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hi ray, what steps did you take to install information server and datastage v8 on your XP. I still couldn't pass the point where it tried to setup the metadata repository. It kept failing the metadata repository. I chose new installation and let the install.exe ran. It failed and stopped. I am runni...

I found out what I did wrong. Apparently the install.exe I had was for CLIENT side only. I went to IBM site and downloaded the server package, I got the v8.1 version for window. So I went through the journey again. This time I got all the ID/PWD set up screens. But, the installation failed because i...

thanks Andy, that surely helps.

Ray, thanks for your humor remark regarding my "datastage enjoyment"

I wonder if anyone here has extensive usage of DS BASIC... My questions are: 1) I try to get my head around why someone uses BASIC in the first place. 2) What are the major benefits of using BASIC. 3) How it has been used and applied from your experience. Basically, I try to understand: When to use,...

I think this link has what you need too.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocente ... igner.html

-aggie99

I have datastage server/client installed all in one XP machine. This is to facilitate my learning of the tool. Given that is my hardware limitation! My question is, does it make any difference (in processing time) whether I set up the configuration as 2 nodes, 4 nodes, etc. Can I still enjoy paralle...

The installation tool will prompt you to enter the username and password for each of the domain and repository layers. I expect the prompt too. But I didn't see one. Is it possible I only install the client side, but not the server side? how many install.exe do I need to run. thanks for your inputs...

Can someone help? I recently installed Datastage v8 on my xp machine (running the install.exe file that come from IBM). The post installation window said everything was alright. Next, I try to add user and projects. My problem goes to initially login to Web Console. I don't know what would be the ID...

Do anyone know what this message is about and how to resolve it. It shows in the log file occassionally.

WARNING Message:

IS-DSEE-TOSH-00049 00:17:20(009) <main_program> Parameter specified but not used in flow: DSInstallTag