You don't say want version of the Windows client you are trying to install -

There is a problem with the InstallShield packaging for the 3.1.0.6 Win32
client (PTF6) which causes the response file to be created incorrectly if
you go through some of the paths for CUSTOM install.

That may be your problem, we were also getting RC 12 trying to run the
silent install with the response file.

Our problem was resolved in the current FIXTEST for the Win32 client
available on index.storsys.ibm.com.  Note this is NOT a supported version of
the client, but in planning our rollout of PTF6, this fixed our problem and
let us go ahead with testing for silent installs.

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Wanda Prather
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
443-778-8769
wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu

"Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think" -
Scott Adams/Dilbert
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo Humar [SMTP:lhumar AT VIC.BIGPOND.NET DOT AU]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 5:48 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: remote install of ADSM
>
> Hi Dough,
>
> Maybe you can help me with my problem. I tested this silent install from a
> windows 95 client.
> My steps where,  install from a command prompt with the -r switch and then
> I
> copied the response file to the shared installation directory of the NT
> Server which contained the ADSM code.
> When I run setup with the -s and the second time with -SMS the
> installation
> only creates the backup client and the admin directory wirth a couple of
> option files in it.
> The response code in the log is  RC_INUSE  ERROR   12  The command  failed
> because  the object to be operated  upon was in use
> I tried a couple of times after uninstalling and rebooting the workstation
> with the same result.
>
> Leo Humar
> LCS Pty Ltd
> lhumar AT vic.bigpond.net DOT au
>
>
> >I don't know about other platforms, but on NT, you can create a response
> >file by running the client setup with the -r parameter. (setup.exe -r)
> >This will create a file named setup.iss
> >copy setup.iss into the directory with the installation files, and
> >run setup.exe -s  to perform a silent unprompted install.
> >
> >
> >Macko, JoEllen wrote:
> >>
> >> TGIF Everyone!
> >>
> >> I need to install ADSM on a number of NT clients overseas (the company
> will
> >> not send me to each site, however).  Does anyone have any suggestions
> or
> >> scripts they could share with me, so that I could set up the clients
> from
> >> the comfort of my own PC?  I am a bit leary about sending a CD with a
> set
> of
> >> instructions to the folks at each site.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help,
> >>
> >> Jo Ellen Macko
> >> Armstrong IT
> >> The Armstrong Group of Companies
> >> Butler PA
> >> (724) 283-3692 ext. 332