Clearcase 7.1.x install on Solaris X64/x86

I’ve been struggling to install the beast that is Clearcase 7.1.1 on a proof of concept server.
In this case the server is a Solaris 10 64bit install running on VMware Fusion 3.

One of the initial mistakes I made was to try and run the installation from a network mount. DON’T. Solaris must block the execution of code on some types of removable drives, which in this case was a VMWare Fusion shared folder.

A second thing that is not clear in the README files: Clearcase 7.1.1 on Solaris x86 does NOT support the GUI installation. Therefore, for me as much as any readers of this blog, I’ll document the steps to kick off a fresh/silent installation.

The install will be/have:

• A local install
• Clearcase Atria Licencing, local
• IBM Installation Manager installed first
• ClearCase installed second

1. Download your entitled product for Solaris X86, for CC7.1.1 which is:
   • CZ9XKML
   • IBM Rational ClearCase V7.1.1 Solaris x86 Platform Edition Multilingual

   If you need an evaluation copy, they are also available.

2. Copy the archive to your server, and extract it. I’ll use /var/ccinstall for my install source, but adjust as required:
   
mkdir -p /var/ccinstall
cp -p CZ9XKML.zip /var/ccinstall
cd /var/ccinstall
unzip CZ9XKML.zip
cd disk1

3. Follow the IBM documented steps for preparing a silent install. For my steps the dir /var/ccinstall/disk1 will be esd_image_root.
4. Kick off the install:
   
/var/ccinstall/disk1/InstallerImage_*/install \
--launcher.ini \
/var/ccinstall/disk1/InstallerImage_*/silent-install.ini \
-silent \
-input clearcase_response_sol_x86.xml \
-log silentinstall.log

   If you want to also show the progress, include the switch -showVerboseProgress

At this point kick back and make a few coffees.
Enjoy.