Silent Installation for CA Business Intelligence Reports and Dashboards
You can automate the installation of reports and dashboards by specifying installation responses in a configuration file, which is called by the install script. In this case, configuration is specified in a single file rather than as manual responses to the installation script.
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You can automate the installation of reports and dashboards by specifying installation responses in a configuration file, which is called by the install script. In this case, configuration is specified in a single file rather than as manual responses to the installation script.
The following procedures apply to configuring the standalone CABI integration and the Unified Dashboards and Reporting for Infrastructure Management solution. For more information, see Unified Dashboards and Reporting for Infrastructure Management.
After you install the
CA Business Intelligence
JasperReports Server, use the following procedures to set up and run CA Business Intelligence
reports in CA Performance Center
.To perform a silent installation, follow these steps:
- Complete the steps in Install CA Business Intelligence Reports and Dashboards. Instead of following the procedure in the section calledInstall Reports on the, complete steps 2 - 4 in this procedure.CA Business IntelligenceJasperReports Server
- Copy the capm_reports-xxxx.zip file to theCA Business IntelligenceJasperReports Server host and unpack it into a folder for the reports.The capm_reports-xxxx.zip package (where "xxxx" is the package version) is located in the Installation_Directory/PerformanceCenter/cabi folder after theCA Performance Managementinstallation.Ensure the report archive (capm_topn-x.x.x.zip) and the data source archive (capm_da-x.x.x.zip) are in the same folder onCA Business IntelligenceJasperReports Server as the installation script
- Create a Silent Installation configuration file to be used during the process. The file must have following structure:
- CABIPath="path_to_CABI"host=capc_hostnameguid=capc_guidport=capc_portschema=[HTTP|HTTPS]JKSRECREATE=NoSpecify the following information in the configuration file:
- CABIPath: Specify a path to the installedCA Business IntelligenceJasperReports Server. If you specify a path with spaces in it, enclose the path in quotation marks.
- Default:/opt/CA/SharedComponents/CA Business Intelligence
Do not add the back slash character '\' or forward slash character "/" to the end of the CABIPath value. - host:Specify theCA Performance Centerhost name. Do not specify the Data Aggregator host name.
- guid: Specify a PerformanceGUID for the data source. TheCA Performance CenterGUID (unique) is used when the password for the CA Business Intelligence web user is not available. This information passes to the Data Aggregator to ensure that the request is going to the correctCA Performance Centerinstance. A web service call onCA Performance Centerretrieves this information.GUID Endpoint URL:http://hostname:8181/pc/center/webservice/datasources/performanceCenterGUID
- port: Specify the CACA Performance Centerport that the data source uses for retrieval.Default:8181
- schema: Specify HTTP or HTTPS.Default:HTTPNote: On Linux, you must specify LF at the end of each line.
- Run install.bat on Windows or install.sh on Linux with –silent parameter and a path to a silent installation file. If path or file name contains spaces, enclose the complete path in quotes.Examples:Windows:install.bat –silent "D:\path to silent install file\silent_params.txt"install.bat –silent silentParams.txtLinux:./install.sh –silent "/path to silent install file/silent_params.txt"./install.sh –silent silentParams.txtImportant! After you install the reports and dashboards, complete the steps in the following sections in Install CA Business Intelligence Reports and Dashboards:Manage UsersAdd a Certificate for SSL-EnabledCA Performance CenterConfigure the CA Business Intelligence Authentication
Troubleshooting
If the silent installation fails, review the install.log file that is located in the same directory as the installation script.
Symptom:
The install fails and the following error appears:
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value. There is no java.exe in the directory Installation failed
Solution:
For installing on Windows as a non-admin user, use the manual installation steps. For more information, see Install CA Business Intelligence Reports and Dashboards.