Installation guide

Generating a Verbose Installation Log
BEA Products Installation Guide 1-21
z When you uninstall WebLogic Server, the Node Manager service registered with the
product installation directory from which, you are uninstalling the product is uninstalled
also. For more information about the product installation directory, see “Choosing a
Product Installation Directory” on page 1-16.
For more information about Node Manager, including instructions for installing it on a UNIX
system, see “Using Node Manager to Control Servers” in Managing Server Startup and
Shutdown at
http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs92/server_start/nodemgr.html.
Generating a Verbose Installation Log
If you launch the installation from the command line or from a script, you can specify the -log
option to generate a verbose installation log. The installation log stores messages about events
that occur during the installation process, including informational, warning, error, and fatal
messages. This type of file can be especially useful for silent installations.
Note: You may see some warning messages in the installation log. However, unless a fatal error
occurs, the installation program completes the installation successfully. The installation
user interface indicates the success or failure of each installation attempt, and the
installation log file includes an entry indicating that the installation was successful.
Syntax
To create a verbose log file during installation, include the -log=full_path_to_log_file
option in the command line. For example:
platform920_win32.exe -log=C:\logs\server_install.log
The path must specify a file. You cannot create a folder simply by including a name for it in a
pathname; your path should specify only existing folders. If your path includes a nonexistent
folder when you execute the command, the installation program does not create the log file.
Where to Find Upgrade Information
For information about upgrading your software with maintenance patches and service packs, if
available, see Installing Maintenance Updates and Service Packs at
http://e-docs.bea.com/common/docs92/smart_update/index.html
Note: If you are installing WebLogic Server 9.2 into an existing BEA Home directory that
contains an installation of WebLogic Server 7.0 or 8.1, all custom security providers that
reside in the default location,
WL_HOME\server\lib\mbeantypes, where WL_HOME
specifies the root directory of the pre-9.2 installation, are upgraded automatically. If all