Installation guide

5-14 BEA Products Installation Guide

Do the following to create a silent.xml file for use in the silent-mode upgrade

installation process:

1. In a supported browser, display the XML template file for silent-mode upgrade installation.

The sample template file,

silent_upgrade.xml, is available at Sample Template File for

Silent-Mode Upgrade Installation.

2. In the popup window that is displayed, choose File—> Save As...

3. Specify the file name

silent_upgrade.xml and save it in the directory containing the

upgrade installation program that you downloaded from the BEA Customer Support Web site.

Note: The XML definition (

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>) must

be at the very beginning of the template file. There cannot be any spaces or line breaks

before the XML definition.

4. In the

silent_upgrade.xml file, replace the value for the BEAHOME keyword with the full

pathname of the BEA Home directory associated with the particular installation of WebLogic

Platform that you want to update and save the file.

Note: You must follow XML guidelines for characters when modifying values. That is, you

cannot use characters reserved for use in XML, such as <, >, [, and ].

Sample Template File for Silent-Mode Upgrade Installation

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>

<domain-template-descriptor>

<input-fields>

<data-value name="BEAHOME" value="c:\bea" />

</input-fields>

</domain-template-descriptor>

What’s Next?

By default, your BEA software uses the development license file installed in the BEA Home

directory so that you can start using the product immediately. We recommend that you run the

QuickStart application to familiarize yourself with the software and execute the samples

provided. For additional information, see Chapter 7, “Post-Installation Information.”

Note: QuickStart is not invoked automatically for console-mode or silent-mode installations.

You can launch QuickStart from the Start Menu (Windows), or from the command line

(Windows and UNIX). For instructions, see “Using QuickStart” on page 7-1.