
Prepare the licensing information (check the operating system, number of CPU's and expiration date) Check disk space and available partitions Note that starting from Datastage 7.0, the installation process does not have to be started as root. Get the superuser (root / administrator) access to the server. Install and configure the database specific client libraries if needed. Check the disk space availability and disk performance The Datastage 8 installation comes with a dedicated DB2 engine, however Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server are also supported.

For Datastage 8, prepare a database which will serve as a metadata repository. On Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, installing Microsoft Visual Studio will be necessary. Make sure an appropriate C++ Compiler is available. If necessary, apply any operating system level patches or updates before the installation Datastage EE is compatible with Linux, AIX, Solaris, Windows 2003 server (Datastage ver. Check whether the Datastage installation supports the operation system and its version. Installing Datastage EE 7.5.x (on Red Hat Enterprise Linux)Ī few things need to be taken into consideration and analyzed when starting the Datastage EE installation process:

This IBM InfoSphere Datastage Enterprise Edition (EE) installation guide is based on a Datastage 7.5.1 EE setup on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Datastage 8.x installation on Windows 2003 server Infosphere Datastage Enterprise Edition installation
