining iBase databases | iBase, ThirdParty |
| iBaseToolsHelp | iBase Audit Viewer Help files | iBase, ThirdParty |
| iBaseUser | Use the iBase application | iBase, ThirdParty |
| UserDocs | Quick Start Guide | iBase, ThirdParty |
| UserExamples | An example database to use with iBase | iBase, ThirdParty |
| UserHelp | Help on using the iBase dialogs | iBase, ThirdParty |
| ThirdParty | Microsoft and other third-party merge modules | See note below |
The ThirdParty feature is provided so that you can install the Microsoft and other third-party modules separately, and then use the iBase 8 installer only to install the IBM i2 files.
iBase 8 requires all of the merge modules that the ThirdParty feature installs, as listed in the following table:
| Module name | DLL version number |
| CMDialog ActiveX Control DLL | 6.1.97.82 |
| Microsoft (R) C++ Runtime Library | 6.0.8972.0 |
| Microsoft ADO Data Control | 6.0.88.4 |
| Microsoft Common Controls 2 ActiveX Control DLL | 6.1.98.12 |
| Microsoft Common Controls 3 ActiveX Control DLL | 6.7.0.8988 |
| Microsoft Hierarchical FlexGrid Control | 6.0.88.4 |
| Microsoft Rich Textbox Control Librar y (version 6) | 6.0.88.77 |
| MSFlexGrid | 6.1.98.11 |
| MSXML 4.0 | 4.10.9404.0, 4.20.9818.0 |
| VB Control mschart RTL X86 | 6.0.88.4 |
| stdole | 7.0.9466.0 |
| VC User STL71 RTL X86 | 7.10.3077.0 |
| Windows Common Controls ActiveX Control DLL | 6.0.81.5 |
| Windows Common Controls ActiveX Control DLL | 6.1.97.86 |
| Visual Basic Virtual Machine | 6.0.97.82 |
| Visual C++ 8.0 ATL (x86) WinSXS MSM | 8.0.50727.4053 |
| Visual C++ 8.0 ATL.Policy (x86) WinSXS MSM | 8.0.50727.4053 |
| Visual C++ 8.0 CRT (x86) WinSXS MSM | 8.0.50727.4053 |
| Visual C++ 8.0 CRT.Policy (x86) WinSXS MSM | 8.0.50727.4053 |
| Visual C++ 8.0 MFC (x86) WinSXS MSM | 8.0.50727.4053 |
| Visual C++ 8.0 MFC.Policy (x86) WinSXS MSM | 8.0.50727.4053 |
| Visual C++ 8.0 MFCLOC (x86) WinSXS MSM | 8.0.50727.4053 |
| Visual C++ 8.0 OpenMP (x86) WinSXS MSM | 8.0.50727.4053 |
| Visual C++ 9.0 ATL (x86) WinSXS MSM | 9.0.21022.8 |
| Visual C++ 9.0 ATL.Policy (x86) WinSXS MSM | 9.0.21022.8 |
| Visual C++ 9.0 CRT (x86) WinSXS MSM | 9.0.21022.8 |
| Visual C++ 9.0 CRT.Policy (x86) WinSXS MSM | 9.0.21022.8 |
| Visual C++ 9.0 MFC (x86) WinSXS MSM | 9.0.21022.8 |
| Visual C++ 9.0 MFC.Policy (x86) WinSXS MSM | 9.0.21022.8 |
| Visual C++ 9.0 MFCLOC (x86) WinSXS MSM | 9.0.21022.8 |
| Visual C++ 9.0 MFCLOC.Policy (x86) WinSXS MSM | 9.0.21022.8 |
| Woodbury Associates Unicode Flexgrid Controls | 1.3.06 2.0.0.0 |
| Woodbury Associates Unicode UniBox Controls | 1.4.0.1 1.3.0.1 1.1.0.32 |
Document Location
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Modified date:
28 June 2019
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