Customizing Product Properties
InstallAnywhere 2021
InstallAnywhere lets you customize properties that are discovered from the installers. These entries will be written to the OVF XML for VMware appliances.
Note:For InstallAnywhere installers, if you do not specify a response file, but instead specify the product properties, a response file will automatically be created during the installation at first boot or build time. Specifying values in the response file overrides any values that are defined for product properties.
To customize the properties of the virtual appliance:
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In the Advanced Designer, on the Build page, click Build Appliances. The Build Appliances view opens. |
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Click the Appliance Configuration tab. |
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In the Select Appliance Configuration list, select the appliance configuration that you want to customize. |
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Click the VM Configuration tab. |
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For VMware vSphere appliances: In the Select VM Tier list, select the VM tier that you want to configure. |
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Click the Product Properties subtab, which lists all of the installers that have been added to this VM configuration. This tab keeps track of all installers (which are called products in OVF terminology) that are installed onto your appliance. |
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To view or edit the properties of an installer, click its View/Edit button. The Edit Installer Properties Table dialog box opens. This dialog box displays properties (or response options) that need to be supplied to the installer in order for it to silently install on the virtual appliance. |
When you add an installer to the virtual appliance project, InstallAnywhere detects these properties, unless you specify the properties and default values in a response file. When the appliances are being built, the default values are used to drive the installation.