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Non-Interactive Installation

This chapter guides you through the non-interactive installation of Oracle9i Application Server. The topics include:

• Introduction

• Setting a Response File

• Specifying a Response File

• Error Handling

• Validation of Values from Response File

Introduction

You can perform a non-interactive installation of Oracle9i Application Server by supplying the Oracle Universal Installer with a response file. The installer uses the variables and values contained in this text file to provide answers to some or all of the installer user prompts. If you include responses for all of the installer prompts in the response file, then you can run a "silent" installation that displays no graphical output.

Requirements

For a complete list of requirements, refer to Chapter 1, "Requirements".

Setting a Response File

There are three Oracle Universal Installer response files, one for each installation option, included on the Oracle9i Application Server, Release 1.0.2.1.0 CD-ROM. You will need to edit the response file to suit your installation option.

To use a response file, copy the response file from the Oracle9i Application Server CD-ROM to a drive mounted on your system. For example:

prompt> cd mount_point/Disk1/stage/Response/
prompt> cp oracle.iappserver.iapptop.Enterprise.rsp local_directory

Edit the response file you want to use with any text editor to include information specific to your system. Each file contains instructions for properly configuring the response file.

Table 6-1 lists the response files included on the Oracle9i Application Server CD-ROM.

Table 6-1 Response Files

Oracle9i Application Server installation option	File Name
Minimal Edition	oracle.iappserver.iapptop.Minimal.rsp
Standard Edition	oracle.iappserver.iapptop.Standard.rsp
Enterprise Edition	oracle.iappserver.iapptop.Enterprise.rsp

Specifying a Response File

To make the installer use the response file at install time, follow the same steps to launch the installer, but specify the location of the response file that you wish to use as a parameter when starting the installer. To make a configuration assistant use a response file, invoke it at the command line using the same parameters.

See Also: "Starting Oracle Universal Installer"

prompt> ./runInstaller [-silent] -responseFile absolute_path_and_filename

To perform a completely silent installation or configuration session, use the -silent parameter.

To run Oracle Enterprise Manger Configuration Assistant in non-interactive mode, you must use both the -silent and -responseFile parameters.

The success or failure of the installation is logged in the installActions.log and silentInstall.log file. The log files are created in the oraInventory directory during installation. For more information, refer to "oraInventory Directory".

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Note: The installer or configuration assistant will fail if you attempt a non-interactive session without appropriately configuring a response file.

Error Handling

Values for variables that are of the wrong context, format, or type are treated as if no value were specified. Variables which are outside any section are ignored.

A non-interactive installation fails if no response file is specified, or if you attempt a silent installation with an incorrect or incomplete response file. If you attempt a silent installation and the installer encounters an error, such as insufficient disk space, then the installation fails. The results of your non-interactive installation is recorded in the installation session log file.For more information, refer to "oraInventory Directory".

Validation of Values from Response File

The installer or configuration assistant performs calculation and validation of the response file at runtime. Failure of the validation process ends the installation or configuration.