Installing IDS on Mac OS X

There was a recent post about problems installing on the Mac. Unfortunately, most of the information contained in the post was not as accurate as it should be. As someone who's been using IDS on Mac since March, let me correct a few things. First, Yes, you can install and operate in the standard Applications directory. I have been since the beginning. I have also installed and worked in /opt/IBM/informix on some test drives. I have done this on OS X Server and OS X client with the same results. It doesn't make a difference. Second, there are a few "issues" with the installer which are being worked out. Most of them have to do with correct kernel tuning and user ID management. I created a working document that was supposed to be posted to developerWorks which contains the best way to install IDS on Mac. It was designed for Apple users so is a bit pedantic for those who are IDS literate. You can get a copy of via: ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/users/d/dbaresrc/Intro_IDS_on_Mac_V2.pdf You may need to right-click to download/save. In this document, it describes how to tune the kernel so IDS will actually work. The UC2 installer doesn't quite have it done yet. It also shows you how to verify and fix the informix user ID/group issues. I hope this helps. Carlton ------------------------------------------------- Carlton Doe Flower Mound, TX No trees were killed in the transmission of this email, however a large number of electrons were temporarily inconvenienced.

Thanks Carlton. FYI I also installed on a Mac-Mini last night, and the GUI install actually crashed the machine. Mac-Minis are a bit strange to begin with, they can have at the most 2GB Memory, at least the one I have. In future who knows, maybe you can get more memory for them. Anyway, on the Mini I actually ran the command-line install after the crash and it installed into /Applications without incident, and I also was able to stopped/restart the instance without incident too. I was a bit surprised that the MacBookPro would have issues vs the Mini. The Mini crashed I think where the kernel params were being changed, but can't remember. Later tonight I'll post the install log and you can check and see if there's a clue. Anyway... looking forward to seeing if there's something I can do with IDS, maybe write an app to admin IDS and sell it for slightly less money than that other gui they're selling for $795 to manage it on the MAC. Thanks for your help! Carlton Doe wrote: > > There was a recent post about problems installing on the Mac. > Unfortunately, most of the information contained in the post was not as > accurate as it should be. As someone who's been using IDS on Mac since > March, let me correct a few things. > > First, Yes, you can install and operate in the standard Applications > directory. I have been since the beginning. I have also installed and > worked in /opt/IBM/informix on some test drives. I have done this on OS > X Server and OS X client with the same results. It doesn't make a > difference. > > Second, there are a few "issues" with the installer which are being > worked out. Most of them have to do with correct kernel tuning and user > ID management. I created a working document that was supposed to be > posted to developerWorks which contains the best way to install IDS on > Mac. It was designed for Apple users so is a bit pedantic for those who > are IDS literate. You can get a copy of via: > > ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/users/d/dbaresrc/Intro_IDS_on_Mac_V2.pdf > You may need to right-click to download/save. > > In this document, it describes how to tune the kernel so IDS will > actually work. The UC2 installer doesn't quite have it done yet. It > also shows you how to verify and fix the informix user ID/group issues. > > I hope this helps. > > Carlton > > ------------------------------------------------- > Carlton Doe > Flower Mound, TX > > No trees were killed in the transmission of this email, however a large > number > of electrons were temporarily inconvenienced. > > > >