Modify a response file to install a package and Installation Manager

We cannot record a response file that includes the installation of Installation Manager and a package. We can modify a response file to add the commands to install Installation Manager.

Create a response file for the package, see Record a response file with Installation Manager or Create a response file manually.

Add commands to a response file to install both a package and Installation Manager. To update Installation Manager, install a later version of Installation Manager.

Procedure

  1. In the installation files, locate the install.xml file. This file is in the same directory as install.exe for Windows and install for Linux, UNIX, IBM i, IBM z/OS , and OS X. The install.xml file contains the commands to install Installation Manager.

  2. Add the commands from install.xml into the response file created for the package.

    By default, the repository location for Installation Manager is: "./". We must either save the response file to the same directory that contains install or modify the repository location to point to the directory that contains install.exe for Windows and install for Linux, UNIX, IBM i, z/OS, and OS X.


Example

install.xml file content:
....
<server>
<repository location="./">
</server>
<install>
<offering features='agent_core,agent_jre' id='com.ibm.cic.agent' version='1.x.x.YYYYMMDD_MMSS'/>
</install>
...

Response file contents after you add the commands from the install.xml file follows:

....
<server>
<repository location="./">
<repository location="http://myserver.domain/product/installFiles">
</server>
....
<install>
<offering features='agent_core,agent_jre' id='com.ibm.cic.agent' version='1.7.000.20130901_0601'/>
<offering profile='IBM Software Product' id='com.ibm.software.product' features='com.ibm.software.product.client, com.ibm.software.product.server'/>
         
</install>
...
The first repository location entry points to the location that contains the installation kit for Installation Manager. The second repository location entry points to the location that contains the installation files for the product package. The first offering entry is for Installation Manager. The second offering entry is for the product package. Related tasks:
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