How to reinstall a hotfix over TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Files (Unix/Win) using silent mode.

How to reinstall a hotfix over TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Files (Unix/Win) using silent mode.

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Article ID: KB0084310

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Products Versions
TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for Files for Unix and Windows -
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Description

During hotfix re-installation over TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Files (Unix/Win) using silent mode, the install log file says that it took the default option of NO and reinstall does not happen.

The install log says that by default NO is selected for already installed features.

Error Log:
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(02-26-2016.103356), ::INFO::, dependency: Runtime_adfiles check passed.
(02-26-2016.103356), TIBINS5188037: Warning, tibco_uninversal_installer, , The following required or selected installation features are already installed on the target system.
Before re-installing these features, please shutdown any TIBCO processes, otherwise errors may occur.
Reinstalling existing features should not be done unless you are explicitly told to do so by TIBCO Support.
TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Files for Unix/Win 7.0.0 Hotfix 2 - Runtime Hotfix 2
Do you wish to reinstall these features?
Select YES to reinstall. Select NO to use the currently installed features.
Select CANCEL to exit the installation., Option selected = *NO(1)
(02-26-2016.103356), TIBINS426302: Information, tibco_uninversal_installer, , You have chosen to use currently installed features.
As a result, there are no features to install.
Please click 'OK' to exit the installer., Option selected = OK(0)
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Environment

Product: TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Files (Unix/Win) Version: 6.x., 7.x. OS: All Supported Operating System.

Resolution

Following info needed in the .silent file.  It applies to all features that have that reinstall prompt.

<!--If some install features are set to be reinstalled, do you want to automatically reinstall them or not? -->
<entry key="reinstallFeatures">true</entry>

Excerpt from silent file:
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<entry key="acceptLicense">true</entry>
<entry key="installationRoot">C:\tibco</entry>
<entry key="environmentName">TIBCO_HOME</entry>
<entry key="reinstallFeatures">true</entry>
<entry key="feature_Runtime Hotfix 2_adfiles">true</entry>
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Issue/Introduction

How to reinstall a hotfix over TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Files (Unix/Win) using silent mode.