Windows: Install, upgrade, and uninstall the S-TAP agent

The Base Filtering Engine (BFE) service must be running for the S-TAP installation. If the service exists but is not running, Guardium attempts to start it.

S-TAPs require .NET Framework 4.5 or higher version. If the .NET 4.5 or higher environment does not exist, S-TAP installs .NET 4.5.2.

All files and directories under Windows S-TAP® and all Guardium® Windows agents installed directories give full control permission to the Guardium Services group. Guardium agents are designed so that Guardium creates the Guardium Services group the first time that you install Windows S-TAP or any other Guardium Windows agent.

S-TAP installation creates one installation log called C:\IBM Windows S-TAP.ctl.

The Windows S-TAP can be uninstalled without restarting. Upgrade your S-TAP to 11.4 (or later), reboot the S-TAP once, for example, in the next maintenance window. Then, you can uninstall the S-TAP without rebooting the database server or restarting database instances. A fresh install of the 11.4 (or later) S-TAP out of the box is fully uninstallable without requiring a reboot. Db2® exit monitoring requires a one time stop of the Db2 instances to install the Guardium interface DLL. After that, the S-TAP can be installed and uninstalled without stopping any instances.