Post-installation tasks

After you have installed your Optim Solution, complete the post-installation tasks or configure your product as required.

Configuration window and menus
This chapter describes the main window for the Optim Configuration program and certain general configuration functions. The principal configuration tasks are described in the following chapters.
Configure Workstations
Two Configuration tasks are used to configure workstations to use the Optim solution. The first, Configure the First Workstation, creates the Optim Directory and establishes connectivity to databases through the creation of associated DB Aliases. If additional workstations are used, the Configure Additional Workstations task guides you through the process that is needed to establish them.
Configure the Optim server on a Windows platform
Using a server, you can define tasks on a workstation and direct resource-intensive data processing functions to a machine more suited to the task. When a task requires the movement, processing, or storage of very large volumes of data, the request can be defined at the workstation in the normal way, then directed for remote processing on the machine hosting the server. If this machine is the machine on which the database is running, network traffic associated with the movement of data is eliminated. You can also install the server on a machine dedicated to the server function. In addition, a server is required to process from a database residing in a UNIX environment and to support access to archived data using Open Data Manager. In a UNIX environment, the server must be installed from the console and configured from the command line.
Configure the server on UNIX or Linux
This section provides information needed to configure the Optim server on a UNIX or Linux® machine.
Validating the installation
After you install and configure your Optim Solution, you can verify that your installation and configuration are successful.

Parent topic: Installing Optim Data Growth Solution