IBM 000-8697 Manuale Utente
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IBM Informix OnLine Database Server Administrator’s Guide
Define Your Starting Point
Define Your Starting Point
This section directs you to the starting point for your specific installation and
configuration.
configuration.
If you are installing an
IBM I
nformix
O
n
L
ine 5.x product for the first time,
follow all the steps illustrated on
. After you complete the software
load and installation, turn to
of this manual for instructions on
completing your initial configuration for OnLine 5.x.
If you are replacing an
IBM I
nformix
SE
or other database server with the
OnLine 5.x database server, you must unload your current data. The OnLine
utilities for importing data accept
utilities for importing data accept
ASCII
files as input. Read the sections in
this manual that discuss data migration before you unload your data. (Refer
to
to
.) When you are ready to install OnLine 5.x, follow all the steps
illustrated on
. After you complete the software load and instal-
lation, turn to
of this manual for instructions on completing your
initial configuration for OnLine 5.x.
If you are installing OnLine 5.x and plan to run more than one independent
OnLine 5.x database server on the same host machine, you must define
different configuration files for each instance of OnLine. This situation of
multiple OnLine 5.x systems is referred to as multiple residency. Refer to
OnLine 5.x database server on the same host machine, you must define
different configuration files for each instance of OnLine. This situation of
multiple OnLine 5.x systems is referred to as multiple residency. Refer to
for a complete discussion of multiple-residency issues. When you
are ready to install OnLine 5.x, follow all the steps illustrated on
.
After you complete the software load and installation, turn to
this manual for instructions on completing your initial configuration for
OnLine 5.x.
OnLine 5.x.
If you are installing OnLine 5.x and plan to run it on the same host machine
where you are running
where you are running
IBM I
nformix
SE
, you can load the OnLine 5.x
software into the same $
INFORMIXDIR
directory that contains your
IBM I
nformix
SE
software. You do not need to define a different value for
INFORMIXDIR
. To install OnLine 5.x, follow the steps illustrated on
complete the software load and installation, turn to
of this manual
for instructions on completing your initial configuration for OnLine 5.x.