Silent Installation of IBM Installation Manager 1.8
Follow the steps given below to install the IBM Installation Manager 1.8 silently.
- First, unzip the IBM Installation Manager setup agent.installer.linux.gtk.x86_64_1.8.7001.20170920_1141.zip
[root@dbappweb was_im]# ll total 167612 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 171633597 Dec 5 12:21 agent.installer.linux.gtk.x86_64_1.8.7001.20170920_1141.zip [root@dbappweb was_im]# /usr/bin/unzip agent.installer.linux.gtk.x86_64_1.8.7001.20170920_1141.zip
- Extracted folder
[root@PCPEPSRAPP was_im]# ll total 168248 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 171633597 Dec 5 12:21 agent.installer.linux.gtk.x86_64_1.8.7001.20170920_1141.zip -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 4642 Sep 20 11:52 con-disk-set-inst.sh drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Sep 20 11:52 configuration drwxr-xr-x. 13 root root 4096 Sep 20 11:52 documentation -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 71223 Aug 9 2012 groupinst -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 71223 Aug 9 2012 groupinstc -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 247 Sep 20 11:52 groupinstc.ini -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 202 Sep 20 11:52 groupinst.ini -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 71223 Aug 9 2012 install -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 71223 Aug 9 2012 installc -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 245 Sep 20 11:52 installc.ini -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 200 Sep 20 11:52 install.ini -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 265 Sep 20 11:52 install.xml drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Sep 20 11:52 jre_7.0.100010.20170822_1251 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 11:52 license drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 11:52 native drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 11:52 Offerings drwxr-xr-x. 11 root root 106496 Sep 20 11:52 plugins -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 9919 Jul 6 16:37 readme.html -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 277 Sep 20 11:52 repository.config -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 10896 Sep 20 11:52 repository.xml -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 251 Sep 20 11:52 silent-install.ini drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 11:52 tools -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 71223 Aug 9 2012 userinst -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 71223 Aug 9 2012 userinstc -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 249 Sep 20 11:52 userinstc.ini -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 204 Sep 20 11:52 userinst.ini -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 258 Sep 20 11:52 user-silent-install.ini
- Now edit the install.xml file in vi editor to define the location of the IBM Installation Manager 1.8. The text is shown in yellow color added to the install.xml file for the installation location.
[root@dbappweb was_im]# vi install.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <agent-input clean='true' temporary='true'> <profile kind='self' installLocation='/opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse' id='IBM Installation Manager'> </profile> <server> <repository location='.'/> </server> <install> <offering features='agent_core,agent_jre' id='com.ibm.cic.agent' version='1.8.7001.20170920_1141'/> </install> </agent-input>
- Save the file.
- Now execute the command ./installc acceptLicense to install the IBM Installation Manager 1.8 silently. If you want to log the errors and warnings then use the command ./installc -acceptLicense -log im_installation.log where im_installation.log is the name of the log file.
[root@dbappweb was_im]# ./installc -acceptLicense Installed com.ibm.cic.agent_1.8.7001.20170920_1141 to the /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse directory.
- Now verify the installation by navigating to the folder.
[root@dbappweb was_im]# ll /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse total 640 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jan 2 15:54 atoc drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root 4096 Jan 2 17:42 configuration drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jan 2 15:54 documentation drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 4096 Jan 2 15:54 extra -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 71223 Sep 20 11:49 IBMIM -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 306 Jan 2 15:54 IBMIM.ini drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jan 2 15:54 jre_7.0.100010.20170822_1251 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 71223 Sep 20 11:49 launcher -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 306 Jan 2 15:54 launcher.ini drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jan 2 15:54 lib -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 335360 Sep 20 11:49 libcairo-swt.so drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jan 2 15:54 native drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jan 2 15:55 p2 drwxr-xr-x. 11 root root 110592 Jan 2 15:54 plugins -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 144 Jan 2 15:54 repository.config -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 358 Jan 2 15:54 silent-install.ini drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jan 2 17:42 tools drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 4096 Jan 2 15:54 web
- To check the version of the installed IBM Installation Manager, run the below command.
[root@dbappweb was_im]# cd /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools [root@dbappweb tools]# ll total 152 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 71223 Jan 2 15:54 imcl -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 482 Jan 2 15:54 imcl.ini -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 71223 Jan 2 15:54 imutilsc -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 486 Jan 2 15:54 imutilsc.ini [root@dbappweb tools]# ./imcl -version Installation Manager (installed) Version: 1.8.7.1 Internal Version: 1.8.7001.20170920_1141 Architecture: 64-bit
Note: The above installation of the IBM Installation Manager 1.8 was performed on RHEL 6.8 64-bit server.