Informix Install without CD
Jack A had lost the install CDs for Informix 9.21 UC5 on Solaris and asked whether a tar copy of an existing install could be used. Scott Burns, Neil Truby and Nebojsa Sevo said it works; the installserver script may need rerunning with the install key and code, user and group informix need matching UID and GID, and library links must be recreated. Resolved.
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My department has misplaced the CD's for our Informix (9.21 UC5 on Solaris). Is it possible to make a tar file of an existing install and copy it to the new machine in the same directory strucutre. Will that work? Any other creative ways to install that you guys might know of ? If not, any idea if it is easy to order 9.21 UC5 from IBM. I dont know how I got into this mess. TIA, Jack
Jack A wrote: >My department has misplaced the CD's for our Informix (9.21 UC5 on Solaris). >Is it possible to make a tar file of an existing install and copy it to the >new machine in the same directory strucutre. Will that work? Any other >creative ways to install that you guys might know of ? > > > For years, this was how we installed SE on Linux. Of course, 9.21 is not SE, so YMMV. -- Scott Burns Mirrabooka Systems Tel +61 7 3857 7899 Fax +61 7 3857 1368
"Jack A" <jacka8@excite.com> wrote in message news:1fe7dfa6eddf68edf0e9c64e4331eeb0@news.teranews.com... > > My department has misplaced the CD's for our Informix (9.21 UC5 on Solaris). > Is it possible to make a tar file of an existing install and copy it to the > new machine in the same directory strucutre. Will that work? Any other > creative ways to install that you guys might know of ? > > If not, any idea if it is easy to order 9.21 UC5 from IBM. I dont know how I > got into this mess. Yes, it will work. You may have to run the installserver script etc again, but provided you have the Install Key and Code that should be easy. Can you get replacement media from IBM? I imagine so: IBM's streamlined administrative procedures are extermely well geared up for dealing with just such an out-of-the-ordinary request.
Neil Truby wrote: > > Can you get replacement media from IBM? I imagine so: IBM's streamlined > administrative procedures are extermely well geared up for dealing with just > such an out-of-the-ordinary request. > > have you stopped taking the tablets again Neil?
On Mon, 17 May 2004 21:07:08 GMT, "Jack A" <jacka8@excite.com> wrote: > >My department has misplaced the CD's for our Informix (9.21 UC5 on Solaris). >Is it possible to make a tar file of an existing install and copy it to the >new machine in the same directory strucutre. Will that work? Any other >creative ways to install that you guys might know of ? It will work but you must have user informix and group informix with same UID and GID as they are on existing server. And don't forget links from /usr/lib/some_file.so to $INFORMIXDIR/lib/some_file.so. Nebojsa ------------------------------------ Remove spam block (DELETE_) to reply