Applying feature packs or fix packs silently on Infrastructure Management

A silent installation enables you to apply feature packs or fix packs by running the installer from a command line. In a silent installation, you specify the required installation settings in the .options file. 

A silent installation is also referred to as an unattended installation.

To perform a silent installation of the Infrastructure Management server

Before you install the Fix Pack silently, customize the server_fixpack_silent.options file as required. This file is available in the <OS>\TSIMServer\Disk1 directory.

To customize the options file

  • Confirm restart of the Infrastructure Management server after installing the Fix Pack.
    -J FIXPACK_CONFIRM_SERVER_RESTART=true
    The default value is true. 
  • (Optional) If you have already migrated customized KB definitions to the new standard 11.0 KB, set the value of the MIGRATED_KB parameter to true and provide the path of the customized KB directory: 
-J MIGRATED_KB=<true/false>
-J MIGRATED_KB_HOME=<KB migration path>

Microsoft Windows

To install the Infrastructure Management server by using the server_fixpack_silent.options file, run the following command at the command prompt:

install.cmd -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=<fullyQualifiedPath>\server_fixpack_silent.options
where fullyQualifiedPath indicates the complete path where you have saved the server_fixpack_silent.options file. If the fullyQualifiedPath parameter contains a space in it, enclose the path within double quotes.

Example

install.cmd -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE="C:\Temp\server_fixpack_silent.options"

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

Linux

To install the Infrastructure Management Server by using the server_fixpack_silent.options file, run the following command at the command prompt:

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

where fullyQualifiedPath indicates the complete path where you have saved the server_fixpack_silent.options file. If the fullyQualifiedPath parameter contains a space in it, enclose the path within double quotes.

Example

./install.sh -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE="/tmp/server_fixpack_silent.options"

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

To perform a silent installation of the Integration Service

This Fix Pack contains a full installation of the Integration Service. You can either perform a fresh installation of the Integration Service or apply the Fix Pack on an existing Integration Service.

Fresh installation

To perform a fresh silent installation of the Integration Service, see Installing-the-Integration-Service-silently.

Upgrade installation

To upgrade the Integration Service silently, perform the following steps:

To customize the options file

  1. Navigate to the downloaded TSIMAgent.zip file and extract its contents. 
  2. Open the bmc_tsim_is_upgrade.options file in a text editor.

  3. Under Product Install Location, specify a valid directory for the Integration Service or remote cell:

    -P installLocation=<INSTALL DIR>

    <INSTALL DIR> is the installation location.

    Examples

    (Windows)-P installLocation=C:\Program Files\BMC Software\TSIMAgent
    (Linux)-P installLocation=/opt/bmc/TSIMAgent

  4. Under User Input Properties, enter the Integration Service and remote cell installation configuration information.

    -J name=value

    name is the name of the parameter
    value is the value for the parameter

    -J OLD_CELL_INSTALL_LOCATION=C:\Program Files\BMC Software\TSIMAgent-J OLD_INSTALL_LOCATION=C:\Program Files\BMC Software\TSIMAgent

    -J IS_CELL_UPGRADE=true
    -J IS_I_S_UPGRADE=true
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    Consider the following scenarios with example parameters:

  5. Post-installation, if you manually set the cell to high-availability mode, set the value of the following parameter to true

    -J HA_MODE_SELECTED=<false/true> 

  6. (Optional) If you have already migrated customized KB definitions to the new standard 11.0 KB, set the value of the MIGRATED_KB parameter to true and provide the path of the customized KB directory: 

    -J MIGRATED_KB=<true/false>
    -J MIGRATED_KB_HOME=<KB migration path>

To install the Fix Pack on the Integration Service and remote cell silently on Microsoft Windows

  1. Open a command prompt with the Run as administrator option. Navigate to the TSIMAgent\Disk1 folder that contains the install.cmd file.

  2. Run the following command to install the Fix Pack on the Integration Service and remote cell by using the bmc_tsim_is_upgrade.options file:
    install.cmd -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE="<fullyQualifiedPath>\bmc_tsim_is_upgrade.options"
    where fullyQualifiedPath indicates the complete path where you have saved the bmc_tsim_is_upgrade.options file. The path must be enclosed within double quotes.

    install.cmd -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE="C:\Temp\bmc_tsim_is_upgrade.options"Installation-related information is not displayed on the console when silent installation begins. However, installation occurs in the background. The installation progress is logged in a temporary folder during installation. Navigate to the Temp folder, and view the tsim_agent_install_log.txt file.

To install the Fix Pack on the Integration Service and remote cell silently on Linux

Note

If you are installing the Fix Pack as a non-root user, ensure that the S81pronto.<User_ID>.<Agent_Instances> file exists in the /etc/rc.d/rc<Runlevel_Directory>.d folder. If the file does not exist in this folder, the installer stops and you need to manually copy the file from the /pw/pronto/bin folder as a root user.

User_ID - User ID of the logged in user

Agent_Instances - Number of Integration service instances on the computer

Runlevel_Directory - Number of runlevel directory

  1. Open a command prompt. Navigate to the TSIMAgent\Disk1 folder that contains the install.sh file.

  2. Run the following command to install the Fix Pack on the Integration Service and remote cell by using the bmc_tsim_is_upgrade.options file:

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

    where fullyQualifiedPath indicates the complete path where you have saved the bmc_tsim_is_upgrade.options file. The path must be enclosed within double quotes.

    ./install.sh -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE="/tmp/bmc_tsim_is_upgrade.options"Installation-related information is not displayed when silent installation begins. However, installation occurs in the background. Open /tmp or /var/tmp and view the tsim_agent_install_log.txt file for the installation progress details.

To perform a silent installation of the Administration Console

Microsoft Windows

  1. Customize the bmc_tsim_admin_install.options file as required, which is available in the TSIMAdmin\Windows directory.
  2. Run the following command to install an Administration Console on the local computer by using the bmc_tsim_admin_install.options file:
    install.cmd -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=<fullyQualifiedPath>\bmc_tsim_admin_install.options
    where fullyQualifiedPath indicates the complete path where you have saved the bmc_tsim_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:\Temp\bmc_tsim_admin_install.options"

Installation-related information is not displayed on the console when the 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 tsim_admin_install_log.txt file.

Linux

  1. Customize the bmc_tsim_admin_install.options file as required, which is available in the TSIMAgent/Linux directory:

  2. Run the following command to install an Administration Console on the local computer by using the bmc_tsim_admin_install.options file:
    ./install.sh -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=<fullyQualifiedPath>/bmc_tsim_admin_install.options
    where fullyQualifiedPath indicates the complete path where you have saved the bmc_tsim_admin_install.options file. If the fullyQualifiedPath parameter contains a space in it, the path must be enclosed within double quotes.

    ./install.sh -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE="/tmp/bmc_tsim_admin_install.options"
    Installation-related information is not displayed when the silent installation begins. However, installation occurs in the background. The progress of the installation is logged during the installation in the /tmp/tsim_admin_install_log.txt file.

Related topics

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