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Installing and Configuring Silently

How to:

This is also known as a silent install. The most common form is an initial install, which also results in an initial configuration. An initial installation and configuration should only be done once per EDAHOME and an add product configuration used thereafter.

Installing silently can be helpful if you want to install multiple servers at once throughout an enterprise. To install a server silently, you must first create a text file that specifies your server installation parameters and then call isetup with the option and the file name. The silent method may also be used to do a software refresh.

We recommend that the first time you install, you use the default interactive mode, not the silent mode, so that you become familiar with the procedure. Installing a server interactively is described in Running Isetup to Install the Server Software.

Run isetup -? to see full information on the setup and specific use of a parameters file for silent installation, configuration, or refresh.

Procedure: How to Create the Installation Parameters File

Use a text editor to create a file with the following syntax to specify your product installation parameters: 

-inst
-license nnn-nnn-nnnn-nn 
-edahome /ibi/srv77/home
-edaconf /ibi/srv77/product_type 
-port portnum 
-host hostname 
-approot /ibi/apps
-pass password 
-nostart

where:

nnn-nnn-nnnn-nn

Is the 12-digit license. Include a hyphen (-) following the third, sixth, and tenth digits.

/ibi/

Is the directory in which you want to install the software.

product_type

Designates the type of product. The default values are:

  • FFS. Full-Function Server.
  • DM. DataMigrator Server.
  • WFS. WebFOCUS Reporting Server.
  • WFM. Shared Application Server for WebFOCUS Maintain.
portnum

Is the base TCP port for the server.

hostname

Is the server host name.

password

Is the password of the user ID with which you are installing the server.

To see a list of additional installation, configuration, and refresh options, on the command line, enter the following: 

/path/isetup -?

where:

path

Is the directory path to location of the isetup program.

Procedure: How to Launch a Silent Installation

  1. On the command line, enter the following:
    /path/isetup -opt /path/srvoptions.txt

    where:

    /path/srvoptions.txt

    Is the full path and file name of the file specifying your installation options.

    For example, to specify English and an options file named serveroptsffs1.txt, type: 

    /tmp/isetup -opt /tmp/serveroptionsffs1.txt
  2. After the installation has completed you should verify that it was successful, as described in Verifying Installation.

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