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Re: Add new SAP application server

Posted By: Andreas Breitfeld
Date: Wednesday, 24 October 2007, at 3:55 a.m.

In Response To: RE: Add new SAP application server (Jim Cramer)

Please try following steps to download Informix Client SDK for HP-UX:

1.
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/nochargesearchquery.jsp

2.
Search for: client sdk hp risc 64
--> Search

3.
--> Informix Downloads (IBM Informix Client SDK V2.90.FC4 for HP-UX
PA-RISC 11.00, 64-Bit)

4.
enter or create your IBM ID (this is a free account, no PA)

5.
answer the the questions with the red star
agree the licence terms
--> I confirm

6.
--> Download using http
--> Download now

Hope this works.
Andreas

On Tuesday 23 October 2007 18:31, Jim Cramer wrote:
> Hi Sheshnarayan,
>
> Thanks for posting the link to the Informix Client SDK software.
>
> HOWEVER, I just wanted to add that anyone who is not intimately
> familiar with the convoluted IBM web site for Informix products,
> especially for downloads of them, had better prepare themselves for a
> couple of hours of frustration and meandering through the site trying
> to find the software.
>
> I have been using Informix and the CSDK bundle for years so I am
> fairly used to this weird process of getting a CSDK port, but
> for the beginner let me outline it:
>
> - go to the site whose link is below
> - then you will find a small link on the lower right of the page
> for Informix CSDK downloads, but the downloads are under the
> heading of "Trials and Demos"??? As long as I can remember IBM
> has been labeling this client software under some misleading
> category making you think that it is a purchased product but it
> has actually been free. In fact, there is even a link on this
> page to ordering and sales information for it.
>
> - when you click on the CSDK Downloads link, you will get to a page
> "Trials And Demos", for all IBM and Informix downloads, where:
>
> -- the Search Engine to locate CSDK does not work
>
> -- when you click on the Products Tab, CSDK is not listed
>
> -- you have to click on a link on the right called "More Featured
> Trials"
>
> -- on that page, CSDK will not be shown so you have to click the
>
> link at the bottom "View All Evaluation Software"
>
> -- on the next page you will need to use the Search box and enter
>
> "Informix Client SDK"
>
> -- that will bring up all of the ports of it (I think)
>
> -- then when you select the port you need by clicking on the
> description
>
> (my HPUX PA-RISC 64-bit port is listed as for the Sun Operating
> System!)
>
> -- up comes a page with the huge heading "Trial Download" (again
>
> referring to the HPUX port I selected as being for Sun O.S.)
>
> -- then you click the Continue link and GUESS WHAT?
>
> -- that takes you to a page to login to Passport Advantage
>
> -- So, unless you are a IBM Passport Advantage Customer, you can't
> get the
>
> download and you are out of luck
>
> -- If you are a PA Customer, the next page brings up a ridiculous
> survey
>
> which you must answer to get the download. None of the questions
> were
>
> of a topic relevant to us and I just had to answer the questions
>
> with anything in order to get the download.
>
> -- when I viewed the License Agreement, it said that it was for
> temporary evaluation
>
> for 90 days
>
> In short, I feel that the product information and downloading steps
> for Informix CSDK are very obfuscated and confusing.
>
> If anyone from IBM reads this and wants to correct me or clarify
> something regarding what I have said, I would appreciate it.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jim Cramer
> University of Iowa
> College of Engineering
> Computer Systems & Support
> Data Base Administrator/Developer
> 1256 SC
> Iowa City, Iowa 52242
> (319)-335-5757
> jim-cramer@uiowa.edu
> jcramer@engineering.uiowa.edu
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On
> > Behalf Of Sheshnarayan Agrawal
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:26 AM
> > To: ids@iiug.org
> > Subject: Re: Add new SAP application server [10236]
> >
> > >>1. What's the version/release of Iconnect in Informix 10.00 and
> > >>Informix
> >
> > 11.10?
> > Latest (Cheetah IDS 11) CSDK/I-Connect release is 3.00.xC2
> >
> > http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/tools/csdk/
> >
> > >>2. Can database client (using Iconnect) from upper release
> >
> > connect to
> > lower database release (Informix 7.31)?
> > Yes
> >
> > -Shesh
> >
> > "MAULANA ADRIAN" <mahabarata@gmail.com> Sent by:
> > ids-bounces@iiug.org 23/10/2007 10:28
> > Please respond to
> > ids@iiug.org
> >
> > To
> > ids@iiug.org
> > cc
> >
> > Subject
> > Add new SAP application server [10235]
> >
> > Dear all,
> > We plan to add new application server in our SAP landscape.
> > Our DB server
> > run
> > in HP-UX 11i PARISC INFORMIX 7.31. And the new application
> > server is HP-UX
> >
> > IA64 11.23. We do not want to upgrade the database release
> > because we just
> >
> > want to add application server. I check at SAP Compatibility
> > matrix that
> > HP-UX
> > 11.23 IA64 is only suuported for INFORMIX 64 BIT UNIX
> > 10.00(EQ FC4) or
> > INFORMIX 64 BIT UNIX 11.10(EQ FC1). But I'm sure, since we
> > just want to
> > add
> > the apps server, we just need iconnect install in that new
> > Apps (cmiiw).
> > My question is:
> > 1. What's the version/release of Iconnect in Informix 10.00
> > and Informix
> > 11.10?
> > 2. Can database client (using Iconnect) from upper release connect
> > to lower
> > database release (Informix 7.31)?
> >
> > Thanks a lot in advance,
> > Regards,
> > Adrian Maulana
> > SAP Basis
> >
> >
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Messages In This Thread

• Add new SAP application server
  MAULANA ADRIAN -- Tuesday, 23 October 2007, at 12:58 a.m.
  • Re: Add new SAP application server
    Sheshnarayan Agrawal -- Tuesday, 23 October 2007, at 2:26 a.m.
    • RE: Add new SAP application server
      Jim Cramer -- Tuesday, 23 October 2007, at 12:31 p.m.
      • Re: Add new SAP application server
        Andreas Breitfeld -- Wednesday, 24 October 2007, at 3:55 a.m.
        • RE: Add new SAP application server
          Jim Cramer -- Sunday, 28 October 2007, at 6:49 p.m.
  • Re: Add new SAP application server
    Tilman Model-Bosch -- Tuesday, 23 October 2007, at 9:46 a.m.

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