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Chapter 1 Installation Overview : Installer Overview

Installer Overview
Overview
Universal Installer enables TIBCO Hawk ActiveMatrix Plug-in to be installed in multiple TIBCO_HOME. During installation, you can select the existing TIBCO_HOME. If the existing TIBCO_HOME is selected, it may have other products installed including TIBCO Hawk ActiveMatrix Plug-in.
The installer creates and setsup directories under TIBCO_HOME/hkam/<version>.
The installer updates the following folders:
The installer updates the following files:
Installation Profile
The following table shows the installation profiles used.
ActiveMatrix 3.2 Service Monitoring Application requires prior installation of ActiveMatrix Administrator as part of the TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administration installation.
Requires prior installation of a full version of TIBCO Hawk including the Process and HMA.
Requires prior installation of TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administration and a full version of TIBCO Hawk.
Features
The following table lists the features of TIBCO Hawk ActiveMatrix Plug-in.
ActiveMatrix 3.2 Service Monitoring Application
Optional but required for operation statistics. Only installed on Admin machine. Must be installed into existing TIBCO_HOME with TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator. For details, refer to TIBCO Hawk ActiveMatrix Plug-in User’s Guide.
ActiveMatrix Common Logging Microagent
Required for sending JVM information to TIBCO Administrator as seen in the TIBCO Administrator dashboards. It is installed on all machines where TIBCO Host is installed including TIBCO Administrator.
Installed in: hawk/<version>/plugin
For more details, refer to TIBCO Hawk ActiveMatrix Plug-in User’s Guide.
Required for monitoring component status and operation statistics. Installed on all machines where TIBCO Host is installed including TIBCO Administrator. It includes the ActiveMatrix Host Microagent and ActiveMatrix Services Microagent.
Installed in: hawk/<version>/plugin. For more information, refer to TIBCO Hawk ActiveMatrix Plug-in User’s Guide.
Installed in: HKAM_HOME/docs
Installation Directory
If this is the first TIBCO software product you are installing on the system, you can specify the installation directory where TIBCO Hawk ActiveMatrix Plug-in will be installed. On Microsoft Windows, the default installation directory is C:\tibco. On UNIX, the default installation directory is /opt/tibco.
install-path
If you accept the default installation path on Microsoft Windows, install-path is C:\tibco\hkam\<version>.
Installation Modes
The installer allows you to run in different modes. Each mode is supported on all platforms.
GUI Mode
In GUI mode, the installer presents panels that allow you to make choices about product selection, product location, and so on. When you invoke the installer by double-clicking on the icon, GUI mode is used.
Console Mode
Console mode allows you to run the installer from the command prompt or terminal window. This is useful if your machine does not have a Windows environment.
Silent Mode
Silent mode either installs using default settings or uses a response file that was saved during an earlier installation. Silent mode installs without prompting you for information.
If no response file has been recorded earlier and you invoke the installer with the -silent argument, the default installation parameters are used.
If a response file exists, and the installer is started with -options <responseFileName> as an argument, the installer uses the values specified by the user when the response file was generated.

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