C Non-Interactive and Silent Installation

This appendix describes the non-interactive and silent installation of Oracle Business Intelligence. The topics include:

Section C.1, "Non-Interactive Installation"
Section C.2, "Silent Installation"
Section C.3, "Pre-Installation"
Section C.4, "Create the Response File"
Section C.5, "Start the Installation"
Section C.6, "Post-Installation"
Section C.7, "Silent Deinstallation"

C.1 Non-Interactive Installation

Non-interactive installation of Oracle Business Intelligence is accomplished by supplying the Oracle Universal Installer with a response file. The response file is a text file.

The installer uses the variables and parameter values contained in the response file to provide answers to some or all of the installer user prompts. There is graphical output and if you have not provided responses to all of the installer prompts, you may need to enter information during the installation.

On Solaris, if this is a first time installation of Oracle Application Server, you must create the oraInst.loc file before starting. File creation is described in Section C.3.1, "Pre-Installation on Solaris". Following installation of Oracle Application Server, you need to run the root.sh script. The root.sh script detects settings of environment variables and enables you to enter the full path of the local bin directory.

On Windows, if this is a first time installation of Oracle Application Server, you must create the necessary registry keys (for more information, see Section C.3.2, "Pre-Installation on Windows").

Use non-interactive installation of Oracle Business Intelligence when there are specific screens you want to observe during installation.

Additionally, you can use non-interactive installation when performing the Oracle Business Intelligence installation from a remote location using the command line.

C.2 Silent Installation

Silent installation of Oracle Business Intelligence 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.

The installer uses the variables and parameter values contained in the response file to provide answers to all of the installer prompts. You include responses for all of the installer prompts in the response file. Silent installation displays no graphical output.

On Windows, if this is a first time installation of Oracle Application Server, you must create the necessary registry keys (for more information, see Section C.3.2, "Pre-Installation on Windows").

Use silent installation of Oracle Business Intelligence when there are similar installations on more than one computer. Additionally, use silent install when performing the Oracle Business Intelligence installation from a remote location using the command line. Silent installation eliminates the need to monitor the Oracle Business Intelligence installation because there is no graphical output and no input by the user.

C.3 Pre-Installation

This section describes the pre-installation tasks that might be required.

C.3.1 Pre-Installation on Solaris

If the oraInst.loc file does not exist on your computer, you must create it before starting the silent and non-interactive installation of Oracle Application Server.

The oraInst.loc file is typically stored in the /var/opt/oracle/ directory. It is used by the Oracle Universal Installer during installation.

As the root user, create the oraInst.loc file in the /var/opt/oracle/ directory. The oracle group is the group performing the installation.

Enter the following line of text in the orainst.loc file:

inventory_loc=/<full_path>/oraInventory

For example, inventory_loc=/export/home/bi/oraInventory.

The oraInst.loc file specifies inventory_loc location for inventory files. If the oraInst.loc file is not located in your Oracle home, make sure the file has read and write permission for the oracle group.

Note: To install on Solaris in non-interactive or silent mode, you must set the TMP= environment variable (e.g. TMP=/export/home/bi/tmp).

C.3.2 Pre-Installation on Windows

If you have not installed Oracle Business Intelligence on your computer, you need to create the following Registry Keys Values:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Oracle / em_loc = <ORACLE_HOME>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Oracle / inst_loc = OUI_Inventory_Location\Inventory

ORACLE_HOME is the full path of your installation location.

The OUI_Inventory_Location is the location of your Oracle Universal Installer files. For example:

C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory.

C.4 Create the Response File

Before silent or non-interactive installation you must provide information specific to your installation using the template response file on Disk 1 of the installation pack.

Open the Response file template oracle.business.intelligence.as.BIServices.rsp available in the /Disk1/stage/Response directory on the Oracle Business Intelligence CD-ROM, and modify it using a text editor.

Hint: If you wish, you can save the oracle.business.intelligence.as.BIServices.rsp file under a different file name (e.g. my_responses.rsp), and use the renamed file as a response file for an installation.

Definitions of response file parameters are described in response file itself.

In the response file, you must specify values for the following variables:

COMPONENT_LANGUAGES
FROM_LOCATION
LOCATION_FOR_DISK1
LOCATION_FOR_DISK2
ORACLE_HOME
ORACLE_HOME_NAME
oracle.iappserver.instance:szl_InstanceInformation
UNIX_GROUP_NAME (Solaris installation only)
SHOW_ROOTSH_CONFIRMATION (Solaris installation only)

Note: You must set this value to false (i.e. SHOW_ROOTSH_CONFIRMATION=false).

Note the following:

The installer will fail if you attempt a silent installation without appropriately configuring a response file.
Oracle recommends specifying either "true" or "false" for Boolean parameters.

C.4.1 Example Response File

The following shows an extract from of a response file for a silent installation of Oracle Business Intelligence:

RESPONSEFILE_VERSION=2.2.1.0.0  UNIX_GROUP_NAME="oracleqa"  FROM_LOCATION="/home/BI_1012_Install/Disk1/stage/products.xml"  ORACLE_HOME="/home/BI_1012"  ORACLE_HOME_NAME="BI_1012"  SHOW_SPLASH_SCREEN=true  SHOW_WELCOME_PAGE=false  SHOW_COMPONENT_LOCATIONS_PAGE=false  SHOW_CUSTOM_TREE_PAGE=false  SHOW_SUMMARY_PAGE=false  SHOW_INSTALL_PROGRESS_PAGE=true  SHOW_REQUIRED_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false  SHOW_CONFIG_TOOL_PAGE=false  SHOW_ROOTSH_CONFIRMATION=false  SHOW_END_SESSION_PAGE=false  SHOW_RELEASE_NOTES=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  TOPLEVEL_COMPONENT={"oracle.business.intelligence.as","10.1.2.0.0"}  DEINSTALL_LIST={"oracle.business.intelligence.as","10.1.2.0.0"}  DEPENDENCY_LIST={"oracle.java.j2ee.core:10.1.2.0.0"}  COMPONENT_LANGUAGES={"en","ko"}

C.5 Start the Installation

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 on Solaris:

prompt> setenv DISPLAY ias_hostname:0.0
prompt> ./runInstaller -responseFile absolute_path_and_filename

To perform a non-interactive installation in Windows:

prompt> setup.exe -responseFile absolute_path_and_filename

For example, in Windows:

D:\Installer\Disk1> setup.exe -responseFile \Disk1\stage\response\oracle.business.intelligence.as.BIServices.rsp

To perform a silent installation on Solaris (using the -silent parameter):

prompt> ./runInstaller -silent -responseFile absolute_path_and_filename

To perform a silent installation in Windows (using the -silent parameter):

prompt> setup.exe -silent -responseFile absolute_path_and_filename

For example, in Windows:

D:\Installer\Disk1> setup.exe -silent -responseFile \Disk1\stage\response\oracle.business.intelligence.as.BIServices.rsp

C.6 Post-Installation

On Solaris, the success or failure of 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 oraInventory directory during installation.

On Windows, the success or failure of non-interactive and silent installations is logged in the installActions.log file. Additionally, the silent installation creates the silentInstall.log file. The log files are created in the oraInventory\Logs directory during installation.

The silentInstall<time_stamp>.log file contains the following line if the installation was successful:

The installation of Oracle Business Intelligence 10g was successful.

C.7 Silent Deinstallation

You can perform a silent deinstallation of Oracle Business Intelligence by supplying a silent deinstallation parameter to the response file you used for installation. Add the following parameter to your installation response file:

REMOVE_HOMES={"<ORACLE_HOME to be removed>"}

To perform a silent deinstallation, use the -deinstall parameter when entering the command:

For Solaris:

prompt> ./runInstaller -silent -deinstall -responseFile absolute_path_and_filename

For Windows:

E:\> setup.exe -silent -deinstall -responseFile absolute_path_and_filename