Installing IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture for shadow tables

To maintain shadow tables with InfoSphere CDC, you must install a supported version of the required InfoSphere CDC software components.

To install the required InfoSphere CDC software components:

1. Log in to the access-server-host as cdc-user.
2. Install the InfoSphere CDC Access Server software:
   1. Copy the installation image that you downloaded from Fix Central to a temporary directory.
   2. Decompress access-server-installation-archive-name into a temporary directory.
   3. Run the installation program.
      The following example shows how to run this program from the tempdir directory that contains it:

      cd tempdir
      sh ./access-server-installation-binary-name

3. Start the Access Server processes for UNIX and Linux®:

   cd /access-server-installation-dir/bin/ 
   nohup ./dmaccessserver &

4. Log in to the cdc-server-host as cdc-user.
5. Install a supported version of InfoSphere CDC for Db2 to install the base image of the replication engine:
   1. Copy the installation image that you downloaded from Passport Advantage® to a temporary directory.
   2. Run the installation program.
      The following example shows how to run this program from the tempdir directory that contains it:

      cd tempdir
      sh ./cdc-installation-binary-name

   3. At the prompt to start the configuration tool during installation, decline.
6. If an interim fix is required, install a supported interim fix of InfoSphere CDC for Db2:
   1. Copy the installation image that you downloaded from Fix Central to a temporary directory.
   2. Decompress the installation image into a temporary directory.
   3. Run the installation program.
      The following example shows how to run this program from the tempdir directory that contains it:

      cd tempdir
      sh ./cdc-installation-binary-name

   4. At the prompt to start the configuration tool during installation, decline.
7. Log in to the management-console-workstation where you want to install InfoSphere CDC Management Console.
8. Install the InfoSphere CDC Management Console software on a computer that is running Windows operating system:
   1. Copy the installation image that you downloaded from Fix Central to a temporary directory.
   2. Decompress the management-console-installation-archive-name file into a temporary directory.
   3. Run the management-console-installation-binary-name file from the temporary directory.