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System Administration Certification exam 918 for IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11 prep, Part 1: IDS installation and configuration

Manjula Panthagani (manjulap@us.ibm.com), Advanced Support Engineer, IBM

Manjula Panthagani is an Advanced Support Engineer for Informix Dynamic Server at IBM. She has been in this position supporting IDS for over seven years and participated in the development of the IDS Certification exam.

Rashmi Chawak (chawak@us.ibm.com), Advanced Support Engineer, IBM

Rashmi Chawak is an Advanced Support Engineer for IDS, IBM. She has been in this position supporting IDS for over seven years and has worked on porting IDS product on various platforms.

Siva K. Ane (sane@us.ibm.com), Advanced Support Engineer, IBM

Siva Ane is an Advanced Support Engineer for IDS, IBM. He has been in Platform Engineering for nine years prior to this position.

Summary: Install and configure IBM® Informix® Dynamic Server, Version 11 (IDS 11), manage space and logs, and configure the different security options available in IDS. The first in a series of eight tutorials, use this tutorial to help prepare for the IDS 11 exam 918.

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Date: 10 May 2007
Level: Intermediate
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Before you start

This tutorial explains the installation and configuration of an IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11.

About this series

Thinking about seeking certification on System Administration for IBM IDS V11 (Exam 918)? If so, you're in the right spot. This series of eight IDS certification preparation tutorials covers all the basics -- the topics you'll need to understand before you read the first exam question. Even if you're not planning to seek certification right away, this set of tutorials is a great place to start learning what's new in IDS 11.

About this tutorial

This tutorial explains how to install and configure IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11.

Objectives

On completion of this tutorial, you should be able to:

Understand how to install IDS 11
Understand various configuration parameters, environments variables, network protocols, and the sqlhosts file
See how some additional onconfig parameters in IDS 11 compare to previous versions
Install the server in different modes, such as silent, GUI, and so on, and also bring down the server
Understand each ONCONFIG parameter and be able to edit related parameters in the onconfig file based on the UNIX® operating system platform

Prerequisites

This tutorial is geared toward database administrators (DBAs) familiar with basic database concepts.

System requirements

You do not need a copy of IDS to complete this tutorial. However, you will get more out of the tutorial if you download the free trial version of IBM IDS 11 to work along with this tutorial.

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