Running the installer in silent mode

A silent installation enables you to quickly repeat an installation procedure with a common set of predefined parameters on multiple BMC Network Automation application servers (for example, backup server) or BMC Network Automation remote device agents. A silent installation procedure does not launch a wizard and does not require you to monitor or respond.

You can install the following components:

BMC Network Automation application server
When installing the application server, you can also select to install the TFTP server.
BMC Network Automation remote device agent

Note

On a given computer, you can install either the application server or the remote device agent, but not both.

To run the installer in silent mode on a Windows computer

Log on to the computer where you are performing the installation as an administrator.
Create an options.txt file that contains the options for the installer:
- Use an options.txt file generated in an earlier installation.
- Create an options.txt file from a sample file.
  Click here to view the guidelines that you must follow when you edit the options.txt file.
  - If you copy and paste any options into your file, be sure your resulting file contains only ASCII characters.
  - Remove the comment (#) markers.
  - If your database is an Oracle RAC using Automatic Storage Management (ASM) to manage
    the data file, you must enter a file path in the following format:
    
    -J DATABASE_DATAFILE=+DATA_SPACE
    
    or
    
    -J DATABASE_DATAFILE=+DATA_SPACE/path/data_file_name
    
    For example, if the data space name in your Oracle RAC environment is named DATA, you would enter -J DATABASE_DATAFILE=+DATA. Oracle RAC databases that are not using ASM should use the standard format, the absolute file path to the data file.
  - For each parameter that is encrypted or labeled "secret", you need to first encrypt the value . For example, to encrypt your authentication password, use the -J AUTHENTICATION_PASSWORD=<encrypted_password>option.
    Note
    
    Custom installation: If you require option files for custom server installations, contact BMC Support.
  - In an environment where the remote device agent is installed on a host computer behind a Network Address Translation (NAT) firewall, you must provide the following Java option:
    
    -J ADDITIONAL_STARTUP_OPTIONS=-Djava.rmi.server.hostname= VALUE
    
    Replace VALUE with the public IP address of the BMC Network Automation agent as it is known to the server.

Using the worksheets in Installation worksheets and the following table as guides, edit the options accordingly, ensuring that you include the appropriate -P, -J, or -A option:

Option

Description

Syntax and examples

-P

Sets the installation folder for an application

-P <installLocation>=<filePath>

Application server on Windows:
-P installLocation=C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BCA-Networks
Application server on Linux:
-P installLocation=/opt/bmc/bca-networks

Remote device agent on Windows:
-P installLocation=C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BCA-Networks-Agent
Remote device agent on Linux:
-P installLocation=/opt/bmc/bca-networks-agent

-A

Specifies the products and features that you want to install

The product and feature names are listed at the top of the options.txt file.

To install more than one product or feature, include a -A line for each.

-A product<productName>
-A feature<featureName>

For example:

Application server: -A featureBcanServer
Remote device agent: -A featureBcanDeviceAgent
TFTP server (Windows only): -A featureBcanTftpServer

-J

Specifies Java properties that correspond to user inputs

See the example options files for the complete list of java properties.

For example:
-J INSTALL_SET=BCAN_SERVER
-J INSTALL_SET=BCAN_DEVICE_AGENT
-J ENABLE_VIRTUAL_DATA_CENTER=false

Execute the command: setup.cmd -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=c:\path\to\options.txt.
Note

You must specify an absolute path to the options file because the BMC Network Automation installer does not execute from the directory where you run the command. If the path contains one or more blank spaces, it must be enclosed in double quotation marks ("). Do not cut and paste any of the preceding command lines from this document. The hyphen (-) or hyphens might not paste properly. Although when pasted these symbols might look like a hyphen, they are not.
If an error occurs, the installer exits and does not perform any part of the installation.
Reboot your system after the installation is complete to start the product services.

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To run the installer in silent mode on a Linux computer

Log on to the computer where you are performing the installation as root.
Extract the installation files, as explained in step 4 of Installing the application server on Linux.
Create an options.txt file that contains the options for the installer:
- Use an options.txt file generated in an earlier installation.
- Create an options.txt file from a sample file.
  Click here to view the guidelines that you must follow when you edit the options.txt file.
  - If you copy and paste any options into your file, be sure your resulting file contains only ASCII characters.
  - Remove the comment (#) markers.
  - If your database is an Oracle RAC using Automatic Storage Management (ASM) to manage
    the data file, you must enter a file path in the following format:
    
    -J DATABASE_DATAFILE=+DATA_SPACE
    
    or
    
    -J DATABASE_DATAFILE=+DATA_SPACE/path/data_file_name
    
    For example, if the data space name in your Oracle RAC environment is named DATA, you would enter -J DATABASE_DATAFILE=+DATA. Oracle RAC databases that are not using ASM should use the standard format, the absolute file path to the data file.
  - For each parameter that is encrypted or labeled "secret", you need to first encrypt the value . For example, to encrypt your authentication password, use the -J AUTHENTICATION_PASSWORD=<encrypted_password>option.
    Note
    
    Custom installation: If you require option files for custom server installations, contact BMC Support.
  - Ensure that no Ctrl+M characters appear in the options.txt file.
  - In an environment where the remote device agent is installed on a host computer behind a Network Address Translation (NAT) firewall, you must provide the following Java option:
    
    -J ADDITIONAL_STARTUP_OPTIONS=-Djava.rmi.server.hostname= VALUE
    
    Replace VALUE with the public IP address of the BMC Network Automation agent as it is known to the server.