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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 save a response file in a regular installer session. Then you can run the installer at the command line with certain flags appended to the installer command to execute the response file. Together, these tasks constitute installing in unattended mode.

You can perform unattended installations for better performance when installing software on multiple server computers. Or, you might perform unattended installations if user input during an 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 the installation.

You can use unattended mode to perform a new installation or migration installation of the current release, or to add languages to an existing installation of the current release. To add languages, you must use this method.

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.

This topic contains the following information:

Related Topics

About Installing Siebel Business Applications

Installing Siebel Enterprise Server

Installing the Siebel Web Server Extension

About Configuring Siebel Business Applications

Installing and Deploying Additional Languages

Verifying Installation for the Siebel Enterprise Server

Verifying Installation for the Siebel Web Server Extension

Requirements for Installing and Configuring Siebel Business Applications

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 components: Siebel Gateway Name Server, Siebel Server, Siebel Database Configuration Utilities, or EAI Connectors.

  • Create the response file on a computer similar to the target computer. When you run the installer as described in Saving an Installation Response File, installer validations are done as if you were performing a real 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 installation will be performed, as described in Performing an Installation in Unattended Mode. Unattended installations must meet all of the documented requirements, including those described in Requirements for Installing and Configuring Siebel Business Applications.
  • Validate the installation. Validate each installation after it has completed, as described in Verifying Installation for the Siebel Enterprise Server and Verifying Installation for the Siebel Web Server Extension.

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

Saving an Installation Response File

Perform the following steps to save an installation response file to be used in an unattended installation of Siebel Enterprise Server or SWSE.

NOTE:  If you are adding languages to an existing installation of the current release, then do not use this procedure. Instead, follow the procedure in Editing an Oracle-Provided Installation Response File.

To save an installation response file

  1. Navigate to the Siebel image location where the installer is located.
  2. Start the installer for Siebel Enterprise Server or Siebel Web Server Extension (SWSE).

    For information about starting these installers, see Installing Siebel Enterprise Server and Installing the Siebel Web Server Extension.

  3. Provide input to the installer wizard, as in a normal GUI installation.
  4. In the Summary screen, click Save Response File.
  5. Specify the location of the response file, for example, /usr/tmp/sesinstall.rsp, and save the file.

    A response file is generated that includes data that is derived from the input that you made during the installer session.

  6. After the response file is saved, click Cancel.

    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, which includes information about the product inventory.

    See Performing an Installation in Unattended Mode for information about performing a Siebel Enterprise Server or SWSE installation in unattended mode, using the response file that you just generated.

Editing an Oracle-Provided Installation Response File

If you are adding languages to an existing Siebel Enterprise Server or SWSE installation, then you must edit an Oracle-provided installation response file instead of saving a response file from the installer. For detailed information about the task of adding languages, see Installing and Deploying Additional Languages.

Performing an Installation in Unattended Mode

Perform the following steps to perform an unattended installation of Siebel Enterprise Server or Siebel Web Server Extension.

First, you must save an installation response file as described in Saving an Installation Response File or prepare an installation response file for adding languages as described in Editing an Oracle-Provided Installation Response File. Then you run the installer command as shown in the following procedure. For detailed information about the task of adding languages, see Installing and Deploying Additional Languages.

To perform an installation in unattended mode

  1. (For add language operations only) Uninstall any Siebel Patchset release that you have installed on top of the current release, for each installed Siebel module for which you are adding languages.
  2. Navigate to the Siebel image location where the installer is located.
  3. Place the response file that you previously generated or edited into the correct Siebel image directory for the Siebel module (where the installer program is located), so that the file can be read when you run the installer.

    NOTE:  Always back up any existing valid response file before replacing it with a new file.

  4. Open a new shell.
  5. Run a command like the following to start the Siebel Enterprise Server or Siebel Web Server Extension installer:

    ./runInstaller -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. The installation result depends on the content of the specified response file.

  6. Validate the installation after it has completed.

    For more information, see Verifying Installation for the Siebel Enterprise Server and Verifying Installation for the Siebel Web Server Extension.

  7. (For add language operations only) Reinstall any previously installed Siebel Patchset release that you uninstalled in Step 1. Then validate the installation again.
      
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