Install Application Client for WebSphere Application Server silently

This topic provides the steps necessary to use the installation wizard and perform a silent installation.

Overview

Procedure

1. Verify that the host server jobs are started on your iSeries server. The host server jobs allow the installation code to run on iSeries. Enter this command on a CL command line: STRHOSTSVR SERVER(*ALL)

2. Verify that your user profile has the *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.

3. Place the WebSphere Application Server Supplements disc in the disc drive of your iSeries server.

4. Customize the options response file.

   1. Locate the sample options response file. The file name is setup.response in the operating system platform directory on the product CD-ROM.

   2. Use the Copy (CPY) command to create a copy of the setup.response file from the disk. For example:

      CPY OBJ('/QOPT/WEBSPHERE/AppClient/setup/response') TODIR('/MYDIR')

      Where:

      QOPT is the disk mount point.

      WEBSPHERE is the disk volume label.

      /AppClient is the product directory on the disk. This will be referred to in later steps.

      Note: For DVD media, an additional directory prefix is required before the product directory that reflects the operating system and architecture of the installation. Using the previous example, the following installation path applies when you use CD-ROM media:

      CPY OBJ('/QOPT/WEBSPHERE/AppClient/setup.response') TODIR('/MYDIR')

      However, the following installation path applies when you use DVD media:

      CPY OBJ('/QOPT/WEBSPHERE/os400_ppc64/AppClient/setup.response') TODIR('/MYDIR')

   3. Edit the copy of the file using EDTF from the i5/OS command line or using Wordpad from a mapped drive. Accept the license agreement by making the following change in the response file: -OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance="true' This is the only required change in the response file. Read the information in the response file to determine if you want to change any other options.

   4. Save the file.

5. Invoke the installation program for WebSphere Application Client for i5/OS. To do this, run the INSTALL command from Qshell :

   1. From the i5/OS command line, start a Qshell session: STRQSH

   2. Change directory to the AppClient subdirectory of CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive: cd /QOPT/WEBSPHERE/AppClient OR cd /QIBM/WebSphere/os400_ppc64/AppClient

   3. Issue the INSTALL command to start the installation program: install –options /MYDIR/setup.response

      Important: Do not exit the Qshell session (PF3) until the installation has completed. Doing so might cause the installation to stop prematurely.

Results

What to do next

Use the installation verification utility to verify a successful installation. If the installation is not successful, fix the error as indicated in the installation error message. For example, if you do not have enough disk space, add more space, and reinstall the Application Client.

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