Silent installation of sapinst

[Former Member]

Hi,

I want to run sapinst.exe in <b>silent mode</b> in multiple platforms.

1. How sapinst <b>exports its API</b>?

2. What is the significance of scripts written in <i>control.xml</i>? How sapinst call them?

3. Where i need to put the values, to make the installation <b>automatic</b>?

4. Is there any command-line parameters needed to make it silent?

Thanks,

Sooraj

[Former Member]

Hi Sooraj,

We tried to do the same thing about a half a year ago at a customer and were told that SAP do not support silent installations.

To my knowledge sapinst is incapable of running silent installations. The control.xml file is not intended for this purpose either.

You might want to have a look at the rapid installer, which appears to be capable of handling SAP installations as well.

Good luck,

Steven.

[Former Member]

Hi,

What is the significance of scripts written in control.xml?

The control.xml is the file which is created when you run the sapinst.exe

Each time you run sapinst.exe,and new control.xml file is created with a number assigned to it.

Rest of the questions,even I am not aware of.

Rgs

vikas

[Former Member]

Hi,

But my control.xml is of the old date while i have new copies of xml files like keydb.1.xml, inifile.1.xml, version.1.xml, product.1.xml etc. I tried to run the script with SAPINST_SAVE_INPUT=true and i got the values i had given in keydb.xml

Then i tried to run sapinst.exe with SAPINST_SKIP_DIALOGS=true using the updated keydb file from last run. But it failed

Any ideas??