Installing IBM® Connections in silent mode (with an existing IBM® Installation Manager)

Use a silent installation to perform an identical installation of IBM® Connections on multiple systems.

Before you begin

Ensure that you complete all the prerequisite tasks that are relevant for your environment. For more information, see the Before installing topic.

Ensure that IBM® Installation Manager version 1.8.5.1 or later is installed on your system. If you have an earlier version, update it by running the following command from the folder <Connections_installer>/IM/<your_platform> :
  • AIX® or Linux™:./install --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log log_file -acceptLicense

    For example: ./install --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log root/mylogs/mylogfile.xml -acceptLicense

where log_file is the name and path of the log file.

To prevent errors caused by using the wrong version of IBM® Installation Manager, remove the following line from the default response file:
<offering id='com.ibm.cic.agent' version='1.7.1000.20131119_2219' profile='IBM Installation Manager' features='agent_core,agent_jre' installFixes='none'/>
Note: Installation Manager might ask you to upgrade the Installation Manager. IBM Connections bundles only the 64-bit, version 1.8.5.1 of Installation Manager. If you have an earlier version of Installation Manager that is 32-bit, you must upgrade it to version 1.8.5.1. To download that version, see Installation Manager 1.8.5.1.

To create a customized version of the default response file, run the installation wizard in interactive mode. For more information, see the The default response file topic. Response files are provided for silent installations on AIX and Linux. On Windows, refer to the topics Installing in console mode and Modifying the installation in console mode mode.

About this task

Using a response file for your intended deployment, install IBM® Connections on multiple systems without needing to interact with the installation wizard.

To perform a silent installation, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Open a command prompt and navigate to the IM_root/eclipse/tools directory.
  2. Enter the following command: ./imcl -input response_file -log log_file -acceptLicense
    Note: The IM_root/eclipse directory contains a similar file called IBMIM.exe but that file is not suitable for silent installation.

    where response_file is the full path and name of the response file and log_file is the full path and name of the log file. The default name of the response file is LC.rsp. By default, the response file is in connections_root

    Compare the following example to your environment: ./imcl -input <connections_root>/silentResponseFile/LC.rsp -log /mylog/silent_install_log.xml -acceptLicense

Results

IBM® Installation Manager writes the result of the installation command to the log file that you specified with the -log parameter.

If the installation is successful, the log files are empty. 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 successful installation adds a value of 0 to the log file. An unsuccessful installation adds a positive integer to the log file.
The log file for IBM® Installation Manager records the values that you entered when you ran IBM® Installation Manager in interactive mode. To review the log file for IBM® Installation Manager, open the date_time.xml file, where date_time represents the date and time of the installation. The file by default is in the following directory:
  • AIX® or Linux™ (root user): /var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs
  • AIX® or Linux™ (non-root user): user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs where user_home is the non-root user account directory
To check the complete details of the installation, open each of the log files in the connections_root/logs directory. Each IBM® Connections application that you installed has a log file, using the following naming format: applicationInstallog.txt, where application is the name of an IBM® Connections application.

What to do next

Complete any applicable post-installation tasks. For more information, see the Post-installation tasks topic.