Silent installation enables you to define the options
for installing Internet Service Monitoring in
an installation response file, then run the installation process from
the command line without interactive input. This method is useful
for performing repeated installations.
Before you begin
Before beginning the installation, ensure that you have
read Planning to install Internet Service Monitoring for information
about hardware and software prerequisites, planning and deployment
considerations, and any special limitations.
About this task
A sample installation response file, silent.txt,
is available with the product installer. The file contains comprehensive
instructions on how to modify and use it.
Procedure
To run a silent installation:
- Open the installation response file in a text editor.
- Uncomment and modify the installation options as required,
and then save the file.
- From a command prompt, change directory to the location
of the installer, setup.exe, and execute the
command:
start /wait setup /z"/sfC:\temp\silent.txt" /s /f2"C:\temp\silent_setup.log"
where:- /z"/sf specifies the name of the installation
driver you have customized for your site. This file is required.
- /s specifies a silent installation. No responses
are displayed on the target installation computer during installation.
- /f2 specifies the name of the InstallShield log
file. If you do not specify this parameter, a file called Setup.log is created in
the same location as setup.iss.
The installation
log can be found in the installation target directory, such as c:\IBM\Omegamon\Install,
or on the Windows boot drive root directory if the installation fails
before the installation location is identified. In either case, the
installation program must be able to create and write to this file.