Install Dynamic Server 10.0

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Install Dynamic Server 10.0

On UNIX or Linux, you must be logged in as user root to install Dynamic Server 10.0.

On Windows, you must be a member of the Informix-Admin group. Set the INFORMIXDIR environment variable to the directory where you plan to install the database server.

Warning:

Do not install the new database server over the old database server.

If you install the new database server in the same directory where the source database server resided, the installation script overwrites the older files. If you want to preserve your source database server files, you must install the new database server in a different directory. If you install the new database server in a different directory, you need to change the value of the INFORMIXDIR environment variable, or the older version of the database server will start up when you reboot.

Before you overwrite the source database server, you must take the following precautions:

If you do not have the original media for the source database server, back up the INFORMIXDIR directory before you install Dynamic Server 10.0.
Copy the configuration and sqlhosts files from the etc directory of INFORMIXDIR to another location in the file system.

To install and configure Dynamic Server 10.0, follow the directions in your IBM Informix: Installation Guide and in your IBM Informix: Dynamic Server Administrator's Guide.

The installation script installs Dynamic Server 10.0 into the INFORMIXDIR directory specified for user root on UNIX or Linux or for the Informix-Admin group on Windows.

Important:

Monitor the database server message log, online.log, during the conversion for any error messages. If you see an error message, resolve the error condition before you continue the conversion procedure.

When you finish installation as user root and are ready to initialize the server, you must switch to user informix.