Performing a silent installation of the BMC ProactiveNet Administration Console

This page provides information about performing a silent installation of the BMC ProactiveNet Administration Console and contains the following topics:

Performing a silent installation of the BMC ProactiveNet Administration Console on Microsoft Windows

Perform the following steps to install the BMC ProactiveNet Administration Console and the BMC ProactiveNet Remote cell:

  1. Navigate to the Admin.zip file available in the \BPPMAgent\Windows directory and extract its contents. 
  2. Customize the bmc_pnet_admin_install.options file as required, which is available in the extracted zipped folder.
  3. Open the command prompt with the Run as administrator option. Navigate to the install.cmd file, which is available in the extracted zipped folder.

  4. Run the following command to install an Administration Console on the local computer by using the bmc_pnet_admin_install.options file:

    install.cmd -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=<fullyQualifiedPath>\bmc_pnet_admin_install.options

    where fullyQualifiedPath indicates the complete path where you have saved the bmc_pnet_admin_install.options file. If the fullyQualifiedPath parameter contains a space in it, the path must be enclosed within double quotes. 

    Example

    install.cmd -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE="C:\Program Files\Agent Installation\bmc_pnet_admin_install.options"

Note

Installation-related information is not displayed on the console when silent installation begins. However, installation occurs in the background. The progress of the installation is logged in a temporary folder during installation. Go to Start > Run, enter %temp% in the Open box, and see the bppm_admin_install.log file.

Performing a silent installation of BMC ProactiveNet Administration Console on Linux or Solaris

Perform the following steps to install BMC ProactiveNet Administration Console on Linux or Solaris operating systems:

  1. Navigate to the Admin.zip file available in the following directory and extract its contents.
    • (Linux) /BPPMAgent/Linux
    • (Solaris) /BPPMAgent/Solaris
  2. Customize the bmc_pnet_admin_install.options file as required, which is available in the extracted zipped folder.
  3. Open the command prompt with the Run as administrator option. Navigate to the install.cmd file, which is available in the extracted zipped folder.
  4. Run the following command to install an Administration Console on the local computer by using the bmc_pnet_admin_install.options file:

    ./install.sh -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=<fullyQualifiedPath>/bmc_pnet_admin_install.options

    where fullyQualifiedPath indicates the complete path where you have saved the bmc_pnet_admin_install.options file. If the fullyQualifiedPath parameter contains a space in it, the path must be enclosed within double quotes.
Example
./install.sh -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE="/temp directory/bmc_pnet_admin_install.options"

Note

Installation-related information is not displayed when silent installation begins. However, installation occurs in the background. Open /tmp or /var/tmp and refer the bppm_admin_install.log file for the installation progress details.

 

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