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12.5 Optim tools runtime client
In this section, we demonstrate how to install and configure the Optim Data Tools
Runtime Client that is required for the Optim Configuration Manager to perform
advanced data capture and configuration tasks on the client. Without this runtime
client, database clients and applications can still be discovered through their
interaction with DB2 database instances. However, clients configured using this
approach have limited functionality with the Optim family of tools.
The Optim Data Tools Runtime Client is available for a number of operating
system types including Microsoft Windows, versions of Linux, and versions of
UNIX such as AIX. Obtain the Optim Data Tools Runtime Client installation
media from a valid source and use these steps to install the runtime client:
1. Decide which of the following three possible installation processes that you
want to use:
– Installation wizard
Use the installation wizard to install on a computer that has a graphical
user interface.
–Console mode
– Use the console mode to interactively install on a computer that does not
have a graphical user interface.
– Silent installation
– A silent installation uses the input from a response file without displaying
an interface that requires your input. A silent installation simplifies the
process of installing on multiple computers.
In our example we use the installation wizard.
2. Unzip the file that contains the installation image. In our example, we install
the runtime client on Windows; this is the file:
IBM_Data_Tools_Runtime_Client_windows.zip
3. From the installation directory, find the installation image file for your
operating system. This is the wizard installation program for Windows:
IBM_Data_Tools_Runtime_Client_platform.exe
4. Within the wizard, select to install IBM InfoSphere Optim Configuration
Manager Client.
5. Specify the installation directory. We used the following directory:
c:\Program Files\IBM\IBM_Data_Tools
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6. Optional: When the installation is finished, see the following log file for
detailed installation information:
Clientinstall_details_timestamp.log
Before using the Optim Data Tools Runtime Client, you have to configure it using
the configuration wizard that comes with the client. When you run the
configuration wizard, it configures the following items:
The URL of the Optim Configuration Manager server.
The client cache directory.
The classpaths of the JDBC drivers for the applications that will be monitored
by the Optim Configuration Manager; for example, Java programs hosted
within an IBM WebSphere Application Server that the configuration wizard
can discover and configure.
Follow these steps to configure the Optim Data Tool Runtime Client using the
tools configuration wizard:
1. When the installation of Optim Data Tools Runtime Client is finished, specify
that you want to configure the tool using the configuration wizard and then
click Done.
You can configure the Optim Data Tools Runtime client later by closing the
install wizard, and then at a later time, run the configuration wizard from the
installation directory. On Windows, the configuration wizard tool is
cfgtool.bat.
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3. Select the type of configuration that will be required. For our example, it is for
Optim Configuration Manager; see Figure 12-13 on page 429.
Then click Next.
Figure 12-14 Select the type of install within the configuration tool
4. On the next panel you specify which type of application client the driver will be
used for; that is, a stand-alone Java application or an application hosted
within a WebSphere application server. See Figure 12-15.
Figure 12-15 Select which type of application the client is for
5. Configure the URL of Optim Configuration Manager in the wizard by using the
exact host name and port number that was configured during the installation
of InfoSphere Optim Configuration Manager. In our example, we used port
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12206, which is the default port issued during the install of Optim
Configuration manager as shown in Figure 12-16.
Figure 12-16 Specify both the host name and port of the Optim Configuration Manager
6. Specify the absolute path of the directory in which the client cache will be
configured. In our example this is:
c:\Program Files\IBM\IBM_Data_Tools\pureQuery
See Figure 12-17.
Figure 12-17 Detail the required location of the cache directory
7. Because we selected to configure an application hosted within an instance of
IBM WebSphere Application server, the configuration tool searches for the
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