Installing and upgrading Rational Functional Tester silently

You can install or upgrade Rational® Functional Tester from the command line by using response files rather than using the IBM® Installation Manager graphical user interface.

Before you begin

About this task

For complete details about silent installation, see the Installation Manager information center.

Procedure

To install or upgrade IBM Installation Manager and Rational Functional Tester silently:

  1. Create a response file that contains the commands and inputs for the installation process. For instructions to manually create and use a response file, see Creating a response file manually.
  2. Install Rational Functional Tester using the response file by using the Installation Manager installer.
    • If you have already installed IBM Installation Manager:
      1. Change to the following directory: eclipse\tools. For example: cd C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse\tools.
      2. Enter the installation command.
        • On Windows systems: imcl.exe input response_file_path_and_name -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense
        • On Linux systems:./imcl input response_file_path_and_name -log llog_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense
    • If you have a complete Rational Functional Tester package that also contains IBM Installation Manager, you can browse to the folder that contains the IBM Installation Manager install file. Or, you can also download the IBM Installation Manager that is required for installing Rational Functional Tester from the IBM web site.
      1. Change to the following directory: InstallerImage_platform directory.
      2. Enter the installation command.
        • On Windows systems: installc.exe input response_file_path_and_name -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense
        • On Linux systems:./installc input response_file_path_and_name -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense

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