Creating Your Response File - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - INSTALLATION 10.3 Installation Manual

4.2.1 Creating Your Response File

1 Run the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 installation executable on a server by
using one of the following methods:
Windows GUI:
Linux GUI:
Using the
Linux command line:
For more information on the installation arguments, see
Arguments," on page
2 (Conditional) On a Windows server, ensure that the Yes, Generate the Response File with
Restart Enabled option is selected so that server is automatically rebooted after the silent
installation has completed.
A silent installation does not provide an installation progress bar.
3 When prompted, provide a path for your custom response file.
When you use the
response file. The default filename is
later (see
4 Add the Management Zone and external database passwords to your custom response file.
Because the external database password that you enter during custom response file creation is
not saved in the response file, you must add the database and the Management Zone passwords
in each copy of the response file in order for it to be correctly provided during an unattended
installation.
Optionally, you can create an environment variable to pass the password into the unattended
installation. Instructions for this are contained in the response file where the password
information is stored.
While you are editing the response file, you can make any other changes necessary to
customize it for your unattended installation. The response file contains instructions for its
various sections.
To add the external database and Management Zone passwords into the response file:
4a Open the response file in a text editor.
Your custom response file is located where you specified in
If you are editing the default response file, it is located at
DVD_drive:\Disk1\InstData\silentinstall.properties
4b Search for
4c Replace
For example, if the password is
ADMINISTRATOR_PASSWORD=novell
4d (Conditional) If you are using an external database, then search for the line,
DATABASE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=
actual password.
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DVD_drive:\setup.exe -s
sh /media/cdrom/setup.sh -s
command resolves rights issues.
sh
sh /media/cdrom/setup.sh -e -s
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argument by itself, the installation program prompts you for a path for the
-s
Step 4g).
ADMINISTRATOR_PASSWORD=
$lax.nl.env.ADMIN_PASSWORD$
Appendix A, "Installation Executable
silentinstall.properties
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with the actual password.
, then the entry will be as follows:
novell
, and replace
$lax.nl.env.ADMIN_PASSWORD$
, which you can rename
Step 3.
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with the