Oracle9i Application Server Installation Guide Release 1.0.2.1 for Windows NT/2000 Part Number A88726-01 |
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This chapter guides you through the non-interactive installation of Oracle9i Application Server. The topics include:
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.
For a complete list of requirements, refer to Chapter 1, "Requirements".
In addition, install the following operating system patches:
www.microsoft.com
.
40comupd.exe
. This patch is available on Oracle9i Application Server Disk 1 at Install\Win32\40comupd.exe
There are multiple Oracle Universal Installer response files depending on your installation type. These files are 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. The following sections describe configuring the response files for your installation type:
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> copy cdrom_drive\Silent\install_type\response_file 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.
Oracle9i Application Server installation option | File Name |
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Minimal Edition |
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Standard Edition |
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If you are installing Oracle9i Application Server, Enterprise Edition, then the silent installation process requires additional steps. Since Enterprise Edition contains 8.0.6 RSF based components in addition to Oracle8i products, these additional steps are required to ensure that Oracle9i Application Server is installed properly.
Following are the additional steps required to install Oracle9i Application Server, Enterprise Edition:
Orainst
in the Oracle home directory.
\Silent\Enterprise
directory on Oracle9i Application Server Disk 1 to the Orainst
directory created in Step 2.
.ini
, .rsp
, and .reg
files in the Orainst directory with the appropriate values. Use the following values for the Oracle home parameters:
silent.bat
from the Orainst
directory to begin the silent installation process.
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.
prompt> Setup.exe [-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 \Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\Logs
directory during installation.
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 in \Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\Logs.
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.
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