Modifying the product across the enterprise

Use the IM_run_silent_modify script to add or remove installable features or languages for the IBM Data Studio client across your enterprise.

Before you begin

The DS_SILENT_FILES directory must exist.

About this task

If you used the IM_run_silent_install script to install the IBM Data Studio client across your enterprise, you can use the IM_run_silent_modify script to modify it.

Use this task to silently modify the product installation on computers in your enterprise with the scripts. You use the IM_run_silent_modify script to silently modify the product installation on the base computer with IBM® Installation Manager and a response file. Then you can reuse the script and response file to silently modify the product installation on other computers in your enterprise.

Procedure

To modify the product features or languages across your enterprise:

  1. Edit the IM_run_silent_modify script to change the default parameters for:
    • The location and file names for the generated log and response files
    • The location to store data for the simulated modification
    • The location of Installation Manager, if it is not installed into the default installation directory. For example, on Windows, the default installation directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager
    • The location of the installation files for the product. For example, if the installation files are on a DVD that is in a drive that is mapped to D:, the location is D:\.
    Important: Edit these parameters only if you edited them for the installation scripts. The parameter values must match the values in the installation scripts.
  2. Generate the response file with Installation Manager or update the sample response files in the product_package/enterpriseDeployment/sampleResponseFiles directory. For information about generating a response file, see Creating a response file manually.
  3. On the base computer, run the silent installation with the silent response file.
    1. Open a command prompt, change the directory to the Installation Manager installation directory, and run the IM_run_silent_modify script.
    2. Check the log files for errors. The modification log file, log_modify.xml, is in the DS_SILENT_FILES directory.
    The DS_SILENT_DATA_SAVE and DS_SILENT_FILES directories were created and contain copies of the files you need to modify the product installation on the other computers.
  4. Run the silent modification on all the other computers in your enterprise on which you want to modify product settings.
    1. Copy the following folder and files to the target computers:
      • DS_SILENT_DATA_SAVE folder
      • DS_SILENT_FILES/response_modify.xml file
      • IM_run_silent_modify script
    2. Open a command prompt.
    3. Change the directory to the Installation Manager installation directory.
    4. Run the IM_run_silent_modify script.
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