Oracle® Application Server Installation Guide 10g Release 3 (10.1.3.2.0) for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium Part Number B32408-01 |
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This appendix describes how to install Oracle Application Server in silent mode. This appendix contains the following topics:
Silent installation eliminates the need to monitor the Oracle Application Server installation because there is no graphical output and no input by the user.
Silent installation of Oracle Application Server is accomplished by supplying the Oracle Universal Installer with a response file and specifying the -silent
flag on the command line. The response file is a text file containing variables and parameter values which provide answers to the installer prompts.
If this is a first time installation of Oracle Application Server, you must create the registry keys before starting. Registry key creation is described in Section B.3, "Preinstallation".
Use silent installation of Oracle Application Server when there are similar installations on more than one computer. Additionally, use silent install when performing the Oracle Application Server installation from a remote location using the command line.
Non-interactive installations also use a response file to automate the Oracle Application Server installation. In non-interactive installations, there is graphical output and users may enter input.
Non-interactive installation of Oracle Application Server is also accomplished by supplying the Oracle Universal Installer with a response file but without specifying the -silent
flag on the command line. The response file is a text file containing variables and parameter values which provide answers to the installer prompts. If you have not provided responses to all of the installer prompts, you need to enter information during the installation.
If this is a first time installation of Oracle Application Server, you must create the registry keys before starting. Registry key creation is described in Section B.3, "Preinstallation".
Use non-interactive installation of Oracle Application Server when there are specific screens you want to observe during installation.
If you have not installed Oracle Application Server on your computer, then you need to create the following Registry key and value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Oracle / inst_loc =
Inventory_Directory
The Inventory_Directory
is the full path to your installer files. For example:
C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory
Before doing a silent or non-interactive installation, you must provide information specific to your installation in a response file. The installer will fail if you attempt an installation using a response file that is not configured correctly. Response files are text files that you can create or edit in a text editor.
This section includes the following topics:
Templates for response files are available in the stage\Response
directory on Disk 1 of the Oracle Application Server CD-ROM. Response file templates are available for the following installation types:
Table B-1 Response File Templates in the stage/Response Directory
Installation Type | Filename |
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Basic Installation |
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Advanced Installation: Oracle WebCenter Framework with Oracle HTTP Server |
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Advanced Installation: Oracle Content Database |
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Advanced Installation: Oracle WebCenter Framework |
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Advanced Installation: Oracle HTTP Server |
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See the template files for descriptions of the parameters in the file.
Note:
For Boolean parameters, specify either "true" or "false".You can run the installer in record mode to save your inputs to a file that you can use later as a response file. This feature is useful if you need to perform the same installation on different computers.
To run the installer in record mode:
Start up the installer with the -record
and -destinationFile
parameters.
E:\> setup.exe -record -destinationFile newResponseFile
Replace newResponseFile with the full path to the response file that you want the installer to create. Example: C:\myWebCenterResponse.rsp
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Enter your values in the installer screens. The installer will write these values to the file specified in the -destinationFile
parameter.
When you click the Install button, the installer automatically writes all your values to the specified file. At this point, you can complete the installation on this computer, or you can exit without performing the installation.
Secure information, such as passwords, is not written to the file, so you must modify the response file before you can use it. To set the password, modify the sl_adminDialogReturn
parameter. See the generated response file for a description of the parameter.
Note:
Response files created by record mode can only be used for non-interactive installations. You cannot use a response file created by record mode in a silent installation.The following sections shows example response files for the following Oracle Application Server installation types:
Section B.4.3.1, "Example Response File for Basic Installation"
Section B.4.3.3, "Example Response File for Advanced Installation of Oracle Content DB"
Section B.4.3.4, "Example Response File for Advanced Installation of Oracle WebCenter Framework"
Section B.4.3.5, "Example Response File for Advanced Installation of Oracle HTTP Server"
Note:
Be sure that you read the description of each parameter=value in the provided sample files, and edit value accordingly for your environment.The following shows an example of a response file for a silent installation of Oracle WebCenter Framework, Oracle Content DB, and Oracle HTTP Server as described in Chapter 4, "Basic Installation".
RESPONSEFILE_VERSION=2.2.1.0.0 UNIX_GROUP_NAME=<Value Unspecified> FROM_LOCATION=E:\Disk1\stage\products.xml FROM_LOCATION_CD_LABEL="LABEL1" ORACLE_HOME="C:\oracle\oracle_home" ORACLE_HOME_NAME="OHOME1" SHOW_SPLASH_SCREEN=false SHOW_WELCOME_PAGE=false SHOW_INSTALL_PROGRESS_PAGE=false SHOW_COMPONENT_LOCATIONS_PAGE=false SHOW_CUSTOM_TREE_PAGE=false SHOW_SUMMARY_PAGE=false SHOW_REQUIRED_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false SHOW_OPTIONAL_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false SHOW_RELEASE_NOTES=false SHOW_ROOTSH_CONFIRMATION=false SHOW_END_SESSION_PAGE=false SHOW_EXIT_CONFIRMATION=false NEXT_SESSION=false NEXT_SESSION_ON_FAIL=false SHOW_DEINSTALL_CONFIRMATION=false SHOW_DEINSTALL_PROGRESS=false SHOW_IAS_COMPONENT_CONFIG_PAGE=false ACCEPT_LICENSE_AGREEMENT=true RESTART_SYSTEM=<Value Unspecified> CLUSTER_NODES=<Value Unspecified> OUI_HOSTNAME=myhost.mycompany.com PreReqConfigSelections="" n_ValidationPreReqConfigSelections=0 SELECTED_LANGUAGES={"en"} TOPLEVEL_COMPONENT={"oracle.as.j2ee.top","10.1.3.2.0"} DEINSTALL_LIST={"oracle.as.j2ee.top","10.1.3.2.0"} INSTALL_TYPE="portalplusohs" b_oneClick=true s_asInstanceName="appserver" s_adminName="oc4jadmin" s_adminPassword="welcome1" s_adminPasswordConfirm="welcome1" b_useRemoteInstance=false b_useLocalInstance=true sl_adminDialogReturn={"appserver","welcome1","welcome1","YES"} nValidationInstanceInfo=0 n_DlgClusterInfoWebValidate=0 n_DlgClusterInfoValidate=0 n_validateAdminDialogInfo=0 bMaskValidationAdminInfo=false b_autoPortDetect=true nValidationPortListSelect=0 sl_returnDBInfo={"dbhost.mycompany.com:1521", "welcome1", "orcl.mycompany.com"} bMaskValidationDBValidationInfo=false n_DBValidation=0 sl_returnSchema={"CONTENT", "CONTENT"} n_SchemaValidation=0 bMaskSchemaValidationInfo=false sl_returnUserRepo={"FILE_BASED","", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""} bMaskUserRepoValidationInfo=false n_UserRepoValidation=0 DEPENDENCY_LIST={"oracle.contentmt:10.1.3.2.0","oracle.askernel.common:10.1.3.0.0"}
The following shows an example of a response file for a silent installation of Oracle WebCenter Framework with Oracle HTTP Server as described in Section 5.2.2, "Installing Oracle WebCenter Framework with Oracle HTTP Server".
RESPONSEFILE_VERSION=2.2.1.0.0 UNIX_GROUP_NAME=<Value Unspecified> FROM_LOCATION="E:\Disk1\stage\products.xml" FROM_LOCATION_CD_LABEL="LABEL1" ORACLE_HOME="C:\oracle\oracle_home" ORACLE_HOME_NAME="OHOME1" SHOW_SPLASH_SCREEN=false SHOW_WELCOME_PAGE=false SHOW_INSTALL_PROGRESS_PAGE=false SHOW_COMPONENT_LOCATIONS_PAGE=false SHOW_CUSTOM_TREE_PAGE=false SHOW_SUMMARY_PAGE=false SHOW_REQUIRED_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false SHOW_OPTIONAL_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false SHOW_RELEASE_NOTES=false SHOW_ROOTSH_CONFIRMATION=false SHOW_END_SESSION_PAGE=false SHOW_EXIT_CONFIRMATION=false NEXT_SESSION=false NEXT_SESSION_ON_FAIL=false SHOW_DEINSTALL_CONFIRMATION=false SHOW_DEINSTALL_PROGRESS=false SHOW_IAS_COMPONENT_CONFIG_PAGE=false ACCEPT_LICENSE_AGREEMENT=true RESTART_SYSTEM=<Value Unspecified> CLUSTER_NODES=<Value Unspecified> OUI_HOSTNAME=myhost.mycompany.com PreReqConfigSelections="" n_ValidationPreReqConfigSelections=0 SELECTED_LANGUAGES={"en"} TOPLEVEL_COMPONENT={"oracle.as.j2ee.top","10.1.3.2.0"} DEINSTALL_LIST={"oracle.as.j2ee.top","10.1.3.2.0"} INSTALL_TYPE="portalplusohs" b_oneClick=false s_asInstanceName="appserver" s_adminName="oc4jadmin" s_adminPassword="welcome1" s_adminPasswordConfirm="welcome1" b_useRemoteInstance=false b_useLocalInstance=true sl_adminDialogReturn={"appserver","welcome1","welcome1","YES"} nValidationInstanceInfo=0 n_DlgClusterInfoWebValidate=0 n_DlgClusterInfoValidate=0 n_validateAdminDialogInfo=0 bMaskValidationAdminInfo=false szl_PortListSelect={"YES","C:\oracle\mystaticports.ini"} b_autoPortDetect=true nValidationPortListSelect=0 DEPENDENCY_LIST={"oracle.iaspt:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.java.jdbc.datadirect:10.1.2.0.1","oracle.xds:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.as.welcomepages:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.askernel.common:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.iappserver.iappcore:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.options.ano.fullssl:10.1.0.2.0","oracle.apache:10.1.3.0.0"}
The following shows an example of a response file for a silent installation of Oracle Content DB as described in Section 5.2.3, "Installing Oracle Content Database".
RESPONSEFILE_VERSION=2.2.1.0.0 UNIX_GROUP_NAME=<Value Unspecified> FROM_LOCATION="E:\Disk1\stage\products.xml" FROM_LOCATION_CD_LABEL="LABEL1" ORACLE_HOME="C:\oracle\oracle_home" ORACLE_HOME_NAME="OHOME1" SHOW_SPLASH_SCREEN=false SHOW_WELCOME_PAGE=false SHOW_INSTALL_PROGRESS_PAGE=false SHOW_COMPONENT_LOCATIONS_PAGE=false SHOW_CUSTOM_TREE_PAGE=false SHOW_SUMMARY_PAGE=false SHOW_REQUIRED_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false SHOW_OPTIONAL_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false SHOW_RELEASE_NOTES=false SHOW_ROOTSH_CONFIRMATION=false SHOW_END_SESSION_PAGE=false SHOW_EXIT_CONFIRMATION=false NEXT_SESSION=false NEXT_SESSION_ON_FAIL=false SHOW_DEINSTALL_CONFIRMATION=false SHOW_DEINSTALL_PROGRESS=false SHOW_IAS_COMPONENT_CONFIG_PAGE=false ACCEPT_LICENSE_AGREEMENT=true RESTART_SYSTEM=<Value Unspecified> CLUSTER_NODES=<Value Unspecified> OUI_HOSTNAME=myhost.mycompany.com PreReqConfigSelections="" n_ValidationPreReqConfigSelections=0 SELECTED_LANGUAGES={"en"} TOPLEVEL_COMPONENT={"oracle.as.j2ee.top","10.1.3.2.0"} DEINSTALL_LIST={"oracle.as.j2ee.top","10.1.3.2.0"} INSTALL_TYPE="contentdatabase" b_oneClick=false s_asInstanceName="appserver" s_adminName="oc4jadmin" s_adminPassword="welcome1" s_adminPasswordConfirm="welcome1" b_useRemoteInstance=false b_useLocalInstance=true sl_adminDialogReturn={"appserver","welcome1","welcome1","YES"} nValidationInstanceInfo=0 n_DlgClusterInfoWebValidate=0 n_DlgClusterInfoValidate=0 n_validateAdminDialogInfo=0 bMaskValidationAdminInfo=false szl_PortListSelect={"YES","C:\oracle\mystaticports.ini"} b_autoPortDetect=true nValidationPortListSelect=0 sl_returnDBInfo={"dbhost.mycompany.com:10130", "welcome1", "orcl.mycompany.com"} bMaskValidationDBValidationInfo=false n_DBValidation=0 sl_returnSchema={"CONTENT", "CONTENT"} n_SchemaValidation=0 bMaskSchemaValidationInfo=false sl_returnUserRepo={"FILE_BASED","", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""} bMaskUserRepoValidationInfo=false n_UserRepoValidation=0 DEPENDENCY_LIST={"oracle.iaspt:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.java.jdbc.datadirect:10.1.2.0.1","oracle.xds:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.as.welcomepages:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.askernel.common:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.iappserver.iappcore:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.options.ano.fullssl:10.1.0.2.0","oracle.apache:10.1.3.0.0"}
The following shows an example of a response file for a silent installation of Oracle WebCenter Framework as described in Section 5.2.4, "Installing Oracle WebCenter Framework".
RESPONSEFILE_VERSION=2.2.1.0.0 UNIX_GROUP_NAME=<Value Unspecified> FROM_LOCATION="E:\Disk1\stage\products.xml" FROM_LOCATION_CD_LABEL="LABEL1" ORACLE_HOME="C:\oracle\oracle_home" ORACLE_HOME_NAME="OHOME1" SHOW_SPLASH_SCREEN=false SHOW_WELCOME_PAGE=false SHOW_INSTALL_PROGRESS_PAGE=false SHOW_COMPONENT_LOCATIONS_PAGE=false SHOW_CUSTOM_TREE_PAGE=false SHOW_SUMMARY_PAGE=false SHOW_REQUIRED_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false SHOW_OPTIONAL_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false SHOW_RELEASE_NOTES=false SHOW_ROOTSH_CONFIRMATION=false SHOW_END_SESSION_PAGE=false SHOW_EXIT_CONFIRMATION=false NEXT_SESSION=false NEXT_SESSION_ON_FAIL=false SHOW_DEINSTALL_CONFIRMATION=false SHOW_DEINSTALL_PROGRESS=false ACCEPT_LICENSE_AGREEMENT=true SHOW_IAS_COMPONENT_CONFIG_PAGE=false OUI_HOSTNAME=myhost.mycompany.com TOPLEVEL_COMPONENT={"oracle.as.j2ee.top","10.1.3.2.0"} DEINSTALL_LIST={"oracle.as.j2ee.top","10.1.3.2.0"} PreReqConfigSelections="" n_ValidationPreReqConfigSelections=0 INSTALL_TYPE="portal" SELECTED_LANGUAGES={"en"} s_asInstanceName="appserver" s_adminPassword="welcome1" s_adminPasswordConfirm="welcome1" s_adminName="oc4jadmin" b_useRemoteInstance=false b_useLocalInstance=true b_autoPortDetect=true nValidationInstanceInfo=0 n_DlgClusterInfoWebValidate=0 nValidationPortListSelect=0 n_DlgClusterInfoValidate=0 n_validateAdminDialogInfo=0 sl_adminDialogReturn={"appserver","welcome1" , "welcome1" , "YES"} bMaskValidationAdminInfo=false b_oneClick=false DEPENDENCY_LIST={"oracle.iaspt:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.java.jdbc.datadirect:10.1.2.0.1","oracle.xds:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.as.welcomepages:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.askernel.common:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.iappserver.iappcore:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.options.ano.fullssl:10.1.0.2.0","oracle.apache:10.1.3.0.0"}
The following shows an example of a response file for a silent installation of Oracle WebCenter Framework as described in Section 5.2.4, "Installing Oracle WebCenter Framework".
RESPONSEFILE_VERSION=2.2.1.0.0 UNIX_GROUP_NAME=<Value Unspecified> FROM_LOCATION="E:\Disk1\stage\products.xml" FROM_LOCATION_CD_LABEL="LABEL1" ORACLE_HOME="C:\oracle\oracle_home" ORACLE_HOME_NAME="OHOME1" SHOW_SPLASH_SCREEN=false SHOW_WELCOME_PAGE=false SHOW_INSTALL_PROGRESS_PAGE=false SHOW_COMPONENT_LOCATIONS_PAGE=false SHOW_CUSTOM_TREE_PAGE=false SHOW_SUMMARY_PAGE=false SHOW_REQUIRED_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false SHOW_OPTIONAL_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false SHOW_RELEASE_NOTES=false SHOW_ROOTSH_CONFIRMATION=false SHOW_END_SESSION_PAGE=false SHOW_EXIT_CONFIRMATION=false NEXT_SESSION=false NEXT_SESSION_ON_FAIL=false SHOW_DEINSTALL_CONFIRMATION=false SHOW_DEINSTALL_PROGRESS=false ACCEPT_LICENSE_AGREEMENT=true SHOW_IAS_COMPONENT_CONFIG_PAGE=false OUI_HOSTNAME=myhost.mycompany.com TOPLEVEL_COMPONENT={"oracle.as.j2ee.top","10.1.3.2.0"} DEINSTALL_LIST={"oracle.as.j2ee.top","10.1.3.2.0"} PreReqConfigSelections="" n_ValidationPreReqConfigSelections=0 INSTALL_TYPE="httpServer" SELECTED_LANGUAGES={"en"} s_asInstanceName="appserver" s_adminPassword="welcome1" s_adminPasswordConfirm="welcome1" s_adminName="oc4jadmin" b_useRemoteInstance=false b_useLocalInstance=true b_autoPortDetect=true nValidationInstanceInfo=0 n_DlgClusterInfoWebValidate=0 nValidationPortListSelect=0 n_DlgClusterInfoValidate=0 n_validateAdminDialogInfo=0 sl_adminDialogReturn={"appserver","welcome1" , "welcome1" , "YES"} bMaskValidationAdminInfo=false b_oneClick=false DEPENDENCY_LIST={"oracle.iaspt:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.java.jdbc.datadirect:10.1.2.0.1","oracle.xds:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.as.welcomepages:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.askernel.common:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.iappserver.iappcore:10.1.3.0.0","oracle.options.ano.fullssl:10.1.0.2.0","oracle.apache:10.1.3.0.0"}
To make the installer use the response file, specify the location of the response file that you want to use as a parameter when starting the installer.
To perform a non-interactive installation:
E:\> setup.exe -responseFile absolute_path_and_filename
To perform a silent installation, use the -silent
parameter:
E:\> setup.exe -silent -responseFile absolute_path_and_filename
The success or failure of the non-interactive and silent installations is logged in the installActions<time_stamp>.log
file. Additionally, the silent installation creates the silentInstall<time_stamp>.log
file. The log files are created in the C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\Logs
directory.
The silentInstall<time_stamp>.log
file contains the following line if the installation was successful:
The installation of OracleAS <Installation Type> was successful.
The installActions<time_stamp>.log
file contains specific information for each Oracle Application Server installation type.
One of the pieces of information in the response file is the installation password. The password information is in clear text.
To minimize security issues regarding the password in the response file, follow these guidelines:
Set the permissions on the response files so that they are readable only by the operating system user who will be performing the silent or non-interactive installation.
If possible, remove the response files from the system after the silent or non-interactive installation is completed.
You can perform a silent deinstallation of Oracle Application Server by supplying a silent deinstallation parameter to the response file you used for installation.
Modify the following parameter in your installation response file:
REMOVE_HOMES={"<ORACLE_HOME to be removed>"}
For example:
REMOVE_HOME="C:\oracle\ora_j2ee"
Note:
You still need to follow the clean up steps described in Appendix D, "Deinstallation and Reinstallation". The silent deinstallation command only replaces the step where you run the installer interactively to deinstall the instance.To perform a silent deinstallation, use the -deinstall
parameter when entering the command:
E:\> setup.exe -silent -deinstall -responseFile absolute_path_and_filename