Installing IBM Informix Products

Use the information from the Installation Worksheet to respond to prompts and select options during installation. For information on the Installation Worksheet and preparations for installing Dynamic Server, see Preparing to Install Dynamic Server.

3Dynamic Server for Windows includes a Windows 3launch pad, a graphical interface with the options to view this 3manual or the release notes, start the installation, or browse the 3CD. The launch pad will start automatically when the CD is inserted.

To install IBM Informix products

Start the installation program in one of the following ways:
- Double-click Setup.exe from the root directory of the CD.
- At the command prompt, Enter: run X:\Setup.exe
  where X: is the drive where the product CD is mounted.
For server-only installation, click the Setup application icon (Setup.exe) in the in the X:\IIF subdirectory of the directory where you downloaded the product files.
Read and then accept the license agreement.
Specify the installation directory.
The destination drive must be formatted with a Windows file system (NTFS).
Select the products to install.
All the products that come bundled with Dynamic Server are selected by default. Entering the number that corresponds to the appropriate product will select the product if it is not selected and deselect the product if it is already selected.
If you are upgrading your database server or reinstalling a 10.0 database server, choose Copy all files and upgrade from the Run the Installation Again? dialog box (which comes up automatically if you have previously installed the database server).
The installation program skips most of the setup pages and uses existing information instead.
Specify a domain installation type, if applicable.
Choose the installation option:
- Typical
- Minimal
- Custom
If desired, enable role separation. To skip role separation, click Next and skip to step 9.
If you enable role separation:
1. Enter or select the names of the administrative groups that access the database server.
2. Enter the name of the auditing administrator account and the password twice for confirmation.
3. Enter the name of the security administrator account and the password twice for confirmation.
4. Specify the informix user password.
  The database server service that the installation program creates runs under this account. If the account does not exist, the installation program creates the account.
Complete the installation.

After the installation program installs the files on your system, you return to the main page of the wizard. If you have already filled out a Configuration Worksheet (that is, in addition to an Installation Worksheet), you can configure a database server now. Alternatively, you can choose Cancel and use the Server Instance Manager to configure a database server later.