Installing silently

Use one of the following sample options files for custom installation, depending on your platform:

Note: By default, the following is the installation location:

• Windows: C:\Program Files\BMC Software\TrueSight\ITDA
• Linux: /opt/bmc/TrueSight/ITDA

To install the product in a different location, ensure that you change the value of the installLocation property.

-J

Precedes Java properties

-P

Precedes directory properties

-A

Precedes application features

-P installLocation

Specifies the full path to the installation directory.

Default value:

• Windows: C:\Program Files\BMC Software\TrueSight\ITDA
• Linux: /opt/bmc/TrueSight/ITDA

-A <Feature-Name>

Specifies the features that you want to install. The product is bundled with various features (components), and a typical installation consists a list of all features, as shown in the following example.

For a custom installation, you can specify particular feature names when generating an options file.

Note: The TomcatHiddenProduct feature is only required if you want to install the Search component or the Console Server component.

Example:

# Install Indexer
-A Indexer
# Install Configuration Database
-A Configuration Database
# Install Collection Station
-A Collection Station
# Install Console Server
-A Console Server
# Install Search
-A Search
# Install Tomcat Hidden Product
-A TomcatHiddenProduct

Specifies the installation type: typical or custom.

Example:

• -J INSTALL_SET=TYPICAL
• -J INSTALL_SET=CUSTOM

-J STARTMENU_SHORTCUT

Specifies whether you want to pin the product to the Start menu on your computer (Windows only).

Example: -J STARTMENU_SHORTCUT=true

Specifies whether you want to start the product services immediately after the installation is complete.

Example: -J STARTSERVICES_ITDA=true

Specifies whether you want to skip port validation during installation.

You might want to use this property if you know that the ports used for the installation are available before starting the installation. For more information about default ports, see Communication ports and protocols.

Example: -J SKIP_VALIDATION=true

Note: This feature is only available for silent installation. If you do not add this property or set the value of this property to false, and if the defaults ports are in use, then the installation will fail.

-J enable_feature_tracking

Specifies whether you want to enable BMC to collect product usage information.

By sharing usage information, you can help BMC improve the product in ways that are more relevant to your needs.

Example: -J enable_feature_tracking=true

For more information, see Information notice on product usage.

Indicates the host name of the computer where you want to install the Indexer.

The default is your local host name.

Example: -J itda.indexinghost=Indexer.bmc.com

-J itda.indexingport

Indicates the port number of the computer where you want to install the Indexer. The default is 9300.

Example: -J itda.indexingport=9300

-J itda.indexing.unicast.hosts

If you are installing an Indexer that must function as a peer or a component that communicates with the master Indexer, provide the fully qualified host name and port number of the master Indexer, installed on the primary node. This value must be in the format, hostName1:Port.

Example: -J itda.indexing.unicast.hosts=
MasterIndexer.bmc.com:9300

-J itda.configdbhost

The default is your local host name.

Example: -J itda.configdbhost=ConfigDB.bmc.com

-J itda.configdbport

Indicates the port number of the computer where you want to install the configuration database

  The default is 9999.

Example: J itda.configdbport=9999

-J itda.stationinstancename

Indicates the name of the Collection Station as it must be displayed under the Administration > Hosts tab.

Example: -J itda.stationinstancename=
Collection-Station.bmc.com

-J itda.stationhttpbindaddress

Indicates the HTTP service bind address that the Collection Agent and the Console Server must use to connect with the Collection Station.

The default is 0.0.0.0.

Example: -J itda.stationhttpbindaddress=0.0.0.0

-J itda.stationhttpbindport

Indicates the HTTP service bind port number that the Collection Agent and the Console Server must use to connect with the Collection Station.

The default is 8080.

Example: -J itda.stationhttpbindport=8080

-J itda.stationpayloadbindaddress

The default is 0.0.0.0.

Example: -J itda.stationpayloadbindaddress=0.0.0.0

-J itda.stationpayloadbindport

Indicates the Payload Service bind port number that the Collection Station must use for listening to incoming data.

The default is 41414.

Example: -J itda.stationpayloadbindport=41414

-J agent.pool.name

Specifies whether you want to implement data collection redundancy. For more information, see Collection Station redundancy.

If you specify the value as true, it implies that the Collection Station installed will be added to a common pool. If this Collection Station goes down, Collection Agents communicating with the Collection Station are moved to another Collection Station in the pool.

Example: -J agent.pool.name=true

-J itda.searchenginehost

Indicates the host name of the computer where you want to install the Search component.

The default is your local host name.

Example: -J itda.searchenginehost=Indexer.bmc.com

-J itda.searchengineport

Indicates the port number of the computer where you want to install the Search component.

The default is 9797.

Example: -J itda.searchengineport=9797

-J itda.consoleserverhost

Indicates the host name of the computer where you want to install the Console Server component.

The default is your local host name.

Example: -J itda.consoleserverhost=ConsoleServer.bmc.com

-J itda.consoleserverport

Indicates the port number of the computer where you want to install the Console Server component.

The default is 9797.

Example: -J itda.consoleserverport=9797

-J enable_rsso

Specifies whether you want to use Remedy Single Sign-On as an authentication mechanism. For more information, see User authentication options.

Example: -J enable_rsso=true

-J rsso_protocol

Indicates the protocol used for connecting with the Remedy Single Sign-On server.

The default value is HTTPS. It can be set to HTTP or HTTPS.

Example: -J rsso_protocol=HTTPS 

-J rsso_host

Indicates the fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the Remedy Single Sign-On server.

Example: -J rsso_host=RSSOHost.bmc.com

-J rsso_port

Indicates the port number of the Remedy Single Sign-On server.

The default is 448.

Example: -J rsso_port=448

-J rsso.tenant

Indicates the name of the tenant (also known as Realm in Remedy Single Sign-On) that you configured while integrating IT Data Analytics with TrueSight Operations Management. For more information, see Integrating with TrueSight Presentation Server.

If you want to use Remedy Single Sign-On without integrating with TrueSight Presentation Server, then provide the name of the tenant that is present on Remedy Single Sign-On.

Example: -J rsso.realm=*

-J rsso_username

Indicates the user name for connecting with the Remedy Single Sign-On server.

The default Remedy Single Sign-On administrator user name is "Admin".

Example: -J rsso_username=Admin

-J rsso_password

Indicates the password for connecting with the Remedy Single Sign-On server.

The password corresponding to the default user name is the same as what you provided while installing Remedy Single Sign-On.

Example: -J rsso_password=6G0MnPoXCyHIJ/abMcoHwQ==

-J tsps_host

Indicates the fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the TrueSight Presentation server.

Example: -J tsps_host=TSPSHost.bmc.com

In case of TrueSight Presentation server High Availability, the FQDN of the Load Balancer should be provided.

-J tsps_port

Indicates the port number of the Presentation server.

The default is 443 for Windows (HTTPS) and 8043 for Linux (HTTPS).

Example: -J tsps_port=443