Warehouse Manager Installation Guide

Installing a Windows NT warehouse agent

Before you install a Windows NT warehouse agent, you must remove the Visual Warehouse Version 5.2 or earlier Windows NT agent that is located on that workstation.

Removing a Visual Warehouse Windows NT agent

To remove a Visual Warehouse Windows NT agent:

1. Click Start --> Settings --> Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
3. On the Install/Uninstall page, click Visual Warehouse, then click the Add/Remove button.

   The Confirm Removal window opens.

4. Click Remove.
5. Delete the VWSWIN directory:
   1. Open Windows NT Explorer.
   2. Locate the VWSWIN directory on the drive where you installed the Visual Warehouse Windows NT agent.
   3. Delete the VWSWIN directory.
6. Remove Visual Warehouse from the Windows NT registry:
   1. Click Start --> Run.
   2. In the Open field, type regedit, then click OK.
   3. Expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder.
   4. Expand the Software folder.
   5. Expand the IBM folder.
   6. Delete the Visual Warehouse folder.

Installing a Windows NT warehouse agent

Before you install a Windows NT warehouse agent, ensure that you are using a Windows NT user ID that has administrator privileges. If DB2 Universal Database is installed on the warehouse agent site, it must be at Version 7.

To install a Windows NT warehouse agent:

1. Close all Windows programs.
2. Insert the Warehouse Manager CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The launchpad opens.
3. Click Install from the launchpad.
4. In the Select Products window, ensure that the DB2 Warehouse Manager check box is selected, then click Next.
5. In the Select Installation Type window, click Custom, then click Next.
6. In the Select DB2 Components window, select the Warehouse Agent check box, then click Next.
7. In the Start Copying Files window, review your selections. If you want to change any of your selections, click Back to return to the window where you can change the selection. Click Next to begin copying files.
8. In the Setup Complete window, click Finish to restart the workstation.

After you install the warehouse agent, click Start --> Settings --> Control Panel --> ODBC to register your source and target databases as system DSNs.