Installation on Windows
This section describes how to install the CONNX Administrator and CONNX client components on Windows.
1. Download and run the installation kit from Empower or use the download links provided during your maintenance renewal or evaluation period.
2. Accept the terms of the license agreement. Click Next.
3. In the Destination Folders window, select the locations of the 32-bit and the 64-bit components. On 32-bit systems, the only available option to select the location of 32-bit components. Click Next.
4. In the License Server Information window, specify the server name and port number if your already installed license. The default port number for the CONNX license server is 7501. If you want to install the license server locally on this computer, select the appropriate radio button. Click Next.
5. In the Database Modules window, select the database modules you have purchased or are evaluating. You must have a valid license file for each database module you select. Select DataSync, InfoNaut Professional, or N-Tier only if you purchased or are evaluating these products. InfoNaut Lite is included with all CONNX licenses. Select InfoNaut Professional only if you purchased or are evaluating this product.
6. In the Administrative Components, if you are installing CONNX on an administrative computer, click Install and enter the file path to the folder containing the license files in License Source. This installs the CONNX Data Dictionary tool and the License Administrator program. If you are not installing CONNX on an administrative computer, clear Install.
7. In the Select Features window, select the components to install. You can save drive space by clearing the unused subcomponent check boxes.
The following table contains a list of the CONNX components, their descriptions, and subcomponents.
Component | Description | Subcomponents |
CONNX Client Driver | Required on all CONNX client machines. | InfoNaut Query Tool CONNX ODBC Driver CONNX OLE Automation Object CONNX JDBC Components |
CONNX UNIX Client Driver | Required on all UNIX based CONNX client machines. | CONNX ODBC Driver CONNX JDBC Components |
OpenVMS Server Components | Required for Rdb, RMS, and DBMS databases. Must be installed on at least one administrator machine, and then transferred to an OpenVMS database server. | CONNX OpenVMS Setup Alpha components VAX components Itanium components (RMS only) |
IMS Mainframe Server Components | Required for access of IMS data on the mainframe. | Setup Utility |
VSAM Mainframe Server Components | Required for access of VSAM data on the mainframe. | Setup Utility |
CONNX JDBC Server | Must be installed on at least one machine if you use JDBC. | CONNX JDBC Binaries |
UNIX Server Setup | Required for access of Adabas, C-ISAM, DISAM, Micro Focus and RM/Cobol data on Linux/UNIX. | Setup Utility for Adabas, C-ISAM, DISAM, Micro Focus and RM/Cobol |
CONNX Help and Samples | For users who want to test different types of sample databases and front-end applications. Help files can be installed on both admin and client machines. | CONNX Help Files Microsoft® Access® Sample CONNX OLE RPC Test Drive for VMS Data Dictionary Viewer InfoNaut Lite |
CONNXStore Database Server | Native CONNXStore database server (PostgreSQL for windows). Required for DataSync. Note: If DataSync was checked on the Database Module screen, CONNXStore will be installed and there will be no check box option for it on the component screen. | |
CONNX Enterprise Server Service | Allows data sources hosted on Windows to be accessed from other machines and operating systems | |
Adabas Mainframe Components | Required for access of Adabas data on the mainframe. | Setup Utility |
Adabas Event Replicator for LUW (Open Systems Event Replicator for Adabas customers) components | Allows selection of individual Adabas Event Replicator for LUW components. | Installer for UNIX components |
Web Administrator | The functionality of the following applications have been integrated into the Web Administrator. The old applications are still included as classic versions but are deprecated and will be removed from the installation at a future date: CONNX CDD Manager CONNX 64-bit CDD Manager CONNX DataSync CONNX Configuration Manager CONNX License Administrator CONNX DSNRegistry CONNX 64-bit DSNRegistry | CONNX REST Server CONNX 64-bit REST Server |
8. If you are installing the Adabas Mainframe Components, scroll down to view the Adabas Mainframe Server Setup checkbox. Select the checkbox if you are installing or updating the server components on the mainframe. This step only has to be done once or when the server changes. If you are installing multiple clients later, it is not necessary to select the check box during installation. For more information about the Adabas installation configurations, see
Recommended Configurations for Adabas SQL Gateway. Install the CONNX client components on each computer requiring data access. For more information, see
Remote Silent Installation. You do not have to install the administrator component and JDBC server components on machines requiring data access only.
For administrator machines, ensure that both the CONNX client driver and the CONNX administrator components are installed. The OpenVMS server components required for Rdb, DBMS, and RMS databases must be installed on at least one administrator machine and then transferred to the OpenVMS database server machine. The server components need not be installed on client machines. See
Installing CONNX OpenVMS Server for information on transferring the server components to the server. For client machines requiring data access only, select only the CONNX Client Driver component in the Select Components window.
Do not select UNIX Server Setup if you are using C-ISAM, DISAM, or Micro Focus on a Windows platform.
Do not select Adabas Mainframe Components if you are using Adabas on a Windows platform.
9. If you have selected the CONNX JDBC Server Service, the Enterprise Server Service, the CONNX Store Database Server Service, Adabas Event Replicator for LUW, or Install CONNX License server on local computer, the Service Account Selection dialog box appears. To have the services run as a specific domain user, select This account and enter a domain or user name in the Domain\UserName text box. Enter a password in the Password text box. To have the services run under the local system account, select Local System account. Click Next.
The installer copies the files. When the copy process has finished, an information message box appears stating that the CONNX Server Setup programs are set to install the server components that you have selected. Click OK.
11. If you selected Oracle, DB2, C-ISAM, Informix, Sybase, ODBC, or OLE DB data sources in the Database Modules window, a dialog box appears asking whether you want to install sample database tables. Click Yes to continue with the sample table installation through CONNX Sample Database Logon dialog boxes. Click No to continue with the CONNX installation. You can install the sample tables for each of the listed databases at any time using the Build Sample Database icons available in your program group.
12. Reboot the system if prompted.