RIMAS for UNIX Software Installation

To: IMS/Query Client-Server and ODBC Users

From: The SHARED LOGIC Group, Inc.

Re: IMS ODBC Driver Installation

Date: March 2, 2000

To install and configure the IMS ODBC driver:

1. Copy the file QC1.5-W32.EXE to your system. Note that the 1.5 in this file name represents the version number, which may change occasionally.

2. Change to the directory into which QC1.5-W32.EXE was copies.

3. Run “QC1.5-W32.EXE” to install the IMS 32-bit ODBC driver.

4. Edit the services file on both the UNIX server and the Windows workstation to add

“imsquery 1777/tcp # IMS/Query”

after ensuring the TCP/IP ports 1777 and 1778 are not already used.

5. Edit a new batch file on the unix server containing

:
# IMS/Query server startup script

DEFDIR=/u;export DEFDIR # replace /u with /home, /data, etc. as required
IMSQSLG=s; export IMSQSLG # replace s with c, m, w, etc. as required
IMSQHELP=/usr/ims/imsquery/help; export IMSQHELP IMSQDDM=$DEFDIR/imsquery/imsquery.$IMSQSLG; export IMSQDDM IMSQCMD=$DEFDIR/imsquery/imsquery.$IMSQSLG; export IMSQCMD IMSQWORDS=/usr/ims/bin; export IMSQWORDS IMSQFMTI=$DEFDIR/imsquery/imsquery.$IMSQSLG; export IMSQFMTI IMSQRPTS=$DEFDIR/0; export IMSQRPTS

exec imsqsvr -nl /tmp/imsqsvr.log # exclude n option to use DNS host name validation

6. Run the above batch file on the UNIX server to start the server side of IMS/Query. Note that the “-l /tmp/imsqsvr.log” option causes a log file to be created. You may remove this portion of the command at some later date, when the system is running smoothly.

7. On the UNIX server, run “imsqclnt” to confirm that the IMS/Query server is running.

8. On the Windows workstation, you are now ready to use programs like Excel and Crystal Report Writer to create spreadsheets and reports of various types.

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