Installation Startup Kit for custom installations

The Installation Startup Kit includes files and scripts to help you prepare your environment before you install InfoSphere® MDM.

The files and scripts for the Installation Startup Kit are deployed to the folder that you define as the STARTUPKIT_INSTALL_HOME. These items can be used to help you to complete a custom installation.

Database creation and configuration
Tip: The database scripts in the Installation Startup Kit must be run before you begin the InfoSphere MDM installation.

The scripts automatically create the appropriate tables, tablespaces, buffer pools, encoding specifications, and triggers that are required for your edition.

The installation application can create the necessary tablespaces for your deployment. Alternatively, you can create them prior to installing InfoSphere MDM using the provided scripts.

Tip: Create one temporary tablespace for each blocksize. For example, if you have 16K tablespaces, then create a 16K temporary tablespace.
  • The scripts to create IBM® DB2® databases and tablespaces are located in STARTUPKIT_INSTALL_HOME/CoreData/Full/DB2/Standard/ddl/
    • CreateDB.sql
    • CreateTS.sql
  • The scripts to create a DB2 for z/OS® database and install core and domain data:
    • STARTUPKIT_INSTALL_HOME/CoreData/Full/DB2/ZOS/pds/
    • STARTUPKIT_INSTALL_HOME/Full/DB2/ZOS/pds/
    The scripts are configured to run from a TSO session using JCL scripts in the mainframe.
  • Script to create an Oracle database: STARTUPKIT_INSTALL_HOME/CoreData/Full/Oracle/Standard/ddl/create_schema_ora.sql
  • Script to create a Microsoft SQL Server database: STARTUPKIT_INSTALL_HOME/CoreData/Full/SQLServer/ddl/CreateDB.sql
  • Microsoft SQL Server files that are used for XA transactions are located in STARTUPKIT_INSTALL_HOME/SQLServer JTA:
    • sqljdbc.dll files to support either 32-bit or 64-bit SQL Server are in win32 and win64_amd64
    • instjdbc.sql
Messaging component setup
The Installation Startup Kit includes scripts that you can use to install the InfoSphere MDM messaging component when WebSphere® MQ is on a machine that is different than the one where IBM Installation Manager is running, use the scripts custSetupMQServer.mqsc and ChannelAuth.mqsc.
Prerequisite checking tool
The prerequisite checking command line tool helps to prevent you from beginning an installation that will be unable to successfully complete due to missing prerequisites. This tool has the following capabilities:
  • Runs prerequisite checks for InfoSphere MDM installation.
  • Performs basic data collection – Collects logs and configuration files.
  • Performs extended data collection – Collects logs, configuration files, and metadata stored in the database
The prerequisite checking tool's data collection capabilities can be useful after an InfoSphere MDM has completed or if you need to troubleshoot an installation. The results of these collections are stored in a compressed file.
Silent installation response files
The Installation Startup Kit includes sample response files (.res). These files are samples that can be used as templates for running silent installations. The sample response files are located in STARTUPKIT_INSTALL_HOME at the root level.