You can create a response file, which records your responses to the installation wizard’s prompts when you install in either GUI mode or console mode. and creates a response file when the installation wizard exits. The response file is a text file that you can edit to change any responses before you use it in subsequent installations.
Recording responses to the installation program wizard
installs the Replication Agent software and generates the response file after the installation
is complete.
Creating a response file
by recording a GUI installation
Log in to the Replication Agent host machine using an operating system user account with authority to start, stop, and administer the Replication Agent instance (for example, the “sybase” user).
Close all nonessential applications, and minimize any open windows.
Insert the Replication Agent 15.5 media in the appropriate drive.
On a Microsoft Windows platform, when the installation
program starts automatically, click Cancel.
Open an operating system command window, and set the media drive as the current drive.
At the command prompt, invoke the installation program wizard, using the -r option:
On Microsoft Windows:
setup.exe -r responseFileName
where responseFileName is the full path to the response file you want to create, for example, C:\RAX\ResponseFile.txt.
On UNIX:
./setup.bin -r responseFileName
where responseFileName is the full path to the response file you want to create, for example, /home/sybase/RAX/ResponseFile.txt.
The installation program starts in GUI mode, and captures all of the prompt responses in a file with the name you specified.
See “Installing with the GUI wizard” for a description of all of the wizard prompts.
In the event of an installation error, exit the installation program wizard to correct the cause of the error, then restart the installation program. See “Installation troubleshooting”.
Creating a response file
by recording a console installation
Log in to the Replication Agent host machine using an operating system user account with authority to start, stop, and administer the Replication Agent instance (for example, the “sybase” user).
Close all nonessential applications, and minimize any open windows.
Insert the Replication Agent 15.5 media in the appropriate drive.
On Microsoft Windows, when the installation program
starts automatically, click Cancel.
Open an operating system command window, and set the media drive as the current drive.
Invoke the installation program wizard at the command prompt, using the -r option:
On Microsoft Windows:
setupConsole.exe -r responseFileName -i console
where responseFileName is the full path to the response file you want to create, for example, C:\RAX\ResponseFile.txt.
On UNIX:
./setup.bin -r responseFileName -i console
where responseFileName is the full path to the response file you want to create, for example, /home/sybase/RAX/ResponseFile.txt.
The installation program starts in console mode, and captures all of the prompt responses in a file with the name you specified.
See “Installing with the GUI wizard” for a description of all of the wizard prompts.
In the event of an installation error, exit the installation program wizard to correct the cause of the error, then restart the installation program. For more information, see “Installation troubleshooting”.
