Installing IBM Director for Windows
You can use these procedures to
install the IBM Director.
Prerequisites
Before starting the installation of the IBM Director, you should have already
installed the IBM DB2 Universal Database Workgroup Edition. DB2 should also
be enabled before you log on to the IBM Director Console.
Ensure DB2 is started from the Services window.
- Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.
- From the Control Panel window, double-click the Administrative
Tools icon.
- From the Administrative Tools window, double-click the Services icon.
Check to ensure that the Status column
for DB2-DB2 is Started. If not,
perform the following steps:
- From the Services window, find and single-click the DB2-DB2 icon, and then either:
- Select the Start option from the Action menu; or
- Right-click and select Start from the menu.
- Close the Services window.
- Close the Administrative window.
Steps
Perform the following steps to install the IBM Director:
- Insert the IBM Director product CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. AutoRun
should start the LaunchPad. Click Install IBM Director.
The IBM Director installation program should start within 15 - 30 seconds
if you have AutoRun mode set on your system. If the Installation program
does not start, perform either of the following steps:
- From a Command Prompt window, change to the root of the CD-ROM and type: setup.exe
- From Windows Explorer, open the root of the CD-ROM and double-click on
the setup.exe file.
 | Note: If you are viewing the folder with Windows
Explorer with the option selected to hide file extensions for known file types,
find the setup file with the file type of Application. |
- Click Install IBM Director.
- The IBM Director Installation window opens. Select IBM
Director Server Installation.
 | Note: Important: Only select IBM Director Server Installation. Do not select IBM Director Agent Installation or IBM Director Console Installation. |
- The IBM Director InstallShield wizard opens. Click Next.
- Read the license agreement. Click I accept the terms
in the license agreement in the License Agreement window if you agree
with the license agreement. Click Next.
- Click Next in the advertisement for Enhance IBM
Director with the new Server Plus Pack window.
- Accept the default settings and click Next in the
Feature and installation directory selection window.
- In the IBM Director service account information window, type the domain
for the IBM Director system administrator. Alternatively, if there is no domain,
then type the local host name. Type a user name and password for IBM Director.
The IBM Director will run under this user name and you will log on to the
IBM Director console using this user name. Click Next.
- Accept the default settings in the Encryption settings window. Click Next.
- In the Software Distribution settings window, select folders or accept
the default values and click Next.
- Click Install in the Ready to Install the Program
window.
- The Installing IBM Director server window reports the status of the installation.
- Accept the default settings in the Network driver configuration window,
and click OK. The secondary window closes and the installation
wizard performs more actions, which are tracked in the status window.
- Select IBM DB2 Universal Database in the Select
the database to be configured window. Click Next.
- A secondary window opens called IBM Director DB2 Universal Database configuration.
(This window might open behind the status window, and you must click it to
bring it to the foreground.)
Perform the following steps to configure your
IBM Director to use the DB2 database.
- In the Database name field, either type a new database
name for the IBM Director database table or type an existing database name.
- In the User ID and Password fields,
type the DB2 user ID and password that you created during the DB2 installation.
Click Next.
- Accept the default DB2 node name (LOCAL - DB2) in the IBM Director DB2
Universal Database configuration secondary window. Click OK.
- The Database configuration in progress window is displayed at the bottom
of the IBM Director DB2 Universal Database configuration window. Wait for
the configuration to complete and the secondary window to close.
- Click Finish when the InstallShield Wizard Completed
window opens.
- You must reboot your system at some time after
installing IBM Director before using its services. Click Yes in the IBM Director Server Installer Information window to have your
system rebooted immediately.
Result
The IBM Director is installed.
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