Manually Installing Oracle Database Software in Silent Mode using Response File on Windows OS

Purpose: Manually Installing Oracle Database Software in Silent Mode using Response File on Windows OS

Environment:
Database Software: Oracle 12c Release 2
Operating System: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard - 64 Bit

Preparation:-

1. Download the oracle software and extract it in a temporary folder [C:\Tmp\database]

2. I chose to create a local windows, user not part of any group (for now), and used it (in the response file) for my installation

3. Created a folder for ORACLE_BASE

4. Created a response file called "db_resp_12cR2_simple.rsp" with below parameters:-

DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=true
ORACLE_BASE=F:\Oracle12cR2_64Bit_DB
ORACLE_HOME=F:\Oracle12cR2_64Bit_DB\product
SECURITY_UPDATES_VIA_MYORACLESUPPORT=false
oracle.install.OracleHomeUserName=OracleWinUsr
oracle.install.OracleHomeUserPassword=xxxxxxxxxxx
oracle.install.db.ConfigureAsContainerDB=false
oracle.install.db.InstallEdition=EE
oracle.install.db.isRACOneInstall=false
oracle.install.option=INSTALL_DB_SWONLY
oracle.install.responseFileVersion=/oracle/install/rspfmt_dbinstall_response_schema_v12.2.0

Install:- 

5. Open command prompt as Administrator, navigate to the extracted folder where setup.exe is located and start the installation

cd C:\Tmp\database\

setup.exe -silent -noConsole -skipPrereqs -noconfig -waitForCompletion -responsefile C:\Tmp\db_resp\db_resp_12cR2_simple.rsp 

Once above setup.exe command is executed, the cursor control will come back to the command line.

Verify:- 

6. The install status and progress can be found in the log files at “C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs” like:-
installActions.log
oraInstall.err
oraInstall.out
silentInstall.log

For example, in my installActions.log it gave below message in the last section:-

*** End of Installation Page***
The installation of Oracle Database 12c was successful.

In my silentInstall.log it had below message:-

silentInstall.log
The installation of Oracle Database 12c was successful.