You can use IBM® Installation
Manager in silent mode to install Rational® Engineering
Lifecycle Manager unattended.
To do so, you must create a response file that contains the commands
and inputs that are needed during the installation process.
Procedure
- Record a response file to silently install Rational Engineering
Lifecycle Manager and Lifecycle
Query Engine. The response file is an XML document where you define your preferences
in the following format:
<preference
name = "the key of the preference"
value = "the value of the preference to be set">
</preference>
For more information, read about Silent installation preference keys- On a command line, change to the Installation Manager eclipse subdirectory.
cd C:\installation_directory\InstallationManager\eclipse
cd /InstallationManager/eclipse
- Run the command to record a relm_response.xml response
file for the Rational Engineering
Lifecycle Manager installation.
The response file is created in the response_files
directory. The command uses the -skipInstall
agentDataLocation argument. This argument records the installation
commands without installing the product. The agentDataLocation must
be a new, empty directory. Verify that the file paths that you enter
exist. Installation Manager does not create directories for the response
file. For more information about agent data location, see the Installation
Manager documentation.
IBMIM.exe -record C:\response_files\relm_response.xml
-skipInstall C:\skip_install\RELM
./IBMIM -record /response_files/relm_response.xml
-skipInstall /skip_install/RELM
On the Installation Manager start page, specify the repository
location. Click , and then click Repositories.
On the Repositories page, you see available repositories,
their locations, and whether they are connected. To learn how to add
a repository, read about specifying the repository.
- Modify the response file.
- Go to the directory where Installation Manager is installed,
and run the silent installation command:
imcl.exe input C:\response_files\relm_response.xml
-log C:\InstallLogs\relm_silent_install_log.xml -acceptLicense
./imcl input /response_files/relm_response.xml
-log /InstallLogs/relm_silent_install_log.xml -acceptLicense