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Chapter 3. Post-installation tasks on Windows
Review the following information after installing IBM Informix.
Working with the installation
After installing IBM Informix, determine how much of the database server setup
the installation application has completed and what actions you must do before
putting the server in production.
The installation sets up a database server that is ready to use and can run on your
system automatically. But you may still want to perform some basic enhancements
before you put the server in production. These tasks show you ways to control the
way Informix runs on your system.
If you have completed a more advanced installation of Informix, these
post-installation tasks might be required in order to work with the database server.
Tip: When you initialize a server, a shortcut is added to the Start menu. To run
commands for an initialized server, click Start > All Programs > IBM Informix >
server_name
.
The following tasks are covered in the next topics of the documentation:
v Starting the database server manually.
v Setting up the database server to start whenever Windows starts.
v Stopping the database server.
Two Informix features that require post-installation configuration are the
following:
Global Language Support (GLS)
A feature that enables you to configure the database server to use a
locale other than the default locale, which is U.S. English. For more
information about how to create databases that use the diacritics,
collating sequence, and monetary and time conventions of a different
language, see the IBM Informix GLS User's Guide.
IBM Informix Storage Manager (ISM) (ISM)
A feature that can be used for ON-Bar backup-and-restores. See the IBM
Informix Storage Manager Administrator's Guide for more information.
The DB-Access utility, which is provided with your IBM Informix database server
products, includes one or more demonstration databases. Many examples in IBM
Informix manuals are based on these demonstration databases, and you can use
these databases to explore Informix functionality. The demonstration databases can
be created at any time after installation. See the IBM Informix DB-Access User's
Guide for detailed information about installing, preparing, and working with the
demonstration databases.
Setup performed by the installation application
Before you begin manual post-installation tasks, it is helpful to know some of the
major tasks the installation application has done.
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