Creating an options.txt file
When you run the installation program from the installation wizard, the installation program prompts you for the installation parameters. When you run the installation program in silent mode, you must provide these parameters in the options.txt file. You can create this file by copying a template and modifying the entries for your environment. When you run the installation program from the wizard, it creates an options.txt file that you can use at a later time when running the installation silently.
This topic provides the following sections:
Before you begin
Run the Maintenance Tool to encrypt passwords for the AR System server administrator and the Case Master. For details, see Encrypting-passwords-for-silent-installations.
To create an options file from a template
- In the utility folder, locate the HRCM-ini-template.txt file.
- Copy and paste the options from that file into an options.txt file for the installation that you want to run.
Using the worksheets in Installation-worksheets and the following table as guides, edit the options accordingly, ensuring that you include the appropriate -P, -J, or -A option:
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As you edit the options.txt file, apply the following guidelines:- Remove the comment (#) markers.
- To use an encrypted password, use:
-J BMC_REMOTE_AR_PASSWORD=<encrypted password>
-J BMC_AR_PASSWORD=<encrypted password>
-J BMCHRCASEMANAGEMENT_COMPANY_PASSWORD=<encrypted password>. - In Linux environments, ensure that no CTRL-M characters are available in the options.txt file.
- Save the file.
To create an options.txt file from a sample file
- Copy the contents of the sample file into a new file.
- Using the Installation-worksheets, update the properties in the new file.
- Save the file.
To automatically generate an options.txt file
- Run an installation on a computer that you want to use as a model for silent installations on other computers.
Use one of the following methods to create the hrcm-silent.txt file:
Method
Steps
Make the installer generate an options file based on the current installation.
Add the following option to the command line when you run the installer: -DGENERATE_OPTIONS_FILE=<OutputOptionsFileName>.txt
Create an options.txt file from an installation log.
1. From an installation log in the Log Viewer, click the tab of the installation run from which you want to generate an options file.
2. Select File > Save As.
3. From the Save As Type list, select Project Options File.
4. Enter a file name, and click OK.Create an options.txt file from an installed configuration XML file.
1. Open the BMCHRCaseManagementInstalledConfiguration.xml file, located in the installation folder.
2. Select File > Save As.
3. From the Save As Type list, select Project Options File.
4. Enter a file name, and click OK.
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