Installation guide

Using the Upgrade Installer in Silent Mode
BEA Products Installation Guide 5-13
Creating a Silent-Mode Upgrade Installation XML File
When you upgrade WebLogic Platform in silent mode, the installation program uses an XML file
(silent.xml) to determine which BEA Home directory contains the installation to be upgraded.
Therefore, before you can run the upgrade installation program in silent mode, you must first
create a
silent.xml file.
Note: If you created a
silent.xml file when you initially installed WebLogic Platform, you
should store it in a safe location or make a backup copy of it so that you do not
accidentally overwrite it with the
silent.xml file you are creating for your upgrade
installation. Alternatively, you can name your upgrade file using a different file name,
for example
silent_upgrade.xml.
Incorrect entries in the
silent.xml file can cause installation failures. To help you
determine the cause of a failure, we recommend that you create a log file when you start
the installation.
java -jar filename.jar -mode=silent
-silent_xml=/path_to_silent.xml
where filename.jar is the name of the upgrade
installation program you downloaded from the BEA
Customer Support Web site, (for example filename,
pj_platformXXX_upgrade_generic.jar, in this,
XXX represents the version number of the software you are
installing), and
path_to_silent.xml is the full path to
the silent.xml template file.
Note: You can also include the
-log=full_path_to_log_file option in the
command line to create a verbose installation log. For
example:
pj_platformXXX_upgrade_generic.jar
-mode=silent
-silent_xml=/home/silent.xml
-log=/home/logs/platform_install.log
For more information, see Generating a Verbose
Installation Log.
To start the upgrade installer on this
platform . . .
Perform the following steps...