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 Linux.

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 Studio for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas Gateways

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

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 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

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

  • Windows Vista

  • Windows 2008

  • Linux (all versions that support Java version 5.0)

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:

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

    \gateways\legacy\Studio\OracleStudio_win.exe

  2. 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.