Installing the Netezza client tools software (Windows)

The first step in preparing a Windows system for ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, or .NET is to install the Netezza® appliance client tools software on your system.

Before you begin

Review the Installation requirements.

Procedure

  1. Perform one of the actions in the following list. In doing so, make sure that you use the client release that matches the Netezza software release of your Netezza system. Do not use Netezza clients to manage Netezza systems that use a different Netezza release.
    • Insert the IBM Netezza Client Components–Windows DVD into the DVD drive of your client system.
    • If you downloaded the client package (nz-winclient-version.zip) to a directory on your client system, change to that directory and extract the package.
  2. Double-click or run the nzsetup.exe file.
    This 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.
  3. 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
    Installs the NzAdmin program, the help file, the documentation, and the console utilities.
    Minimal
    Installs the NzAdmin program and help files.
    Custom
    Installs any combination of the administration application, console applications, and documentation.
  4. Review the installation options.

    After you 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
    Contains executable files and support files.
    Doc
    Contains copies of the Netezza user guides and an Acrobat index to search the documentation set.
    Help
    Contains application help files.
    jre
    Contains Java™ runtime environment files for the installer and uninstaller programs of the Netezza tools.
    sys
    Contains application string files.
    Uninstall Netezza Tools
    Contains files to remove Netezza tools from the client system.

Results

The installation program displays a dialog when installation is complete. On some systems, the installation program might prompt you to reboot the system before you use the application.

The installation program adds the Netezza commands to the Start > Programs menu. The program group is IBM Netezza, and it has the suboptions IBM Netezza Administrator and Documentation. The IBM Netezza Administrator suboption starts the NzAdmin tool. The Documentation suboption lists the installed user guide PDFs.

To use the commands in the bin directory, use the Windows command-line prompt.