Using silent mode to install the Application Server (Windows)

You can perform an unattended (silent) installation of the Application Server on a Windows system on which no previous version of this component is installed.

If a previous version is already installed, see Using-silent-mode-to-upgrade-the-Application-Server-Windows.

The Application Server installation does not install the TrueSight Server Automation Console. To view the console, you must install it. For information, see Using-silent-mode-to-install-the-TrueSight-Server-Automation-Console-Windows.

This topic includes the following sections:

• • Before you begin
  • To install the Application Server in silent mode
  • Guidelines
  • Where to go from here

Before you begin

• To perform this installation, you must have local administrator privileges.
• You must set up your database schema. See Setting-up-an-Oracle-database-for-TrueSight-Server-Automation and Setting-up-a-SQL-Server-database-and-user-for-TrueSight-Server-Automation .
• On 64-bit Windows systems, confirm that the <WINDIR>\SysWOW64 directory contains a copy of the chcp.com file. The installer uses this file to set the code page of standard output (stdout). You can obtain the file from a 32-bit version of Windows.
• If you plan to use the bljython utility, install the Jython utility before installing the Application Server.
• New in 8.9.02Ensure that Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 is installed on the server. For more information, see Installing an RSCD agent (Windows).

To install the Application Server in silent mode

1. Copy the Application Server installation program (BSAversion-platform.exe) to the Windows system where you plan to create the response file.
2. To create the response file, perform the following steps:

   1. Enter the following command:
      <version>-<platform>.exe> -a -r -f1<WINDIR>\Temp\<silentInstallFilePath.iss>
       The variable <silentInstallFilePath.iss>is the name of response file that you are creating.

      Tip

      Include the version in the name of the file. (For example: 8.6.0-install.iss.)

   2. Use the program to perform an initial installation of the Application Server. Select your options. The options are recorded in the .iss file.
3. When you complete the installation, open the .iss file in a text editor and note the identifier for Dlg0. You need this number to run the silent installation. For example: Dlg0={2C20E5A3-D863-458F-B231-6823B8E7C47C}
4. To run the silent installation, at the command line, enter the following command:
   <version>-<platform>.exe> /s /ig<GUID> /f1<WINDIR>\Temp\<silentInstallFilePath.iss>
   where
   • <version>-<platform>.exe> is the name of the Application Server installer.
   • <GUID> is the identification number for the GUID from the .iss file.
   • <silentInstallFilePath.iss> is the name of the response file that you created.
      For example:
     D:\BladeLogic\bsa89-sp3-WIN32.exe /s /ig{2C20E5A3-D863-458F-B231-6823B8E7C47C} /f1C:\8_6AppServer.iss

Guidelines

• Ensure that no space exists between the /f1 option and the .iss file name or path.
• During this silent installation, no database configuration options are set. You must configure the database as a separate operation after installation.

Where to go from here

• To configure the Application Server and set up administrator passwords,use the Post-Install Configuration wizard. See Configuring-a-single-default-Application-Server-on-the-host.
• If you plan to assign the Application Server to a user that is not a member of the Administrators group, confirm that the user has full access to the TrueSight Server Automation directory structure.
• (Optional) Install the TrueSight Server Automation Console silently.