IBM GC34-5557-00 manual Unattended Installation on Windows NT, Creating the MQSeries SMS Job

Installing on Windows NT

Note: If you specified a local path in the Source Directory entry field, you get a pop-up dialog warning you that the local path you specified might not be accessible to SMS components running on another machine. Click on the OK button to continue.

10.Click on the OK button to close the Package Properties window.

A pop-up dialog appears indicating that SMS will update the software package at all sites. Click the OK button to continue.

The software package has been created and can be installed by creating an SMS job.

Creating the MQSeries SMS Job

You must now create an SMS job to distribute and install the software packages you created that contain the MQSeries installation software.

Refer to the Microsoft System Management Server documentation for detailed information on how to create and run a job.

Notes:

1.You must be logged onto the target machine with Administrator authority in order to install the MQSeries Server.

2.When creating an SMS Job to distribute and install the software package, ensure that you select the appropriate workstation command. The workstation commands are displayed on the Job Details dialog in the Run Phase section and appear in a drop-down list box.

Unattended Installation on Windows NT

You can install MQSeries for Windows NT on a remote machine without interaction, provided that the remote machine can share the client CD-ROM, or a copy of the files on it, and that you can execute a command on the remote machine. This process is called unattended (or silent) installation, and is particularly useful for installing MQSeries for Windows NT clients over a network because you can do it from a shared drive on a LAN file server.

Because there is no user interaction, unattended installation uses a response file. A response file is an ASCII text file containing values for the installation options you want to select. For information on the format of response files, see the MQSeries Clients book.

There are three ways to generate a response file:

1.Edit the response file (setup.iss) supplied in the Winnt directory on the MQSeries for Windows NT client CD-ROM, using an ASCII file editor.

2.Generate your own response file using an ASCII file editor.

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