1. Installation and Upgrade Guide
  2. Installing and Configuring Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Response Files
  3. How Response Files Work
  4. Using Response Files

A.1.2 Using Response Files

Use these general steps for installing and configuring Oracle products using the installer in silent or response file mode.

Note:

You must complete all required preinstallation tasks on a system before running the installer in silent or response file mode.
  1. Verify the Windows Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Oracle exists and that the value for inst_loc is the location of the Oracle Inventory directory on the local node.

    Note:

    Changing the value for inst_loc in the Windows registry is not supported after the installation of Oracle software
  2. Prepare a response file.
  3. Run the installer in silent or response file mode.
  4. If you completed a software-only installation, then perform the steps necessary to configure the Oracle product.

Parent topic: How Response Files Work