Installing the server or client silently

IBM Tivoli Directory Server, Version 6.3

Installing the server or client silently

To begin installing Tivoli Directory Server 6.3 using silent installation:

If you are installing from a DVD:
1. Insert the DVD in your DVD drive.
2. Go to the DVD drive.
3. At a command prompt, type the following:
```
cd \tds
```
If you are installing from downloaded .zip files:
1. Go to the directory where you unzipped the downloaded .zip files.
2. At a command prompt, type the following:
```
cd tdsV6.3\tds
```
Type the following command:
```
install_tdsSilent -is:silent -options full_path\optionsFiles\InstallServer.txt
```
where full_path is the full path to the optionsFiles directory.
(If you want to install only the client from the client-only package, substitute InstallClient.txt for InstallServer.txt.)

Notes:
1. If you want to specify a temporary directory other than the one specified by the TEMP environment variable, use the -is:tempdir option, as follows:
```
install_tdsSilent -is:silent -options optionsFiles\InstallServer.txt 
    -is:tempdir temp_directory
```
  where temp_directory is the directory you want to use for temporary space. Be sure that you have at least 255 MB of free space in this directory.
2. If you want to specify an additional log file, use the -log option, as follows:
```
install_tdsSilent -is:silent -options full_path\optionsFiles\InstallServer.txt
      -log !c:\mydirectory\ldapinst.log @ALL
```
  where full_path is the full path to the optionsFiles directory.
  c:\mydirectory\ldapinst.log can be changed to point to where you want to place the log file. The log file will still be created in the target installation directory. The default location is:
  
  C:\Program Files\IBM\LDAP\V6.3\var\ldapinst.log
3. You must use install_tdsSilent because only install_tdsSilent returns a return code.
Tivoli Directory Server is installed with no further input.
If the installation exits for any reason, you can find information about the exit by viewing the return code or checking the installpath\var\ldapinst.log file. (installpath is the path where you installed Tivoli Directory Server.)

Check the return code by checking the value of %ERRORLEVEL% from a .bat file. A return code of 0 indicates that the installation was successful. A non-zero return code indicates that the installation failed. See Checking the return code for a list of return codes.

Installation is complete when control returns to the command line or to the invoking program.

If installation is unsuccessful, check to be sure that your options file settings and command-line parameters are valid.
After installation, restart the system. If you are also installing other products, you can restart at an appropriate time. If the server was installed, you must do the following before the server is usable:
1. Create a directory server instance using the idsicrt command. See Creating an instance with the command line.
2. Set the administrator DN and password using the idsdnpw command. See Managing the primary administrator DN with the command line.
3. If the directory server instance is a full directory server, configure the database using the idscfgdb command line utility to configure silently. See Configuring the database with the command line.

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