Installing the Netezza Performance Server tools

About this task

To install the Netezza Performance Server tools on Windows, complete the following steps:

Procedure

Insert the IBM® Netezza® Client Components for Windows DVD in your media drive and go to the admin directory.
If you downloaded the client package (nzsetup.exe) to a directory on your client system, change to that directory.
Double-click or run nzsetup.exe.

This program is a standard installation program that consists of a series of steps in which you select and enter information that is used to configure the installation. You can cancel the installation at any time.

Results

The installation program displays a license agreement, which you must accept to install the client tools. You can also specify the following information:

Destination folder

You can use the default installation folder or specify an alternative location. The default folder is C:\Program Files\IBM Netezza Tools. If you choose a different folder, the installation program creates the folder if one does not exist.

Setup type

Select the type of installation: typical, minimal, or custom.

Typical: Install the nzadmin program, the help file, the documentation, and the console utilities, including the loader.
Minimal: Install the nzadmin program and help files.
Custom: Displays a screen where you can select to install any combination of the administration application, console applications, or documentation.

After you complete the selections and review the installation options, the client installer creates the Netezza Tools folder, which has several subfolders. You cannot change the subfolder names or locations.

Bin: Executable files and support files
Doc: Copies of the Netezza Performance Server user guides and an Acrobat Index to search the doc set
Help: Application help files
jre: Java™ runtime environment files for the Netezza Performance Server tools
sys: Application string files
Uninstall Netezza Tools: Files to remove Netezza Performance Server tools from the client system

The installation program displays a dialog when it completes, and on some systems, it can prompt you to restart the system before you use the application.

The installer stores copies of the software licenses in the installation directory, which is usually C:\Program Files\IBM Netezza Tools (unless you specified a different location).

The installation program adds the Netezza Performance Server commands to the Windows Start > Programs menu. The program group is Netezza Performance Server and it has the suboptions Netezza Performance Server Administrator and Documentation. The Documentation command lists the PDFs of the installed documentation.

To use the commands in the bin directory, you must open a Windows command-line prompt (a DOS prompt).