Installing multiple times using unattended mode

If you must install IBM® Unica Marketing products multiple times, for example when setting up a clustered environment, you may want to run the IBM® Unica® installer in unattended mode, which requires no user input.

About the response files

Unattended mode (also known as silent mode) requires a file or set of files to provide the information that a user would enter at the installation prompts when using the console or GUI modes. These files are known as response files.

You can use either of these options to create response files.

You can use the sample response file as a template for directly creating your response files. The sample files are included with your product installers in a compressed archive named ResponseFiles. The response files are named as follows.

IBM® Unica® installer - installer.properties

Product installer - installer_ followed by initials for the product name. For example, the Campaign installer has a response file named installer_uc.properties.

Product reports packs installer - installer_ followed by initials for the product name plus rp. For example, the Campaign reports pack installer has a response file named installer_urpc.properties.

Edit the sample files as needed and place them in the same directory with your installers.

Before you set up an unattended run, you can run the installer in Windows™ GUI or UNIX™ X-windows mode or in Console mode and choose to create the response files.

The IBM® Unica® master installer creates one file, and each IBM® Unica® product you install also creates one or more files.

The response files have .properties extensions, such as installer_product.properties and the file for the IBM® Unica® installer itself, which is named installer.properties. The installer creates these files in the directory you indicate.

For security reasons, the installer does not record database passwords in the response files. When you create response files for unattended mode, you must edit each response file to enter database passwords. Open each response file and search for PASSWORD to find where you must perform these edits.

Where the installer looks for response files

When the installer runs in unattended mode, it looks for the response file as follows.

First, the installer looks in the installation directory.

Next, the installer looks in the home directory of the user performing the installation.

All response files must be in the same directory. You can change the path where response files are read by adding arguments to the command line. For example:

-DUNICA_REPLAY_READ_DIR="myDirPath" -f myDirPath/installer.properties

Effect of unattended mode when you uninstall

When you uninstall a product that was installed using unattended mode, the uninstall is performed in unattended mode (without presenting any dialogs for user interaction).

Unattended mode and upgrades

When you are upgrading, if a response file was previously created and you run in unattended mode, the installer uses the installation directory that was previously set. If you want to upgrade using unattended mode when no response file exists, create a response file by running the installer manually for your first installation, and be sure to select your current installation directory in the installation wizard.