Installing silently
A silent installation enables you to install the product by running the installer from a command line. In a silent installation, you specify the required installation settings in the .options file. You can perform a silent installation of the:
Encrypting passwords in the options file
For silent installation, you must encrypt the passwords and use the encrypted passwords in the .options file. You can encrypt the passwords by using the Maintenance Tool. Run the following command to start the Maintenance Tool and get the encrypted password for each component. Run the tool on a computer that has JRE installed. Use the encrypted passwords in the .options file before starting the installation:
OS | Command | Example |
|---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows | BPPMServer\Disk1\utility\BPPMServerMaintenanceTool.cmd -silent -encrypt -encrypt -password=<myPassword> -confirm_password=<myPassword> where myPassword is the password to be encrypted | C:\Program Files\BMC Software\ProactiveNet\utility>BPPMServerMaintenanceTool.cmd -silent -encrypt -encrypt -password=myCMDBPassword -confirm_password=myCMDBPassword Starting the BPPMServer Maintenance Tool... DES\:9b1ed66cb2ca852d76282c69c2fd256b06459741992f718cdf624d53e37dfa53 Done! |
UNIX or Solaris | BPPMServer/Disk1/utility/BPPMServerMaintenanceTool.sh -silent -encrypt -encrypt -password=myPassword -confirm_password=myPassword where {{code language="none"}} | bash-3.2# ./BPPMServerMaintenanceTool.sh -silent -encrypt -encrypt -password=myCMDBPassword -confirm_password=myCMDBPassword Starting the BPPMServer Maintenance Tool... DES\:9b1ed66cb2ca852d76282c69c2fd256b06459741992f718cdf624d53e37dfa53 Done! |
For more information on the Maintenance Tool, see Administering-Infrastructure-Management-Maintenance-Tool.