11 Installing Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways

Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways is a GUI tool for managing the life cycle activities of Oracle Connect for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways installations.

At design time, Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways enables you to configure Oracle servers and data sources and to import and edit metadata for data sources. In addition, you can perform tests within Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways to verify the configuration.

At run time, Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways enables you to monitor and control the Oracle servers.

Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways is available on Windows and UNIX.

Note:

If you have Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways already installed because you are already using a different gateway, then you do not need to reinstall it.

The following database gateways are available:

Oracle Database Gateway for VSAM
Oracle Database Gateway for IMS/DB
Oracle Database Gateway for Adabas

This topic includes the following sections:

System Requirements for Oracle Database Gateway
Installing Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways on UNIX
Installing Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways on Windows

11.1 System Requirements for Oracle Database Gateway

This section provides information about the hardware and software requirements for Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways. It contains the following sections:

Hardware Requirements for Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways
Software Requirements for Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways

11.1.1 Hardware Requirements for Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways

Table 11-1 lists the system requirements for Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways.

Table 11-1 System Requirements for Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways

Requirement	Value
Memory	256 MB of RAM
Disk space	100 MB of free disk space
Processor	For Microsoft Windows: Intel or 100% compatible personal computer (PC), based on a Pentium processor For Linux 32-bit: Intel Pentium-based processor For Linux 64-bit: Intel Itanium 2 based 64-bit system

11.1.2 Software Requirements for Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways

Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways can run on the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows NT Server Version 4.0 with SP5 or later
Microsoft Windows 2000 with SP2 or later
Microsoft Windows 2003
Microsoft Windows XP
Linux (all versions that support Java version 5.0)

In addition, Oracle Database Gateways for VSAM requires network transport protocol software, TCP/IP, that is included with Microsoft Windows.

11.2 Installing Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways on UNIX

The Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways installation on Linux can be carried out by one of the following:

Accessing Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways Software on UNIX
Installing Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways with the Wizard (SH installation)
Installing with a Silent Installation (RPM)

11.2.1 Accessing Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways Software on UNIX

Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways are available in the gateway installation directory:

/gateways/legacy/Studio/OracleStudio_linux.sh

11.2.2 Installing Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways with the Wizard (SH installation)

You can install Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways by using the installation wizard. This allows you to easily carry out any standard or custom installation.

Perform the following steps to install Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways using the SH installation method

Install into a directory where you have permission.
Change the mode to execute mode. Type the following:
```
Chmod +x <file name>
```
Enter the following:
```
./ <file name>
```
If you are not installing to the current directory, enter the full path.

11.2.3 Installing with a Silent Installation (RPM)

You can use the Linux RPM method to install Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways.

Enter the following to install Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways using the RPM method:

rpm -i <file name>

You can use RPM parameters to create a custom installation.

11.3 Installing Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways on Windows

This section describes how to install Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways on all supported Windows operating systems.

Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways is installed with a standard installation wizard.

Perform the following step to install Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways:

Access the Oracle Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways software in the following gateway installation directory:

\gateways\legacy\Studio\OracleStudio_win.exe
Run the installation file, either using the Run option in the Windows Start menu or through Windows Explorer. Follow the instructions on the wizard screen.