When the HTML documentation installation procedure is executed, it determines the configuration of any existing Abaqus documentation:

• If you have Abaqus 6.9 (or earlier) documentation installed, documentation for the Abaqus 6.9 Extended Functionality (Abaqus 6.9-EF) release is installed in the same location as the Abaqus 6.9 (or earlier) documentation. Abaqus 6.9-EF documentation will not overwrite the existing Abaqus 6.9 documentation. A directory named v6.9ef is created to hold the Abaqus 6.9-EF documentation (see Appendix B, “Abaqus release directories and files,” for information on the directory structure). If you are using the Abaqus web server, you are prompted to choose whether or not to serve the Abaqus 6.9 and Abaqus 6.9-EF documentation simultaneously.

• If documentation from a previous release of Abaqus is not installed, you are prompted for the installation directory. This should be the same as your SIMULIA parent directory (referred to as simulia_dir). The default location is the current working directory on UNIX and Linux platforms and C:\SIMULIA on Windows platforms. You should NOT install Abaqus HTML documentation in a directory that indicates a specific Abaqus release number. The installation procedure creates a subdirectory named Documentation under the specified directory.

During the installation, you must select one of the following options:

• Install and start the Abaqus web server (recommended option).

• Install the HTML documentation and use an existing non-Abaqus web server. You must configure your server manually to access the Abaqus HTML documentation (see “Configuring an existing non-Abaqus web server,” Section C.1.1).

• Install the HTML documentation with no web server. In this case no search functionality is available in the HTML documentation. Select this option if you want to view the HTML documentation from your local system without executing an active web server.

With the exception of “no web server,” the installation option that you select applies to both the Abaqus 6.9-EF HTML documentation and, if it exists, any previous release of Abaqus documentation. If you select the “no web server” option for the Abaqus 6.9-EF installation, the Abaqus 6.9-EF HTML documentation has no web server and the documentation from previous releases is not affected.

Log files are written to the simulia_dir/Documentation/installation_info/v6.9ef directory when the installation is complete. The log files are helpful for troubleshooting problems, and they should not be removed. For information on accessing and using the Abaqus HTML documentation, see “Execution procedure for Abaqus HTML documentation,” Section 3.2.7 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Manual, and the online book Using Abaqus Online Documentation.

When you install Abaqus HTML documentation, a file called installer.properties is created in the simulia_dir/Documentation/installation_info/v6.9ef directory. This file, called the replay file, contains information that was used during the documentation installation, such as the installation directory and web server configuration. The -replay command option is available to repeat a previous installation on identical platforms without reentering the same information for each installation. You can use this option to perform a silent installation (no graphical user interface is displayed). It performs an installation identical to the previous installation (same installation directory, same configuration, etc.) using information stored in the replay file.

The information that was entered for the first installation must be valid for subsequent installations that use the -replay option. All installation error checking is skipped when this option is used. You should make sure that the system meets the requirements as specified in Appendix A, “System requirements,” and that you have write permissions and sufficient disk space in the installation directory before performing the installation. To use the -replay option, do the following: