HP Systems Insight Manager 7.1 Installation and Configuration Guide for MS Windows
NOTE: Upgrades of HP Systems Insight Manager using silent.xml does not support upgrades
from HP Systems Insight Manager configured to an Oracle database.
<dbInstance>
Provide a valid existing instance name of the existing HP Systems Insight Manager install.
<dbName>
Provide the valid database name of the existing HP Systems Insight Manager install.
<dbPort>
Use default 1433 or provide a valid port. HP Systems Insight Manager service Information.
<svcuserName>
Provide the user account of the existing HP Systems Insight Manager install.
<svcDomain>
Provide the domain for the user account. Installation Location:
<baseInstallLocation>
and
<hpsimInstallLocation>
The silent install uses the previous HP Systems Insight Manager installation location on the target
system.
<allowReboot>
Set this to true or false as desired. A server reboot is recommended after upgrading HP Systems
Insight Manager and partner components. The silent.xml lists all the components with their
product IDs for install. Set the
<install>
value to true if you want to upgrade that particular component.
NOTE: HP Systems Insight Manager and System Management Homepage always upgrade even
if their <install> is set to false.
IMPORTANT: For a Silent upgrade, the service or database user name containing special
characters, such as: <, &, <, >, ', "must be escaped appropriately as below in the silent.xml
file:
& &
< <
> >
' '
" “
For example, for a user name such as user&1, the entry in silent.xml would be user&1.
For a silent install/upgrade embedded quote ( " ) character in service or database password is
not supported.
The installation or upgrade status of HP Systems Insight Manager and selected components are
logged in the hpsim.log and silentstatus.xml files. Both files are created in the root of the
system drive.
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