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Installing Siebel Enterprise Server Components and Siebel Web Server Extension in Unattended Mode

The installer programs for Siebel Enterprise Server and Siebel Web Server Extension support an optional unattended installation, which is an installation that has been preconfigured to require no user input when the installation program runs. You can run these installers at the command line with optional flags appended to the installer command. You either save an installation response file or execute a response file, which together constitute installing in unattended mode.

You can perform unattended installations for better performance when installing multiple servers. Or, you might perform unattended installations if user input during installation is not allowed in your environment, as might be the case in some secure environments. An unattended installation prepackages all of the required parameters so that you only have to execute a command to perform installation.

For installers running on Windows, the installer program to which these options can be added at the command line is setup.bat. For installers running on UNIX, the installer program is runInstaller.

You can also perform an unattended uninstallation, in a similar fashion.

CAUTION:  Unattended installations provide no direct feedback or error notification. Therefore, you must test your settings in a development environment before system-wide deployment in a production environment. It is strongly recommended that you become thoroughly familiar with GUI installation and configuration for any Siebel modules for which you intend to perform unattended installation or configuration.

Related Topics

Installing Siebel Enterprise Server Components

Installing the Siebel Web Server Extension

Related Books

The applicable Siebel Maintenance Release Guide on My Oracle Support, 880452.1 (Article ID)

Guidelines for Installing Servers in Unattended Mode

Review the following guidelines for installing Siebel Enterprise Server or Siebel Web Server Extension in unattended mode:

• Keep track of the response file results. Because the unattended installation session is controlled by the response file, you must keep careful track of the result each response file will yield when you perform an unattended installation. For example, depending on your selections when you generated a response file for Siebel Enterprise Server, the unattended installation performed with this file might install any or all of the Siebel Enterprise Server modules: Siebel Gateway Name Server, Siebel Server, Siebel Database Configuration Utilities, or EAI Connectors.
• Run the installer on a computer similar to the target computer. When you run the installer as described in Saving an Installation Response File, validations are done as if you were performing an actual installation. It is strongly recommended that you run the installer on a computer that has similar resources and configuration settings as the target computer on which the actual installation will be performed. Unattended installations must meet all of the documented requirements, including those described in Requirements for Installing and Configuring Siebel Business Applications.
• Create the right response file for the installation case. Depending on your requirements and on how you created the Siebel network image, the installer for Siebel Enterprise Server or Siebel Web Server Extension for version 8.1.1.8 or later might install the base release (version 8.1.1 with version 8.1.1.8 or later) or might install just the maintenance release (version 8.1.1.8 or later) onto an existing installation of version 8.1.1 or 8.1.1.x. When you run the installers for these Siebel modules as described in Saving an Installation Response File, you can create installation response files in the following scenarios:
  • For a full network image, you can create a response file that you can use for unattended installation of the base release (version 8.1.1 with version 8.1.1.8 or later).
  • For a full network image, you can create a response file that you can use for unattended installation of the maintenance release only (version 8.1.1.8 or later) onto an existing installation.
  • For a patch-only network image, you can create only a response file that you can use for unattended installation of the maintenance release only (version 8.1.1.8 or later) onto an existing installation.

    For more information about creating the network image, see Creating the Siebel Installation Image on the Network. For more information about installing a maintenance release, see the applicable Siebel Maintenance Release Guide on My Oracle Support, 880452.1 (Article ID).

To install Siebel Enterprise Server components or Siebel Web Server Extension and specified Siebel language packs in unattended mode, perform the following tasks:

• Saving an Installation Response File
• Performing an Installation in Unattended Mode

Saving an Installation Response File

Perform the following steps to save an installation response file to be used in an unattended server installation.

NOTE:  If two response files are generated from this procedure, such as sesinstall.rsp and sesinstall.rsp.bak, then sesinstall.rsp.bak is the correct file to be used for the unattended installation. (It might be less confusing to delete sesinstall.rsp, and rename sesinstall.rsp.bak to be sesinstall.rsp.)

Related Topics

Installing Siebel Enterprise Server Components

Installing the Siebel Web Server Extension

To save an installation response file

1. Navigate to the Siebel image location where the installer is located.
2. Open a new shell.
3. Run a command like the following to start the Siebel installer:

   ./runInstaller -oneclick -record -destinationfile path_to_installation_response_file -invPtrLoc inventory_location

   where:

   • path_to_installation_response_file is the full path and name of a response file to be generated (for example, /usr/tmp/sesinstall.rsp).
   • inventory_location is the full path of the oraInst.loc file (for example, /export/home/oraInst.loc), which points to the OUI inventory location. Use the -invPtrLoc option if you want to specify an inventory pointer file other than the default.

     This command runs the installer in record mode and specifies the location to which you want to save a response file.

4. Provide input to the installer wizard, as in a normal GUI installation.
5. For a full image (Siebel network image), do one of the following to generate the response file and end the installer session:
   • To create a response file to use for unattended installation of the base release (version 8.1.1 with version 8.1.1.8 or later), click Cancel in the Summary screen. (Do not click Install in this case.)
   • To create a response file to use for unattended installation of the maintenance release only (version 8.1.1.8 or later) onto an existing installation, click Cancel in the Installation Details and Progress screen. (Do not click Install in this case.)
6. For a patch-only network image, to create a response file to use for unattended installation of the maintenance release only (version 8.1.1.8 or later) onto an existing installation, click Cancel in the Summary screen. (Do not click Install in this case.)

   A response file is generated that includes data based on the input that you made during the installer session. The installer session ends.

   In addition to saving the response file at the location that you specified at the command line, the installer creates the Siebel installation directory at the location that you specified in the installer session (for example, /usr/tmp/sesinstall.rsp). Although the Siebel module is not installed (because you clicked Cancel), this directory contains a subdirectory called inventory.

Performing an Installation in Unattended Mode

Perform the following steps to perform a unattended server installation.

To perform an unattended installation for Siebel Enterprise Server modules or Siebel Web Server Extension, you save an installation response file, as described in Saving an Installation Response File, and run the installer command as shown in the following procedure.

Related Topics

Installing Siebel Enterprise Server Components

Installing the Siebel Web Server Extension

To perform an installation in unattended mode

1. Navigate to the Siebel image location where the installer is located.
2. Place the response file that you previously generated in the correct Siebel image directory for the Siebel module (where the installer program is located), so it will be read by the installer when you start it. Always back up any existing valid response file before replacing it with a new file.
3. Open a new shell.
4. Run a command like the following to start the Siebel Enterprise Server or Siebel Web Server Extension installer:

   ./runInstaller -oneclick -silent -responsefile path_to_installation_response_file -invPtrLoc inventory_location

   where:

   • path_to_installation_response_file is the full path and name of a response file to be executed (for example, /usr/tmp/sesinstall.rsp).
   • inventory_location is the full path of the oraInst.loc file (for example, /export/home/oraInst.loc), which points to the OUI inventory location. Use the -invPtrLoc option if you want to specify an inventory pointer file other than the default.

     This command runs the installer in unattended mode and specifies the location of the response file to be executed. No installer screens are displayed, and no further user input is prompted for after the installer starts.