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Unattended Installations on Windows
34 Web Agent Installation Guide
Unattended Installations on Windows
After you have installed the Web Agent on one system, you can automate
installations on other web servers using the Agent‘s unattended installation
feature. An unattended installation lets you install or uninstall the Web Agent
without any user interaction.
An unattended installation uses a properties file that is initially configured with
values from the initial GUI or console mode Web Agent installation. Therefore,
you can only run an unattended installation on a system with the same platform
and web server image as the system where you first installed the Web Agent. For
example, if you install an Agent on a Windows system with an Sun Java System
web server first, you cannot use the properties file to run an unattended
installation on a UNIX system with an Apache web server.
Prepare an Unattended Installation on Windows
Unattended installation uses the ca-wa-installer.properties file to propagate the
Web Agent installation set up to all Agents in your network. In this properties file,
you define installation parameters, then copy the file and the Web Agent
executable file to any web server in your network to run an unattended
installation.
The ca-wa-installer.properties file is installed in the following location:
web_agent_home\install_config_info
The default parameters and paths in the file reflect the information you entered
during the initial Web Agent installation.
To prepare for an unattended installation
1. Run an initial installation of the Web Agent.
2. Open the ca-wa-installer.properties file and modify the parameters in the
file. The parameters are as follows:
■ USER_INSTALL_DIR--Specifies the installed location of the Web Agent.
Enter the full path to the installation directory.
■ USER_SHORTCUTS--Specifies where the Web Agent Configuration
Wizard shortcut should be installed. Enter the path to the desired
location. (Windows only)
■ USER_REQUESTED_RESTART--Indicates whether the installation
program should reboot a Windows machine if required. Set to YES to
allow the reboot. (Windows only)
3. Save the file.