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and a single path for all application files including the database server files
during deployment to avoid waiting for data loading and database server
initialization.
Most deployment utility functionality can be invoked by using either
command-line options or setting options in a text-based template configuration
(.conf) file to accommodate your working preference. The .conf file also facilitates
easier reuse of an instance setup because you can save your settings in a copy of
the file.
To operate the deployment utility, run the ifxdeploy executable from a command
line or from a script as part of an application installation. (The full file name of the
executable is ifxdeploy.exe in the Windows version of IDS, but it will be referred
to as simply ifxdeploy throughout the documentation.) The utility can be run
without user interaction, in silent mode.
Rapid IDS Embeddability with the Deployment Utility
A snapshot of an instance can be reconfigured and initialized by running the
deployment utility with a combination of command line options or by setting
values in the ifxdeploy.conf file.
You can preinitialize the instance by indicating the location of the IBM Informix
Dynamic Server chunk paths on the target computer.
The ifxdeploy.conf file allows for more dynamic customization than the
command-line options because in the file you can specify any configuration
parameter values, set key environment variables, and create multiple database
server aliases.
To apply configuration settings of the ifxdeploy.conf file to an instance you are
deploying, enter the file name as an argument to the -config option when you run
the ifxdeploy command.
If you set different values for the same instance in the ifxdeploy.conf file and as an
option to the ifxdeploy command option, the deployment utility uses the value
specified on the command line. For example, if you specify -p mypassword1 on the
command line but set the INFORMIXPASSWORD parameter to mypassword2 in the
ifxdeploy.conf file, the deployed instance requires mypassword1 for authentication.
Initialized dbspaces
If you create a snapshot with initialized dbspaces, you can deploy the snapshot as
an initialized instance without having to wait for disk space initialization on the
target system.
To deploy the dbspaces to different locations from where they were when the
snapshot was taken, use the -relocate option. In the -relocate option you specify
one or more parent directories for the chunks of the deployed instance.
If you want to relocate the chunk parent directories, verify the following before
you run the utility:
v The chunk files on the target computer exist in path locations that correspond
with your chunk parent directory relocation settings.
5-2 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Installation Guide for Windows
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