IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3

Installing software packages in silent mode

Complete the steps in this section to install a software package in silent mode.

Before you begin

Before installing and configuring an IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring component, install the prerequisite software that is described in Required software and memory requirements for a dashboard environment. Then, create a local repository or network repository using one of the installation approaches described in Using IBM Installation Manager to install IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment.
You must create a response file to use as input to the IBM Installation Manager silent installation commands. You can edit one of the following files available in the responsefiles directory on the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Dashboards for Servers and Authorization Policy Components DVD or DVD image:
  • Windows install_ITMApps4JazzSM_win.xml
  • Linux UNIX install_ITMApps4JazzSM_unix.xml
For information about the configuration parameters for the Authorization Policy Server and tivcmd CLI, see Installing and configuring the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server and tivcmd Command-Line Interface for Authorization Policy.

Alternatively, you can use IBM Installation Manager to record a response file. For more information about using IBM Installation Manager to create the response file, see Recording a response file.

Follow the procedure in this section to install the packages enabled in the silent response file if the IBM Installation Manager repository is not setup for authentication. If the IBM Installation Manager repository is setup to require authentication, follow the procedure in Installing silently from authenticated repositories with IBM Installation Manager.

Procedure

  1. Open a command prompt and change to the eclipse sub directory in the directory where Installation Manager is installed. The default path for this directory is:
    • Windows C:\Program Files\IBM\InstallationManager\eclipse
    • Linux UNIX /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse
  2. To run the Installation Manger in silent mode, run the following command from the eclipse subdirectory:
    • Windows IBMIMc.exe --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <response file path and name> -log <log file path and name>
    • Linux UNIX ./IBMIM --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <response file path and name> -log <log file path and name>
    Note: Windows does not support using IBMIM.exe for silent installation. Use IBMIMc.exe for silent installation.
    For example:
    • Windows IBMIMc.exe --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input c:\response_files\install_product.xml -log c:\mylog\silent_install_log.xml
    • Linux UNIX ./IBMIM --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input /response_files/install_product.xml -log /mylog/silent_install_log.xml

Results

When the silent installation is complete, a status of 0 is returned. If the installation cannot complete, a non-zero number is returned. When you run the Installation Manager installer, it reads the response file and (optionally) writes to a log file to the directory specified. If you specified a log file and directory, the log file is empty when the operation is successful.
For example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<result>
</result>
The log file contains an error element if the operation was not completed successfully. A log file for Installation Manager is also available in the following default locations:
  • Windows (32 bit) as an administrator: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager\logs
  • Windows (64 bit) as an administrator: C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\logs
  • Windows as a non-administrator: C:\Documents and Settings\<my id>\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager\logs
  • Linux UNIX /var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs

What to do next

If you selected the Installation and Configuration features of the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers, perform the following tasks:
  1. Restart IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub if it was not restarted during the installation. A restart is required so that IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub can display the online help for Infrastructure Management Dashboard for Servers.
  2. Verify the dashboard data provider is enabled in the portal server configuration. See Verifying the dashboard data provider is enabled.
  3. Then, see Preparing your dashboard environment in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Administrator's Guide for additional configuration steps required to set up authentication and authorization for dashboard users. This topic also contains information about creating a data provider connection from IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub to the IBM Tivoli Monitoring dashboard data provider component of the portal server.
  4. For more information about launching and using IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboard for Servers, see the Windows OS Agent User's Guide, the Linux OS Agent User's Guide, or the UNIX OS Agent User's Guide.

If you only selected the Installation feature of the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers, review the dashboard application's deployment scripts and then use the Modify operation of IBM Installation Manager to deploy the dashboard application into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub. See Configuring the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package after installation.

If you installed Tivoli Authorization Policy Server and tivcmd Command Line Interface, perform the following steps:
  1. See Verifying the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server installation for steps to verify that the installation was successful.
  2. If you only selected the installation feature of the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server, review the authorization policy server's deployment scripts and then use the Modify operation of IBM Installation Manager to deploy the authorization policy server into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub. See Configuring the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server feature after installation.
    Note: For more information about IBM Installation Manager command-line arguments, go to http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r6/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.silentinstall12.doc%2Ftopics%2Fr_silent_inst_cmd_arg.html.
  3. If you selected both the installation and configuration features of Authorization Policy Server, perform the following tasks:
    1. If you selected the option for a manual restart of Dashboard Application Services Hub, you must restart the application server for Dashboard Application Services Hub before the Authorization Policy Server can be used with the tivcmd CLI to create authorization policies.
    2. Use the tivcmd CLI to create authorization policies. The user credentials that you specified during the Authorization Policy Server installation are assigned to the PolicyAdministrator role. You must use these credentials with the tivcmd Command Line Interface to log in to the Authorization Policy Server and assign other administrators permission to create and work with authorization policy roles.

      The IBM Tivoli Monitoring Administrator's Guide provides examples of creating authorization policies for common scenarios in the Using role-based authorization policies chapter. Steps for configuring a dashboard environment to use authorization policies are in the Preparing your dashboard environment chapter. For a complete list of tivcmd CLI commands, see the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Command Reference.

Parent topic: Performing a silent installation of software packages using IBM Installation Manager

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