responsefile

This topic describes the response file for installing the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment product, so that the root user on a Linux or UNIX-based platform, or a user that belongs to the Administrator group on a Windows platform, can install the product without the installation wizard. Some steps of the silent installation procedure on a Windows platform require the user to belong to the Administrator group and have the advanced user rights Act as part of the operating system and Log on as a service.

Silent installation is an installation method that reads all choices from the options response file, responsefile, which tailor before performing a silent installation. This file does not affect the installation wizard in any way.

Location

The sample options response file, responsefile, is on the product CD in the operating-system platform directory.

Usage notes

• The file is not a read-only file.

• Edit this file directly with your flat file editor of choice, such as WordPad on a Windows platform.

• The file is not updated by any product components.

• The file must exist to perform a silent installation. The installation program reads this file to determine installation option values when you install silently.

• Save the file in a location you can identify when you specify the fully qualified path as part of the installation command.

• If you are installing on a Windows platform, your user ID must belong to the Administrator group and have the advanced rights previously described. If you select the following option when your user ID does not comply, the installation fails:

  # Install the WebSphere Network Deployment service
  # *********
  
  -W serviceSettingsWizardBean.wasChoice="true"
  
  

Extra information displays in the Network Deployment response file

Extra information displays in the IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment response file. Specifically, the following line appears and always must be commented:

     #-W coexistencePanelBean.useIhs="true"

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Installing the product
Customizing the Network Deployment options response file
Installing silently
    

 

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