Installing Marketing Platform using the console mode

The console mode allows you to install Marketing Platform using the command-line window. You can select various options in the command-line window to complete tasks such as selecting the products to install, or selecting the home directory for the installation.

Before you begin

Important: Before you use the console mode to install Distributed Marketing, make sure that the available temporary space on the computer where you install Distributed Marketing is more than three times the size of the Distributed Marketing installer. Make sure that the HCL® Marketing Software installer and the Distributed Marketing installers are in the same directory on the computer where you want to install Distributed Marketing.
Before you install Marketing Platform, ensure that you have configured the following.
  • An application server profile
  • A database schema

To display the installer screens correctly in console mode, configure your terminal software to support UTF-8 character encoding. Other character encodings, such as ANSI, do not render the text correctly, and some information is not readable with these encodings.

Procedure

  1. Open a command-line prompt window and navigate to the directory where you have saved the HCL Marketing Software installer and the Marketing Platform installers.
  2. Complete one of the following actions to run the HCL Marketing Software installer.
    • For Windows™, enter the following command:

      ibm_ims_installer_full_name -i console

      For example, IBM_Marketing_Software_Installer_10.1.0.0_win.exe -i console

    • For UNIX™, invoke the ibm_ims_installer_full_name.sh file.

      For example: IBM_Marketing_Software_Installer_10.1.0.0.sh

  3. Run the HCL Marketing Software installer file.

    For example: IBM_Marketing_Software_Installer_10.1.0.0.sh

  4. Follow the directions that are displayed in the command-line prompt. Use the following guidelines when you have to select an option in the command-line prompt:
    • The default options are defined by the symbol [X].
    • To select or clear an option, type the number that is defined for the option, and then press Enter.
    For example, suppose that the following list displays the components that you can install:
    • 1 [X] Marketing Platform
    • 2 [X] Campaign
    • 3 [ ] Contact Optimization
    • 4 [ ] Distributed Marketing

    If you want to install Distributed Marketing, and do not want to install Campaign, enter the following command: 2,4

    The following list would then display the options that you selected:

    • 1 [X] Marketing Platform
    • 2 [ ] Campaign
    • 3 [ ] Contact Optimization
    • 4 [X] Distributed Marketing
    Note: Do not clear the option for Marketing Platform unless you have already installed it.
  5. The HCL Marketing Software installer launches the Marketing Platform installers during the installation process. Follow the instructions in the command-line prompt window of the Marketing Platform installers.
  6. After you enter quit in the Marketing Platform installers command-line prompt window, the window shuts down. Follow the instructions in the command-line prompt window of the HCL Marketing Software installer to complete the installation of Marketing Platform.
    Note: If any error occurs during the installation, a log file is generated. You must exit the installer to view the log file.