Installing and Configuring Informix

This section contains the procedures that you need to install and configure the Informix application.

How to Install Informix

Use this procedure to install the Informix application.

1. On a cluster member, become superuser or assume a role that provides solaris.cluster.modify RBAC authorization.
2. Create a cluster file system or highly available local file system for the Informix files.

   Refer to the Oracle Solaris Cluster Software Installation Guide for information about creating a cluster file system and the Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for information about creating a highly available local file system.

3. Create an Informix user ID and group ID on all the nodes or zones of the cluster that can master the Informix Dynamic Server.
4. Install Informix binaries on the cluster node or zone where the file system created in Step 2 is mounted.

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   Note - For more information about how to install Informix, see .

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   Note - Before you install Informix on a cluster file system, use the scstat(1M) command to verify that the Solaris Cluster software is fully operational.

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