Creating an options file

You must create an options file for each silent installation or upgrade that you want to perform. The procedures in this topic describe how to create options files for BMC Atrium Single Sign-On, platform components, BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio, and content.

• For a single - computer installation, you must create at least two options files-one for the repository and another for the CDP and any other components. When you install the BMC Atrium Orchestrator product on a single computer, you cannot install any peer in a directory that contains the repository.

• For a production installation where you have installed components on multiple computers, you need two options files plus an additional options file for each Tomcat server.

Before you begin

Locate the sample files that you can leverage to create options files for your installation scenario.

To create the options file for BMC Atrium Single Sign-On

1. Open a text editor to create a new options file.
2. Copy the content from a template options file into the new file.
3. Modify the properties to match your installation environment. 
4. Save the file with a name that indicates the purpose of the installation. For details about installing BMC Atrium Single Sign-On silently, see Installing silently.

To create the options file for platform components

1. Open a text editor to create a new options file.

2. Copy the content from a template options file into the new file.

3. In the new file, modify the installLocation property and specify an existing directory in which to install the component.

   Example

   Windows: -P installLocation=c:/Program Files/BMC Software/BAO

   UNIX:-P installLocation=/opt/bmc/bao

4. For the AO_INSTALL_TYPE property, specify either install_new or upgrade_new as the silent installation type.

   -J AO_INSTALL_TYPE=install_new
   or
   -J AO_INSTALL_TYPE=upgrade_new

5. Modify the properties for the components to install.

   The options file must list the repository as the first component to install, and the options file that contains repository installation properties cannot contain options for peers. You can install the CDP only after installing the repository.

   See Sample platform options file templates and Silent installation properties for more information about the installation properties that you can include in the options file.

   
   

6. Save the file with a name that indicates the purpose of the installation.

   For example, if you create an options file to install the repository, you could name the options file bao_repo.options.

   UNIX operating systems are case-sensitive. Do not mix upper- and lowercase characters when you name files for a UNIX environment.

7. For each computer, repeat step 1 through step 6.

To create an options file for BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio

1. Open a text editor to create a new options file.

   Example

   -P installLocation=c:/Program Files/BMC Software/BAO/Studio

2. Copy the content from a BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio template options file into the new file.

3. For the DEVSTUDIO_INSTALL_TYPE property, specify either install_new or upgrade_new as the silent installation type.
    -J DEVSTUDIO_INSTALL_TYPE=install_new 
   or
   -J DEVSTUDIO_INSTALL_TYPE=upgrade_new

   Modify the properties for the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio installation.
    

   See Sample platform options file templates, Silent installation properties for more information about the installation properties that you can include in the options file.

4. Save the file with a name that indicates the purpose of the installation.

   For example, if you create an options file to install the repository, you could name the options file bao_studio.options.

To create an options file for BMC Atrium Orchestrator content

1. Open a text editor to create a new options file.
2. Copy the content from a content template options file into the new file.
3. In the new file, modify the installLocation property and specify an existing directory in which to install the component.
   

   The installation directory must have network access to the repository.

   Example

   -P installLocation=c:/Program Files/BMC Software/AO/content

   
   

4. For the AO_CONTENT_INSTALL_TYPE property, specify INSTALL_TYPE_CUSTOM.

   -J AO_CONTENT_INSTALL_TYPE=INSTALL_TYPE_CUSTOM

5. For the AO_INSTALLING_FEATURES property, specify the content features to install.

   See Sample content options file templates and Silent installation properties for more information about specifying content features.

6. Specify the repository communication features.

7. Save the file with a name that indicates the purpose of the installation.

   For example, if you create an options file to install the repository, you could name the options file bao_content.options.

   UNIX operating systems are case-sensitive. Do not mix upper- and lowercase characters when you name files for a UNIX environment.

Where to go from here

Run the installation program from a command line to install the server and content features, as described in Executing a silent installation.