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Table 5. What’s New in Version 11.50.xC1
Overview Reference
Enhanced Configuration Options During Installation
You can use the new Instance Configuration Wizard to
automatically create the database server configuration file
(ONCONFIG) during a custom installation in GUI mode.
Provide the information for the instance that you are
installing, such as the number of CPUs, memory, disk
space, and estimates of online transactions and query
clients. The wizard ensures that your settings are valid,
and it calculates values for other server configuration
parameters based on your settings. Your custom
configuration information is stored in the ONCONFIG file
so that when you start the instance after the product is
installed, the instance runs with your settings.
See “Instance Configuration Wizard” on page 1-8.
DRDA
®
Protocol Configuration During Installation
It’s easier now than in past releases to set up an instance
to use a variety of database clients. When you install IBM
Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50 the installer
enables you to configure a database server alias and a
port for clients that use the Distributed Relational
Database Architecture
™
(DRDA) protocol. By default,
those items are configured for you unless you deselect
DRDA support. DRDA is for open development of
applications that allow access of distributed data. DRDA
is interoperable with IBM Data Server clients.
If you disable DRDA support in the installation
application, you can still modify the instance to function
with the DRDA protocol after installation by using the
instmgr.exe utility (see ″Server Instance Manager
Command-Line Options″).
See “Installing with the GUI Custom Setup” on page 2-3.
Install as the Local System Account Support
In past releases, the IBM Informix Dynamic Server
Windows Service was allowed to log on only as user
informix. Starting with version 11.50, you can install IDS
on Windows as the local system account.
Select the Local System User option in the installation
application. That option provides the same privileges as
the informix user account; however, it uses an internal
account that does not require a password. The local
system account is used by the operating system and
services running under Windows during the installation
of IDS.
You can choose not to create an informix user account at
all, but if you do so, you will not be able to use
Enterprise Replication between IDS on UNIX
®
and IDS on
Windows operating systems.
See “Installing with the GUI Custom Setup” on page 2-3.
Documentation Conventions
Special conventions are used in the product documentation for IBM Informix
Dynamic Server.
viii IBM Informix Dynamic Server Installation Guide for Windows