You can install IBM® Business Process Manager Advanced silently
by creating a response file and then running a command to use that
response file to install the product.
Before you begin
If you do
not have the prerequisite base products necessary for
IBM Business Process Manager Advanced installation,
you must install them as part of the silent installation. The required
base products are:
- Installation Manager
- WebSphere® Application
Server Network
Deployment, including the ejbdeploy and thinclient features.
If you are installing from images downloaded
from Passport Advantage, ensure that you have downloaded both required
disk images for your operating system, and extracted them to the same
directory.
About this task
By using response files, you can
simplify the silent installation and reduce error in the process because
you set up your installation options once in a saved, sharable file
that can be used on one or more machines. The installation software
provides sample response files for each supported operating system
and bit version. You can use an unmodified sample response file to
perform a silent installation using default settings, or you can modify
the response file to set particular values. The comments in the sample
response files provide detailed instructions and information about
setting the values.
The silent installation
performs the following tasks:
- Installs Installation Manager if it is not already installed or
updates it to the appropriate level if it is installed.
- Installs the required base products and IBM Business Process Manager Advanced.
Only one IBM Installation Manager is required
to install multiple instances of IBM Business Process Manager.
Procedure
- Optional: Run the following
command to generate encrypted passwords using IBM Installation Manager
to securely connect to DB2 and the administrative console.
extract_directory/IM/tools/imutilsc -silent -nosplash encryptString password_to_encrypt
Note: If
you are running on a 64-bit system and do not already have 32-bit
Installation Manager installed, then you must run the command from
the extract_directory/IM64/tools directory.
- Create the response file
that will install the required base products and IBM Business Process Manager Advanced. Copy a sample response file, suitable for your bit version and
user access level, from the following directory:
- extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/
Alternatively, you can create a response file by recording your
actions in Installation Manager. When you record a response file,
the selections that you make in Installation Manager are stored in
an XML file. When you run Installation Manager in silent mode, Installation
Manager uses the data in the XML response file to perform the installation.
- The default values provided in the
sample response files will perform a basic install, but you should
review the file and its comments, and modify the parameters as needed
for your environment and the access level of your user ID.
In particular, review the following
parameters and values:
- For non-root user IDs, check that all location variables point
to locations that the user has permissions for.
- Repository location. If you are not running directly from the extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/ directory,
point to the location of your installation repository. The repository
can be local or remote. If you are running from the DVD, copy the
response file from the DVD and point it back at the repository on
the DVD.
- Installation location (installLocation) where
IBM Installation Manager is already installed or will be installed.
- Installation location where IBM Business Process Manager Advanced will
be installed. If you want to install into an existing supported instance
of WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment,
specify its directory.
- Eclipse location (eclipseLocation). If you
want to install into an existing supported instance of WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment, specify
its Eclipse location directory.
- The list of features for the product.
- Production or non-production use.
- Read and accept the license terms before
installing. Adding -acceptLicense to the command
line means that you accept all licenses.
- Run the following command:
Note: If you are running on a 64-bit system and do not already
have 32-bit Installation Manager installed, then you must run the
command from the extract_directory/IM64/tools directory.
Root
user:
extract_directory/IM/installc -acceptLicense input
extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/response_file_name.xml
-log preferred_log_location/silent_install.log
Nonroot
user:
extract_directory/IM/userinstc -acceptLicense input
extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/response_file_name.xml
-log preferred_log_location/silent_install.log
Results
Installation Manager installs
any required prerequisites and IBM Business Process Manager Advanced,
and writes a log file to the directory you specified.
What to do next
After you install
IBM BPM, you
must configure the product by creating profiles, setting up database
tables, and configuring the network deployment environment. To do
these configuration tasks in one step, use the
BPMConfig command.
Alternatively, you can do each configuration step separately using
tools such as Profile Management Tool and the Deployment Environment
wizard.
Important: If you are migrating business data and
applications from a previous version, use the configuration instructions
in the Migrating to IBM Business
Process Manager section.