IBM GC34-5557-00 manual Installation Response Files, Keywords for Response Files

Installing on OS/2 Warp

When you specify this parameter, no progress indicator panel is shown and error messages are logged in the error log file. (You specify the path name of the error log file using the /L1 parameter.) If you do not specify all of the information required for the action to complete, an error occurs.

If you do not specify the /X parameter, the user is prompted for any information that the install program needs to complete the action. In this interactive mode of operation, progress indication is shown and error messages are displayed in secondary windows.

Installation Response Files

An installation response file is an ASCII text file containing answers to the options that you select when you install or maintain an MQSeries for OS/2 Warp system. This allows installation and maintenance to be performed automatically, without interaction.

In an installation response file you can specify:

vWhether CONFIG.SYS should be updated automatically

vThe MQSeries for OS/2 Warp components to be installed

vThe path for installation or maintenance

vWhether existing files should be overwritten

vWhether only backup versions of MQSeries for OS/2 Warp should be deleted

The installation response file supplied with MQSeries for OS/2 Warp can be found as a sample file on the installation media. You can use this file to install or delete MQSeries for OS/2 Warp. To perform other actions you must prepare your own installation response files using a suitable editor.

Normally you have only one response file, specified by the /R parameter of the installation program. However, if you need to install or update MQSeries for OS/2 Warp on a workstation with different options, you can use two files. One would be a specific response file that contains options specific to a particular workstation, and the other a general installation response file that contains options common to all workstations.

For example, you might use a general and a specific response file to install a particular component only on some workstations.

You use the /R parameter to specify the specific installation response file, and the /G parameter to specify the location of the general response file.

Keywords for Response Files

The following keywords are supported in response files for MQSeries for OS/2 Warp:

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