To Monitor the Progress of a Silent Installation

1. To monitor a silent installation, navigate to the log file directory:

   Solaris OS: cd /var/sadm/install/logs

   Linux and HP-UX: cd /var/opt/sun/install/logs

2. Locate the log files for the current installation.

   The shared components are installed first and the product components follow. The timestamp variable represents the time the log was created. The variable has the format MMddhhmm.

   MM

   Specifies the month

   dd

   Specifies the date

   hh

   Specifies the hour

   mm

   Specifies the minute

3. Use the tail command to watch messages as they are written to the logs:

   tail -f logfile-name

   To exit the tail program, press Ctrl+C.