Silent install

Installing HP SIM from the command line with an .xml file.

The option to perform a Silent install is available through a command line installation. A silent install occurs when setup.exe is launched with the command line options for a Silent install.

Execute:

setup.exe –s “<path to silent file>” –svcpw “<service password>” –dbpw “<database password>”

A silent.xml file resides in the same directory as setup.exe. This text file can be edited with any text editor. If installing HP SIM from the CD, copy the silent .xml to a location where the file can be edited. If installing HP SIM from the Web, then after extracting the installation program, edit the silent.xml file and launch the setup in Silent mode.

All errors, warnings or information messages are logged in the HP SIM.log. The installation status of HP SIM and installed components appear in the silentstatus.xml file. These files are created in the root of the system drive.

The silent.xml file contains the parameters below for the installation process.

Database information: Set <installSQLEXPR>

TRUE | FALSE

The following tag is used to install or not install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition during the silent installation:

TRUE - used to install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

FALSE - used to not install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

For example: <installSQLEXPR>false</installSQLEXPR>

<dbUserName>

Provide a valid user account which is a member of the local admins group on the database server.

<dbDomain>

Provide the domain for the user account.

<dbHost>

This can be the local server or a remote system running SQL server or SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. Provide the host name or IP address of the database server.

<dbInstance>

Provide a valid existing instance name already running on the database server or specify a new instance name if you want to install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition on the local server.

<dbName>

use the default 'master'.

<dbPort>

Use default 1433 or provide a valid port.

HP SIM service Information:

TRUE | FALSE

The following flag is used to configure an Oracle database during the silent installation:

dbOracle

TRUE - to use an Oracle database

FALSE - not to use an Oracle database

	NOTE: When dbOracle is set to TRUE, installSQLEXPR should be set to false. When installSQLEXPR is set to TRUE, dbOracle should be set to false. The dbDomain and dbInstance parameters should not be set (left blank).

dbOracleJARFile - must be specified when using an Oracle database. This is used to provide the location of the JDBC driver to be used to connect to the Oracle database.

For example, <dbOracleJARfile>c:\ojdbc14.jar</dbOracleJARfile>

<svcuserName>

Provide a valid local or domain user account which is a member of the local admins group.

<svcDomain>

Provide the domain for the user account.

Installation Location:

<baseInstallLocation>

and

<hpsimInstallLocation>

define the installation location of HP SIM and the partner components. The base installation location is the main directory that HP SIM and the partner components are installed to. OpenSSH, HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack is installed in the

<baseInstallLcation>

specified in silent.xml. HP SIM will be installed in

<hpsimInstallLocation>

specified in silent.xml. If the silent install finds a previous HP SIM installation on the target system, that location will be used instead System Management Homepage at %system root drive%\hp\hpsmh.WMI Mapper at %system root drive%\program Files\The open group\WMI Mapper.

<allowReboot>

Set this to true or false as desired. A server reboot is recommended after installing HP SIM and partner components. The silent.xml lists all the components with their product IDs for install. Set the

<install>

value to true to install.

Note: HP SIM and System Management Homepage are always installed even if their

<install>

is set to false.

	IMPORTANT: For a Silent install, the service or database user name and/or domain name containing special characters, such as: &, <, >, ', " must be escaped appropriately as below in the silent.xml file: &amp; & &lt; < &gt; > &apos; ' &quot; " For example, for a user name such as user&1 , the entry in silent.xml would be user&amp;1. For a silent install embedded quote ( " ) character in service or database password is not supported.