Installing silently

This topic provides instructions for performing a silent installation of the BMC TrueSight IT Data Analytics product. A silent (or unattended) installation obtains the required user input or installation settings from an options file. You can create an options file to perform an installation of the product in the silent mode. This file defines installation settings such as the type of installation, the components to install, the installation location for the components, and so on.

You can use silent mode to perform the product installation in a headless environment (on a system that has no display device, keyboard, or mouse).

This topic contains the following information:

Note

This information applies to both single-server and distributed-server environments.

Videos that explain the silent installation process

The following videos illustrate how to install IT Data Analytics silently.

Silent installation on a Windows platform
Silent installation on a Linux platform

Silent installation on a Windows platform

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Silent installation on a Linux platform

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Before you begin

Read the Planning topic.
Verify that your environment meets the system requirements.
Download and unzip (for Windows) or unzip and extract (for Linux) the BMC TrueSight IT Data Analytics zipped files (the installer) at your preferred location.
Depending on your installation scenario, use the sample options file or generate a custom file. For more information, see Generating an options file with silent installation properties.

Generating an options file with silent installation properties

Before performing the installation, you must generate an options file with the necessary silent installation properties:

Task	Instructions
Perform a typical installation	Use one of the following sample options files, depending on your platform: Windows Sample Options.txt Linux Sample Options.txt 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.
Perform a custom installation	Generate a custom file with the appropriate silent installation properties by performing these steps: Navigate to Start > Run > CMD and depending on your platform run the following command: Windows: setup.exe –DGENERATE_OPTIONS_FILE=pathToOptionsFile Linux: setup.bin –DGENERATE_OPTIONS_FILE=pathToOptionsFile where *pathToOptionsFile* is the path including the name of the file into which you want to copy the silent installation properties. Specify the required components (properties) for the silent installation and generate the file. For more information, see Silent installation properties.

Task

Instructions

Perform a typical installation

Use one of the following sample options files, 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.

Perform a custom installation

Generate a custom file with the appropriate silent installation properties by performing these steps:

Navigate to Start > Run > CMD and depending on your platform run the following command:
- Windows: setup.exe –DGENERATE_OPTIONS_FILE=pathToOptionsFile
- Linux: setup.bin –DGENERATE_OPTIONS_FILE=pathToOptionsFile
  where pathToOptionsFile is the path including the name of the file into which you want to copy the silent installation properties.
Specify the required components (properties) for the silent installation and generate the file.
For more information, see Silent installation properties.

Installing BMC TrueSight IT Data Analytics silently

Log on to the computer on which you want to perform the silent installation.
Run the following command, as appropriate:
- Windows: setup.exe -silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=pathToOptionsFile
- Linux: setup.bin -silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=pathToOptionsFile
  In the preceding command syntax, pathToOptionsFile refers to the path including the name of the file into which you want to copy the silent installation properties. If the file name or path includes a space, then enclose the file path in double quotes.
  Note
  On the Windows platform, after the installation completes, press Enter to return to the command prompt.

Silent installation properties

This section provides information about property values listed in the silent installation options file. This file is a text file that defines the type of installation, the components to install, the installation location, and the configuration settings for the components. The installation properties are in the form of a prefix tag followed by a property name and value pair.

Prefix tags

The following table lists the prefix tags that precede the installation properties.

Prefix tags for silent installation properties

Installation properties

The following table lists the installation properties that succeed the prefix tags.

Installation properties

Where to go from here

(Optional) Verify if the installation completed successfully.

Access the product by using the Start menu.

While running the installer, if you did not have the product start services immediately, then manually start the services.

Perform configurations such as enabling security for the product, configuring the email setting, and configurations required before scaling up.

Start data collection immediately after installation, by making the following configurations:

(Optional) Create Data patterns to define how the data collected must be indexed and displayed.
Create data collectors to define the type of data to be collected and how it must be collected, and to start the data-collection process.