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Basic demonstration database server: Select the Initialize Server checkbox in the
installation application and ensure that the settings for the server name,
service name, port, and server number are accurate.
Instance Configuration Wizard: A more customized database server can be
created with the Instance Configuration Wizard. Select the Initialize Server
and Enable the default configuration file checkboxes to use this feature. Read
the “Instance Configuration Wizard” on page 1-8 section for more
information.
Important: If you check the box by Initialize Server, the database server
initializes automatically after installation and deletes any existing data on the
host computer.
Alternatively, you can skip server configuration and configure the database
server manually after installation is complete using the Server Instance
Manager (instmgr.exe) utility.
Demonstration Database Server on Your System
The following information about the demonstration database server can help you
decide what installation setup and settings to choose:
v The demonstration database server should have on your system a server number
between 0 and 255 that is not shared with another instance. If all the valid
server numbers are used by other instances and you want to install the
demonstration server, it is recommended that you make one of the server
numbers available only for the IDS demonstration instance before launching the
installation.
v The installation application automatically searches for and assigns a unique,
unused server number for your demonstration database server. You can also
specify a server number between 0 and 255. If you enter a server number that is
used by another instance, the installation application does not accept it and does
one of the following:
1. If a server number between 0 and 255 is unused on your system, the
demonstration database server is assigned this number.
2. If the installation application is unable to find another unused server
number, then the number that you provided will be used.
v If you select the shipped configuration file, the name assigned to the
demonstration database server depends on what installation setup is being used:
Typical Setup: The installation application dynamically creates a database
server name, and the information about it is displayed in a message.
Custom Setup: You provide the database server name.
The ONCONFIG environment variable is set to the sample configuration file
located at %INFORMIXDIR%\etc\onconfig.demo_server_name. Details about
this are displayed before the installation application copies files. The information
is also stored in %INFORMIXDIR%\logs\IDS_install_date_time.log.
v When the installation application initializes the demonstration database server,
the following databases are built automatically: sysmaster, sysuser, sysutils, and
sysadmin.
v The message log regarding installation of the demonstration database server is
located in %INFORMIXDIR%\demo_server_name.log.
Chapter 1. Preparing to Install IDS (Windows) 1-7