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1-6 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.
If you are installing an
IBM Informix OnLine 5.x product for the first time,
follow all the steps illustrated on page 1-10. After you complete the software
load and installation, turn to page 1-10 of this manual for instructions on
completing your initial configuration for OnLine 5.x.
If you are replacing an
IBM Informix 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 ASCII files as input. Read the sections in
this manual that discuss data migration before you unload your data. (Refer
to page 4-52.) When you are ready to install OnLine 5.x, follow all the steps
illustrated on page 1-10. After you complete the software load and instal-
lation, turn to page 1-10 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
page 9-7 for a complete discussion of multiple-residency issues. When you
are ready to install OnLine 5.x, follow all the steps illustrated on page 1-10.
After you complete the software load and installation, turn to page 1-10 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 it on the same host machine
where you are running IBM Informix SE, you can load the OnLine 5.x
software into the same $INFORMIXDIR directory that contains your
IBM Informix SE software. You do not need to define a different value for
INFORMIXDIR. To install OnLine 5.x, follow the steps illustrated on
page 1-10, beginning with the second step, loading the software. After you
complete the software load and installation, turn to page 1-10 of this manual
for instructions on completing your initial configuration for OnLine 5.x.