Hi
I would like to create a response file for partitioned installation. After running setup.exe with option -r, the file setup.iss should hold all my answers, but it does not hold any information regarding the different partitions. Does anybody know how to create a response file for partitioned installation?
Subject: Automating Server Installation with Silent Install Does Not Work for Partitioned Domino 6.x Servers
Problem:
To automate an install, you create an install response file that includes all the options you want servers to have. After you create the response file, you package it with the install files and copy the files to a network to run for other servers as well.
In this case, the customer wanted to install partitioned servers with two partitions per machine but found that the automated install was not working. Why is this?
SOLUTION:
An enhancement request has been submitted to Lotus Software Quality Engineering to add support for silent install of partitioned servers.
The target directories for the partitioned data directories are entered in a different dialog than the data directory of a single partition server. This additional dialog is not intercepted by the -r parameter to the setup.exe, and thus the target directories are not recorded in the setup.iss file.
In addition, the setup -s -f1 is not capable of reading any additional target directories from the setup.iss file. For example, the target data directory in setup.iss is defined in szDir1=e:\Notesdata.
Also, the Notes.ini in partitioned servers is stored in the data directory, not in the code directory. While silent server install works fine for a single partition server, it does not work at all for two or more partitioned servers.
Supporting Info:
The steps below describe how to set up Domino installation so that the administrator needs only to click SETUP.EXE, with defined parameters in the command line, to install Domino with all the customizations you choose. In this case, the customer wanted to install (upgrade) 200 servers, which makes the silent install a desirable feature for servers and not just for workstations.
From the Install directory, type setup -r. This action creates the response file SETUP.ISS, which is stored in your system directory.
Go through the user setup dialogs. The response file records all the settings you specify.
Copy the entire Install directory to a network drive.
Copy the response file (SETUP.ISS) into the Install directory on the network.
Create a shortcut to SETUP.EXE where users can access it.
Highlight the SETUP.EXE shortcut and display the File Properties. Click the Shortcut tab.
In the Target field, enter the following: -s -f1
Click OK. This action creates a shortcut of the Notes install files with the automated file.