Deploying Informix software

The product supports embeddability tools that enable lightweight, faster deployment of the database server and related client programs.

Use the command-line deployment utility to deploy a snapshot of IBM® Informix® and create a new instance as a quick alternative to traditional installation, especially for deployments to many computers. You can configure the snapshot so that the instance is ready to meet your requirements immediately after deployment.

You can customize an RPM Package Manager image of the installation and then distribute the image to other locations on supported Linux platforms.

  • The deployment utility
    The IBM Informix deployment utility can deploy snapshots of pre-configured IBM Informix instances (with or without data) on one or more computers.
  • The syncsqlhosts utility
    Use the syncsqlhosts utility to manually convert the connection information between the sqlhosts file format and the Windows registry format.
  • Removing a snapshot with the deployment utility
    Use the deployment utility to remove a snapshot that was originally deployed by the deployment utility. In addition, you can use this utility to remove the user who owns the installation from the operating system.
  • Deploying Informix and client products with RPM-based installation (Linux)
    You can create RedHat Package Manager (RPM) images of a customized IBM Informix product installation to deploy the products with a silent installation. You can use RPM images to deploy the database server and client products in embedded applications. After you install the database server with an RPM image, you must manually initialize the database server.
Parent topic: Embedding IBM Informix
Related concepts:
Introducing the Informix deployment utility
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