Run Oracle Essbase Configuration in Silent Mode

Oracle Essbase can be configured using Silent Mode.

You can use the predefined values in the response file, or edit it and specify variable values. If variables aren't included in the response file, system default values are used.

See the Prerequisites and Notes in Configure Essbase on Linux.

Run Silent Mode Configuration

1. To get a formatted .rsp (response) file for Silent mode configuration, run the Configuration Tool to generate it. Run Configuration Tool only until Configuration Summary page, save the listed .rsp file, and then click Cancel from the Configuration Tool, instead of Configure.
2. When you use the response file, all fields are filled with previous configuration entries, except for passwords. You can edit the response file, as needed, and modify parameters values, as listed in Sample Response File and Parameters.
3. Run the following command, pointing to the response file you just edited. You can run any number of similar or different configurations.
   For Linux:

   <Oracle_Home>/essbase/bin/config.sh -mode=silent -responseFile=<response file>

   For example:

   config.sh -mode=silent -responseFile=${modifiedConfigXML}
   << "EOL"
   adminPassword
   dbPASSWORD
   dbSysPassword
   EOL
   

   For Windows:

   <Oracle_Home>/essbase/bin/config.cmd -mode=silent -responseFile=<response file>

   For example:

   echo adminpassword^&echo dbPassword^&echo dbSyspassword^&rem.) | config.cmd -mode=silent -responseFile=C:\config.rsp

4. After the response file is read, and variable parameters are validated, configuration is executed. Password prompts are displayed for WebLogic admin and RDBMS schema. If CREATE_DATABASE_SCHEMA is set to CREATE, there's also a prompt for Database admin password. Alternatively, you can send passwords to the configuration using redirection in a bash script, as shown in the examples above, for complete silent mode. After configuration, you can proceed to other setup tasks.