Installing and running the HCL Informix Virtual Appliance

This topic explains VMware Workstation, VMware Player, and VMware Fusion only; VMware Server and ESX are covered elsewhere.

You must first install VMware Player, VMware Server, or VMware Workstation on your Windows or Linux host computer. For Macintosh systems, you must install VMware Fusion. Follow the manufacturer's instructions for downloading and installing the software. After you instal the appropriate VMware product, follow these instructions to set up the HCL Informix® Virtual Appliance.

If you use Internet Explorer to download the Linux version of the HCL Informix Virtual Appliance, the file extension will be renamed from tgz to tar. Rename the file by giving it a tgz extension before you extract the appliance. Also, Internet Explorer version 6 is unable to download files larger than 2 GB.

Installing on Windows systems with VMware Player or VMware Workstation

You must first install VMware Player or VMware Workstation on your host computer. Follow the manufacturer's instructions for downloading and installing the software.

Follow these steps to install the HCL Informix Virtual Appliance on Windows systems:

Download and save the self-extracting appliance archive .exe file to a folder on your computer.
Run the .exe file to extract the archive.
Start VMware Player or VMware Workstation.
Select Open an Existing Virtual machine.
Navigate to the folder in which the archive was extracted, select the HCL Informix Virtual Appliance, and click Open.
Press Ctrl+G to control the virtual machine. To return control to the host computer, press Ctrl+Alt.
Log in as user root with password root.
Accept the software license agreements.
After the appliance is initialized, enter developer in the Username field and developer when prompted for the password.

Installing the HCL Informix Virtual Appliance merely unpacks the archive; no additional changes are made to your system. To remove an installed HCL Informix Virtual Appliance, shut down the appliance, exit from the virtualization tool, then delete the directory.

Installing on UNIX or Linux systems

You must first install VMware Player or VMware Workstation on your host computer. Follow the manufacturer's instructions for downloading and installing the software.

Download and save the appliance archive file in a directory on your computer.
Enter the following command from a shell prompt to uncompress the file:
```
tar xvzf filename.tgz 
```
Start VMware Player or VMware Workstation.
Select Open an Existing Virtual machine.
Navigate to the folder in which the archive was extracted, select the HCL Informix Virtual Appliance, and click Open.
Press Ctrl+G to control the virtual machine. To return control to the host computer, press Ctrl+Alt.
Log in as user root with password root.
Accept the software license agreements.
After the appliance is initialized, enter developer in the Username field and developer when prompted for the password.

Installing on Mac OS X systems

You must first install VMware Fusion on your host computer. Follow the manufacturer's instructions for downloading and installing the software.

Download and save the appliance archive file in a directory on your computer.
Enter the following command from a shell prompt to uncompress the file:
```
 tar xvzf filename.tgz 
```
Start VMware Fusion.
Select Open an Existing Virtual machine.
Navigate to the folder in which the archive was extracted, select the HCL Informix Virtual Appliance, and click Open.
Click inside the VMware Fusion window to control the virtual machine.
Log in as user root with the password root.
Accept the software license agreements.
After the appliance is initialized, enter developer in the Username field and developer when prompted for the password.