Running TIBCO Configuration Tool in Silent Mode

To configure ActiveMatrix BPM runtime objects by running a particular wizard using configuration data saved from an earlier GUI or console mode session, run TIBCO Configuration Tool in silent mode.

Prerequisites

Note: If you will be configuring your BPM Enterprise system for data-level replication (disaster recovery), you must create host aliases for the BPM Enterprise system components before using TCT to configure the primary site, including all the participating nodes. For information about how to do this, see Creating Host Aliases for TIBCO BPM Enterprise System Components.

Procedure

  1. Generate and save a build.properties file for the wizard that you want to run silently, by running TIBCO Configuration Tool in GUI mode or console mode. See The build.properties File.
  2. Using a text editor, edit the build.properties file so that it contains the values you want to use when you run the wizard silently.
    Warning: If you are going to run the Create TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Server Wizard or Upgrade TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Instance Wizard, and you have chosen to manually create or upgrade the BPM database, get a database administrator to manually create or upgrade the database. See Manually Running BPM Database Upgrade Scripts. You must do this before you run the wizard silently.
  3. Open a command window in the TIBCO_HOME\bpm\n.n\bin folder and run the following command:

    tct command propertiesFile

    where:

    • command is one of the commands listed in the following table.
    • propertiesFile is the full pathname of the build.properties file that contains the configuration data you want to use in this session. (If the pathname includes spaces you must enclose it within quotation marks.)
    TIBCO Configuration Tool Silent Mode Commands
    tct command Description
    Silent deployment options:
    tpcl Runs the Configure Third-Party Driver Wizard.
    tibcohost Runs the Create TIBCO Host Instance Wizard.
    admin Runs the Create TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Server Wizard, but only executes the Create TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator server configuration action.
    bpmonly Runs the Create TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Server Wizard, but only executes the Create ActiveMatrix BPM configuration action.
    bpm Runs the Create TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Server Wizard.
    bpmnodetype Runs the Configure TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Server Node Type Wizard.
    Upgrade options:
    upgrade-tibcohost Runs the Upgrade or Downgrade TIBCO ActiveMatrix Wizard to upgrade the local TIBCO Host and all nodes on it.
    upgrade-bpm Runs the Upgrade TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Instance Wizard and executes the Upgrade ActiveMatrix BPM Instance Application configuration action.
    downgrade-bpm Enables you to remove a hotfix from a running instance of ActiveMatrix BPM. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM only supports downgrading from a hotfix version either to a lower hotfix version, or to the last GA or service release the hotfix was applied to. For example, you can downgrade from 4.2.0_HF001 to 4.2.0 GA but not from 4.2.0 GA to 4.1.0 GA. Please refer to the documentation supplied with your hotfix for information on how to downgrade TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM.
    Edit options:
    delete-bpm Runs the Delete TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Instance Wizard.
    edit-bpm Runs the Edit TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Instance Wizard.
    Note: To display usage instructions for TIBCO Configuration Tool from the command window, enter the command:

    tct help