Installing Zend Server for IBM i - Silent Mode

The following procedure describes how to install Zend Server in Silent Mode (i.e. - complete installation without an installation interface).

Important!

If you did not go over the "Installation on IBM i - Overview and Requirements" page yet, please do so before proceeding on this page.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To run a silent installation:

  1. Download the installation package.

  2. Create a SAVF in QGPL under the name ZENDPHP7.

  3. Log on to the IBM i system with a user profile of *SECOFR user class with all special authorities.

  4. Create a SAVF in QGPL under the name ZENDPHP7. This can be done by running the following command:

CRTSAVF FILE(QGPL/ZENDPHP7) TEXT(Zend Server 2020.0 product save file)

  1. Transfer the package by FTP (Binary Mode) to the SAVF ZENDPHP7 in QGPL. This can be done by executing the following steps:

    1. Verify that FTP is running on your IBM i system by running the following command and looking for 'FTP' or '21' in the Local Port column:

    NETSTAT *CNN

    1. Open a command prompt and change directory to the directory which contains the files you extracted from the ZIP file.
    2. Run the FTP command, specifying the name of your IBM i system, e.g.:

    ftp IBM i_system_name/TCP address

    1. If requested, enter a valid user profile and password.
    2. Enter the bin command to specify a binary transfer.
    3. Transfer the save file to the IBM i system by running the following command:

    put zendphp7.savf qgpl/zendphp7

  1. When the SAVF is loaded into the IBM i QGPL library, return to your 5250 session and run the following command:

SBMJOB CMD(RSTLICPGM LICPGM(7PHPZND) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/ZendPHP7))

Zend Server for IBM i will be automatically installed without interactive dialogs being displayed.

Notes:

The silent installation will not install the ZendDBi Database. For instructions on installing the ZendDBi, see Zend DBi overview.

Zend Server for IBM i supports parallel installations of Zend Server 8.x and Zend Server 9.x/2018.x/2019.x on the same machine. To migrate Zend Server 8.x configurations to your Zend Server 9.x/2018.x/2019.x installation, contact the Zend Support team.