Installation of DS.

vimali balakrishnan · Post by **vimali balakrishnan** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:11 pm

Hi,

Which is better? Installing DS Server and client on the same machine or on different machines?Why?

can anyone help me out on what all constraints should be considered while installing DS Server and DS Client.

Thanks,
Vimali.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:28 pm

Different.

You specified UNIX. The clients only run on Windows.

Please clarify your concept of "constraints".

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:29 pm

Depending on which variant of UNIX you are using, you will need to change some kernel parameters. This is documented for your particular platform in the installation guide and in the readme file that ships with the software.

vimali balakrishnan · Post by **vimali balakrishnan** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:48 pm

By default,de we need to install DataStage Server and Client on different machines? why do we need to install it in different macines?? Can you clarify me?

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:55 pm

The clients do not run on UNIX.

You have specified that you have a UNIX-based server.

There is no way the same machine can run both UNIX and Windows at the same time.

That is why you need different machines.

The only exception is if you are running DataStage on Windows (which you specified you are not doing). Only then can clients and server be on the same machine, competing for finite resources.

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:26 am

You you may only install one DataStage Server machine, but you would want the DataStage Clients installed on a number of desktops (if you have a number of DataStage Users)

vimali balakrishnan · Post by **vimali balakrishnan** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:43 am

Thanks Ray, so if my DataStage Server is Unix then there should be a dedicated machine which will be my DataStage Server and I can install DataStage Client on different desktops right other than server right..

Thanks,
Vimali.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:52 pm

Not "can". "Must".

The clients do not run on UNIX. They must, however, be able to connect to the UNIX machine on which DataStage server is running via TCP/IP. By default port number 31538 is used, so this must not be firewalled.