A silent installation is a method of loading the required information for installation from a pre-created install parameter file to install software automatically without requiring user interaction at the time of installation.
Take the following steps for silent installation:
Edit an install parameter file.
Run a silent installation.
Note
Silent installation does not support the version upgrade installation function.
For version upgrade installation, refer to the ETERNUS SF Migration Guide of this version.
An install parameter file is a file in which to specify install parameters such as installation destination directory or port number. This file is stored on DVD-ROM and default values are set for respective install parameters. For details on the install parameter file, refer to "D.13 Solaris/Linux Install parameter file (for AdvancedCopy Manager' agent)".
The install parameter file is stored on the DVD-ROM "ETERNUS SF SC/ACM/Express Mediapack (Agent Program and Manual)" of this version.
Storage location
Environment | Storage location |
|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (for x86) | dvdromMountDir/Agent_unix/AdvancedCopy_Manager/rhel5_x86/install_parameter.txt |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (for Intel64) , using the Symfoware linkage function | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (for Intel64) , not using the Symfoware linkage function | dvdromMountDir/Agent_unix/AdvancedCopy_Manager/rhel5_x64/install_parameter.txt |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (for x86) | dvdromMountDir/Agent_unix/AdvancedCopy_Manager/rhel6_x86/install_parameter.txt |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | dvdromMountDir/Agent_unix/AdvancedCopy_Manager/sles11_x86/install_parameter.txt |
When installing with default install parameter values, no editing is required.
When changing install parameters, copy the install parameter file on the DVD-ROM to an optional location and edit the copied file. For description of each install parameter, refer to "D.14 Solaris/Linux Install parameters (for AdvancedCopy Manager's agent)".
In this manual, installing using the default install parameter values is referred to as "Default install" and installing with edited install parameters is referred to as "Custom install".
The procedure to silently install AdvancedCopy Manager's agent is as follows:
Log in to the target server as root (superuser).
Install the DVD-ROM "ETERNUS SF SC/ACM/Express Mediapack (Agent Program and Manual)" of this version in the DVD-ROM drive to mount the DVD-ROM media.
In the following example of command execution, the device name of the DVD-ROM drive is mounted as /dev/dsk/c0t4d0s0. The device name of a DVD-RO drive varies with the device:
# mount /dev/cdrom dvdromMountPointExecute the following silent installation command.
For default install:
For installLogFile, specify the file in which to output installation log with an absolute path. It is optional to specify for installLogFile.
# eachEnvironmentDir/acmagtsilentinstall.sh [-l installLogFile]
For custom install:
Specify for installParameterFile with an absolute path. It is mandatory to specify for installParameterFile.
For installLogFile, specify the file in which to output installation log with an absolute path. It is optional to specify for installLogFile.
# eachEnvironmentDir/acmagtsilentinstall.sh -s installParameterFile [-l installLogFile]
Refer to the following table in regard to eachEnvironmentDir above.
Environment | directory |
|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (for x86) | dvdromMountPoint/Agent_unix/AdvancedCopy_Manager/rhel5_x86 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (for Intel64) , using the Symfoware linkage function | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (for Intel64) , not using the Symfoware linkage function | dvdromMountPoint/Agent_unix/AdvancedCopy_Manager/rhel5_x64 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (for x86) | dvdromMountPoint/Agent_unix/AdvancedCopy_Manager/rhel6_x86 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for EM64T | dvdromMountPoint/Agent_unix/AdvancedCopy_Manager/sles11_x86 |
Point
If nothing is specified for installLogFile, an install log file named "acmagtsilentinstall.log" is created in /var/tmp directory.
If there is any file of the same name as the specified install log file exists, it is overwritten.
It is required to specify an existing directory with write permission for the directory in which to store the install log file. If it has no write permission, no error message is output in the command prompt or screen and the process terminates with error.
Note
If an invalid option is specified, its corresponding error message is output in the install log file and the process exits. No error message is output in the command prompt or screen.
Do not execute multiplexly the command for silent installation. If it is multiplexly executed, the command executed after that will terminate abnormally. At this time, an install log file is not created.
On completion of installation, a command prompt is displayed.
After running the following command, remove the DVD-ROM media used for installation, out of the device.
# umount dvdromMountPointCheck the return value from the silent installation command. If necessary, check the install log file. However, if the return value from the silent installation command is 3 or 9, no install log file is created. For details, refer to "E.5 Return values for silent installation (AdvancedCopy Manager's agent for Solaris/Linux)".
The installation result can be viewed in the install log file, too.
Open the install log file to see "ResultCode" in the ResponseResult section. In "ResultCode" is written the return value from the silent installation command.Refer to "6.2 Setup of AdvancedCopy Manager's agent" to set up AdvancedCopy Manager's agent.