IBM Content Navigator, Version 2.0.3         

Upgrading IBM Content Navigator silently

You can upgrade IBM® Content Navigator on the server by completing a response file and then running a silent installation.

About this task

If you run the silent installation program to upgrade IBM Content Navigator, the installation program detects your existing installation. You do not need to specify where you want to install IBM Content Navigator when you update the silent installation response file.

When you upgrade, the installation program does not display any installation windows or messages. Instead, any messages and errors are written to the IBM_Enterprise_Content_Navigator_InstallLog.log file, which is in the logs subdirectory of the IBM Content Navigator installation directory.

If you installed your web application server as a user other than the root user, you must use the same user account when you upgrade IBM Content Navigator on AIX®, Linux, or Linux for System z®. If you do not, the IBM Content Navigator Configuration and Deployment Tool does not work properly.

Procedure

To upgrade IBM Content Navigator by running a silent installation:

  1. Open the response file, ecmclient_silent_install.txt.
  2. Edit the following values in the response file:
    1. Set the value of the INSTALLER_UI parameter to SILENT.
    2. Set the value of the LICENSE_ACCEPTED parameter to true.
    To upgrade IBM Content Navigator, the silent installation response file must contain the following text:
    INSTALLER_UI=SILENT
LICENSE_ACCEPTED=true
  3. Save your changes to the response file.
  4. At a command prompt, change to the directory that contains the installation program and run the following command:
    Operating system Command
    AIX

    IBM_CONTENT_NAVIGATOR-2.0.3-AIX.bin -f
    fully_qualified_path_of_the_response_file
    /ecmclient_silent_install.txt
    Linux

    IBM_CONTENT_NAVIGATOR-2.0.3-LINUX.bin -f
    fully_qualified_path_of_the_response_file
    /ecmclient_silent_install.txt
    Linux for System z

    IBM_CONTENT_NAVIGATOR-2.0.3-ZLINUX.bin -f
    fully_qualified_path_of_the_response_file
    /ecmclient_silent_install.txt
    Windows

    IBM_CONTENT_NAVIGATOR-2.0.3-WIN.exe -f
    fully_qualified_path_of_the_response_file
    /ecmclient_silent_install.txt
Parent topic: Upgrading the IBM Content Navigator software