IDS Virtual Appliance
IDS 11.50.xC4 Virtual Appliance V1.9

System Requirements

Depending on your hardware and operating system, the IBM IDS Virtual Appliance
requires certain VMware software:

* For UNIX, Linux, or Windows, either VMware Workstation 6.x or later or 
  VMware Player 2.0.3, 2.5 or later must be installed on your host machine. 

* For Mac OS X systems VMware Fusion is required. 

* For remote access to VMware ESX or ESXi host machines, the VMware 
  Infrastructure client is required. 

Hardware Requirements

* A minimum of 1 GB of Memory (2 GB Recommended) 
* A minimum of 12 GB of Free Disk space 


Steps to install and start the IDS 11.50.xC4 Virtual Appliance:

1.  Download and install VMware Player or Workstation. 

2.  Uncompress the Virtual Appliance (See installation notes below). 

3.  Start the VMware application.

4.  Navigate to the directory in which the appliance was extracted. 

5.  Select the file with the .vmx extension and click Open. 

6.  When prompted, log in with the following information:

    Username = root 
    Password = root 

7.  Read and accept all license agreements. 

8.  Log in with the following information:

    Username = developer 
    Password = developer

   - or -

    Username = informix 
    Password = informix 

9.  Have fun! 


Installed Software

The following software versions are included with the IDS Virtual Appliance:

* IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11.50.xC4 
* IBM Informix Spatial Datablade Module 8.21.xC3 
* IBM Informix Web DataBlade Module 4.13.UC3, 4.13.FC3X1 
* IBM Data Server Client Drivers v95fp3b 
* IBM OpenAdmin Tool (OAT) 2.24 
* IBM Data Studio 2.1.0.1 
* AGS 6.5 


Installation Notes

- Use the following command to uncompress the Virtual Appliance on UNIX/Linux
  systems:

  tar xvzf filename

- The Virtual Appliance for Windows systems consists of multiple files; one 
  .EXE file and one or more .RAR files. Double-click the .EXE file to 
  uncompress the Virtual Appliance. 

- You must download and install Adobe Flash Player in order to run the 
  OpenAdmin tool. See the instructions in the Configuration section of the 
  documentation file when the appliance starts. 

- If the host computer you are using is not connected to a network when you 
  start the appliance, you might experience network errors; these errors can 
  be ignored. 

- The 64-bit versions of the virtual appliance run only on machines with a 
  64-bit CPU supported by VMware. See the VMware site for information about 
  compatible CPUs and the downloadable VMware tool called "Process Check for
  64-bit Compatibility" to confirm that your host processor supports 64-bit
  images. 

- AGS Server Studio(TM) is included in this release. Server Studio is a 
  graphical development and management environment that features a rich 
  collection of modern tools that help both seasoned database professionals
  and novices alike manage IBM Informix data servers infrastructure. The
  Server Studio installer is located here:

  /opt/AGS/AGS_Install

Revision History

Version 1.9

* Upgrade IDS products:
   IDS 11.50.xC4 
   Spatial DataBlade 8.21.xC3 
   Data Studio 2.1.0.1 
   OAT 2.24 
* Update IDS Game: replace old dates with new ones 
* Rename SQLHOSTS file sqlhosts.cheetah2 to sqlhosts.demos. 
* Change the size of the second disk from 2 GB to 4 GB. 
* Support development activities for the ODBC/CLI data server driver (add 
  missing header files, etc.) 

Version 1.8

* Developed on ESX complex 
* Limited distribution 
* Size of second disk mounted as /data is 2 GB (was 40 GB) 
* Upgrade IDS from 11.50.xC4B4 to 11.50.xC4B5 
* Upgrade OAT from 2.24B2 to 2.24B4 
* Upgrade Data Server Client Drivers from v95fp2 to v95fp4 
* Fix informix service startup file to correctly set the permissions and 
  ownership on /data/IBM/informix/etc/sqlhosts.cheetah2 
* Eliminate the "doc" directory from the VM directory Latest docs 

Version 1.7

* Upgrade IDS from 11.50.xC4B1 to 11.50.xC4B4 
* Upgrade OAT from 2.24B1 to 2.24B2 
* Address cut/paste between host and guest OS 
* Include simple BTS demo 

Version 1.6

* Change ONCONFIG files for all demo instances 
* Update all clusterDemo PHP examples: change hostname from suse1 to ids1150srvr
* Update the informix startup script: create the demo_on instance only on 
  the first boot; do not re-create it on any subsequent boot 
* Update the apache startup script: fix a defect that caused all clusterDemo 
  PHP examples to fail to connect to any instance on the 64-bit IDS VA 
* Change ONCONFIG STACKSIZE parameter for all demo instances to 128 
* Install Data Studio 2.1 
* Install OAT 2.24.B1 and OAT ER Plugin 2.1.B1 

Version 1.5

* Install 11.50.xC4B1 

Version 1.4

* Incorporate the change to the stop demo scripts made for 64-bit editions 
  into the 32-bit editions 
* Adjust demo instance ONCONFIG files for each IDS edition 
* Eliminate /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ld.so.informix.conf and explicitly add IDS 
  libraries to /etc/ld.so.conf. 
* Bundle AGS with the IDS VA. (installer in /opt/AGS) 
* Eliminate YaST screen on initial first-time boot-up 


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