Performing a silent installation

You can run the installation in unattended mode from the command line by adding the -silent parameter when running the setup installation file. Perform the following steps:

Run the installation as root on UNIX operating systems, or as Administrator on Windows operating systems.
Specify all the settings that are prompted when installing using the installation wizard.

The installation settings are provided using a response file.

Edit the response file templates provided on the installation DVDs in the \tdwc\responsefiles\ directory. Instructions for customizing the files are included in the files as commented text. For details about response file properties, see Appendix G. The Dynamic Workload Console response file properties.

Table 44 lists the response files and the types of installation each performs by operating system:

Table 44. Dynamic Workload Console response files
Type of installation	Response file to use on Unix	Response file to use on Windows
Fresh Dynamic Workload Console on existing TWA instance	TDWC86_FRESH_existTWA_UNIX.txt	TDWC86_FRESH_existTWA_WIN.txt
Fresh Dynamic Workload Console on an external Tivoli Integrated Portal	TDWC86_FRESH_extTIP_UNIX.txt	TDWC86_FRESH_extTIP_WIN.txt
Fresh Dynamic Workload Console on a new TWA instance	TDWC86_FRESH_newTWA_UNIX.txt	TDWC86_FRESH_newTWA_WIN.txt
Uninstall the Dynamic Workload Console	TDWC86_UNINSTALL.txt	TDWC86_UNINSTALL.txt
Upgrade the Dynamic Workload Console on existing Tivoli Workload Automation instance (embedded WebSphere Application Server)	TDWC86_UPGRADE_embeddedWAS_UNIX.txt	TDWC86_UPGRADE_embeddedWAS_WIN.txt

Note:

In the upgrade scenarios, choose the embedded version of IBM Websphere Application Server that you originally chose when you installed the Dynamic Workload Console version 8.4 or higher.

To install in silent mode, perform these steps on the computer on which you want to install the Dynamic Workload Console:

Copy the sample response file for that operating system to a local temporary directory.
Customize the options contained in the response file to suit your requirements and environment. For information about the available options, seeAppendix G. The Dynamic Workload Console response file properties.
Run the following command:
Windows operating system:
```
SETUP.exe -options response_file.txt -silent
```
UNIX and Linux operating systems:
```
./SETUP.bin -options response_file.txt -silent 
```
where response_file is the full path name.
Check the result of the silent installation as follows:

Windows operating system:

The installation command is asynchronous, meaning that when it is issued it starts an installation procedure and then ends without returning any value or message. To know whether or not the silent installation ran successfully, seethe installation result reported in the tdwcinstall.log installation log file stored in the temporary directory.

UNIX and Linux operating systems:

The installation command is synchronous and it returns 0 if the installation ran successfully, or a nonzero value if the installation failed.

Note:

For information about the installation result, see the tdwcinstall.log installation log file stored in the temporary directory.