Level: Intermediate Jeffrey S. Bohm (jbohm@us.ibm.com), Software Engineer, IBM
16 Jul 2009
This tutorial is the first in a
series
of tutorials designed to help you become familiar with all the different
aspects of IBM® Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) and help you get
ready for the IDS Fundamentals Certification exam. This first tutorial covers
the planning and installation of IDS—a great place to start to
successfully understand and use IDS.
Before you start
This tutorial teaches you about planning for an IDS installation. This
planning consists of key questions that need to be answered, as well
as where to get information about the product, its capabilities on
your machine, and any pre-setup that might be needed.
After planning for the installation comes the actual installation. This
tutorial talks about the different installation options available on
each operating system and continues past installation
into configuration of your first IDS instance, as well as how to start
and stop that instance once it is configured.
With this knowledge you should be able to plan, install, and start an
instance of Informix Dynamic Server that you can then use going
forward with the rest of this
series
of tutorials. You should also be prepared to answer the types of
questions asked in Section 1 of the certification exam.
About this series
This complimentary
series
of nine tutorials has been developed to help you prepare for the IBM
Informix Dynamic Server 11.50 Fundamentals certification exam (555).
This certification exam will test your knowledge of entry-level
administration of IDS 11.50, including basic SQL (Structured Query
Language), how to install IDS 11.50, how to create databases and
database objects, security, transaction isolation, backup and recovery
procedures, and data replication technologies and purposes. These
tutorials provide a solid base for each section of the exam. However,
you should not rely on these tutorials as your only preparation for
the exam.
About this tutorial
This tutorial is dedicated to covering the topics in Section 1 of the
exam, titled "Planning and Installing IDS".
Objectives
When you finish this tutorial, you should be able to perform the
following:
- Explain the differences between IDS editions
- Describe different database applications
- Describe user setup and control, including role separation
- Understand the data types available in IDS, including both
built-in and extensible types
- Explain and execute the different installation methods available
on your platform
- Explain and execute the steps to configure an IDS instance
- Explain the different states of an IDS instance
- Execute commands to change the state of an IDS instance
Prerequisites
This tutorial is written for up-and-coming database administrators
(DBAs). Although some basic database concept knowledge may help, it is
not necessarily needed.
System requirements
To complete this tutorial, you do not need a copy of IDS. However, if
you have one available to use, you will definitely get more out of the
tutorial. If you don't have a copy already, you can download a free
trial version (see Resources).
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