There are two methods of generating a response file for the installation program:
Record mode: In this mode, the installation program performs an installation of the product, and records all of your responses and selections in the specified response file. You must complete the installation to generate a response file. To create a response file, enter the following:
For Windows:
x:\setup.exe -options-record <responseFileName>
For UNIX:
./setup -options-record <responseFileName>
where responseFileName is a name you choose for the response file.
There should be no space between -options and -record.
The following are the results:
An installation of DirectConnect for z/OS Option on your computer
A response file containing all of your responses from the installation
If this response file is used for a silent installation, the resulting installation is identical to the one from which the response file was created: the same installation location, same feature selection, and all of the same remaining information. The response file is a text file that you can edit to change any responses prior to using it in any subsequent installations.
Template mode: In this mode, the installation program creates a response file containing commented-out values for all required responses and selections. However, you do not need to install the product, and you can cancel the installation after the response file has been created. To create this template file, enter the following:
For Windows:
x:\setup.exe -console -options-template <responseFileName>
For UNIX:
./setup -console -options-template <responseFileName>
where responseFileName is the absolute file name you chose for the response file, for example:
For Windows:
C:\DC\OptionsTemplate.txt
For UNIX:
/sybase/DC/OptionsTemplate.txt
If run in console mode, as shown in the previous example, the installation program provides a message indicating that the template creation was successful. If run in GUI mode, no message is provided. However, you can click Cancel immediately and a response file is created.Then, if you use this response file for a silent installation, the default values for all responses are used. Edit the template with the values you want to use during installation.
WARNING! If you created a response file using a Custom installation, you need to edit the response file to allow the custom selections to be chosen correctly during installation. The following is a workaround for an installer issue when using a response file.
Use a text editor and delete the “Custom” setup type in this line:
-W setupTypes.selectedSetupTypeId=Custom
The resulting line will look similar to this:
-W setupTypes.selectedSetupTypeId=
Failure to delete the “Custom” setup type results in a Full installation of the product.
Interactive installation using a response file An interactiveinstallation using a response file allows you to accept the default valuesobtained from the response file that you have set up, or to change any of thosevalues for the specific installation. This is useful when you want multiple similar installations but with some minor differences that you want to change at installation time.
At the command line, execute this command (all on one line):
For Windows:
x.\setup.exe -console -options <responseFileName> -W SybaseLicense.agreeToLicense=true
For UNIX:
./setup -console -options <responseFileName> -W SybaseLicense.agreeToLicense=true
Installing in silent mode A silent mode installation, sometimes referred toas an unattended installation, allows you to install the product with all responses being taken from the response file that you have set up. There is no user interaction. This is useful when you want multiple identical installations or when you want to automate the installation process.
At the command line, execute this command (all on one line):
For Windows:
x.\setupConsole.exe -silent -options <responseFileName> -W SybaseLicense.agreeToLicense=true
For UNIX:
./setup -silent -options <responseFileName> -W SybaseLicense.agreeToLicense=true
where responseFileName is the name of the file containing the installation options you chose. The -W option specifies that you agree with the Sybase License Agreement text.
WARNING! In Windows only, Sybase recommends that you use the setupConsole.exe executable, which runs in the foreground, when running a silent installation. The normal setupwin32.exe executable runs in the background, giving you the impression that the installation has terminated immediately, without a completion status. This could result in duplicate installation attempts.
Except for the absence of the GUI screens, all actions of the installation program are the same, and the result of an installation in silent mode is exactly the same as one done in GUI mode with the same responses.
