Re: Product installation order

Posted in 1998

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Licensing & Editions

Richard Spitz — Wed, 30 Dec 1998 08:07:32 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

ackerbau@us.ibm.com wrote: > Assuming TEN (tools, engine, network), development products first, or > runtime? For the engine, it doesn't really matter. For the frontend tools, you must install runtime before development versions, otherwise the "crippled" runtime binaries will overwrite the "full feature" development ones. I'm not sure if it is necessary to install development and runtime packages in parallel. Dev contains everything runtime does, and AFAIK licensing only happens on paper, so if you have more runtime licenses than dev licenses, you are not violating your contract as long as only the licensed number of users is utilizing the development features. Not letting "runtime only" users access the development part is another question. When you install dev after runtime, there will be no "runtime only" isql binary left. HTH, Richard -- +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-6110 <-- NEW! | | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-8886 | | 81366 Munich, Germany | GSM : +49-172-8933578 | +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+

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David Williams — Wed, 30 Dec 1998 17:16:52 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <3689D134.BBCF8D7@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de>, Richard Spitz <Richard.Spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de> writes >ackerbau@us.ibm.com wrote: > >> Assuming TEN (tools, engine, network), development products first, or >> runtime? > >For the engine, it doesn't really matter. For the frontend tools, you must >install runtime before development versions, otherwise the "crippled" >runtime binaries will overwrite the "full feature" development ones. > >I'm not sure if it is necessary to install development and runtime >packages in parallel. Dev contains everything runtime does, and AFAIK >licensing only happens on paper, so if you have more runtime licenses >than dev licenses, you are not violating your contract as long as only >the licensed number of users is utilizing the development features. > >Not letting "runtime only" users access the development part is another >question. When you install dev after runtime, there will be no "runtime only" >isql binary left. > Agreed, just install the development ones. >HTH, Richard -- David Williams