You can install IBM® Business Process Manager Standard 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 that are necessary
for
IBM Business Process Manager Standard installation,
you must install the base products as part of the silent installation.
The required base products are:
- IBM Installation
Manager
- WebSphere® Application
Server Network
Deployment, including the ejbdeploy and thinclient features.
If you are installing from downloaded images
from Passport Advantage, ensure that you downloaded all three required
images for Windows. If you are installing from the DVD images, obtain
the compressed files from the DVDs. In both cases, extract all of
the files from the compressed files to the same location on your hard
disk. Overwrite directories, if prompted.
About this task
By using response files, you can
simplify the silent installation and reduce errors 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.
During the silent
installation, the following tasks are perfomed:
- Installation Manager is installed or updated to the appropriate
level.
- The required base products and IBM Business Process Manager Standard are
installed.
Only
one IBM Installation Manager is required to install multiple instances
of IBM Business Process Manager.
Procedure
- Run the following
command to generate encrypted passwords using Installation Manager
to securely connect to DB2 and the administrative console.
Important: If you are running Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows
Server 2008, start your command prompt by right-clicking and selecting Run
as administrator.
extract_directory/IM64/tools/imutilsc -silent -nosplash encryptString password_to_encrypt
Note: If
you already have 32-bit Installation Manager installed, you can run
the command from the extract_directory\IM\tools directory.
- Create the response file
that will install the required base products and IBM Business Process Manager Standard. 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 that are provided
in the sample response files will perform a basic installation, 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.
Review the following parameters and
values:
- Permissions - For non-administrator user IDs, check that all location
variables point to locations that the user has permissions for.
- Repository location - If you are not installing directly from
the extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/ directory,
point to the location of your installation repository. The repository
can be local or remote.
- Installation location - The installLocation directory
where IBM Installation Manager is or will be installed.
- Product installation location - The directory where IBM Business Process Manager Standard will
be installed. To install into an existing supported instance of WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment, specify
its directory.
Tip: Keep the installation path as short
as possible. Otherwise, you might run into problems later when the
paths of other components, when added to this path, exceed the 255-character
path limit.
- Eclipse location - The eclipseLocation directory.
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
- If you are installing DB2 Express, follow the instructions in
the response file for providing the necessary user IDs and passwords.
Use the instructions in step 1 for generating the encrypted passwords
to include in the response file.
- Read and accept the license terms before
installing. Adding -acceptLicense to the command
line means that you accept all licenses.
- Run the following command:
Important: If you are running Windows 7, Windows
Vista, or Windows Server 2008, start your command prompt by right-clicking
and selecting Run as administrator.
Administrator:
extract_directory/IM64/installc.exe -acceptLicense input
extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/response_file_name.xml
-log preferred_log_location/silent_install.log
Non-administrator:
extract_directory/IM64/userinstc.exe -acceptLicense input
extract_directory/responsefiles/BPM/response_file_name.xml
-log preferred_log_location/silent_install.log
Results
Installation Manager
installs the required prerequisites and IBM Business Process Manager Standard,
and writes a log file to the directory that 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
the 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.