Installing PSQL for Windows
You must install PSQL for Windows at the server itself; you cannot install it remotely from a client machine.
*Note: If the installation fails for any reason, the installation log file can be found in the Windows %Temp% directory.
The following steps explain how to install PSQL from its media using the default interactive installation.
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To install PSQL for Windows
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Launch the installation program from your Windows machine.
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Insert the PSQL CD into the CD-ROM drive of your Windows server, or run the downloaded self-extracting installer executable.
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If the installation does not start automatically, run the autorun executable from the operating system: drive:\autorun\autorun where drive is the drive letter of your CD-ROM device.
The installation selection dialog appears.
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Click Server installation, which will install the components appropriate to your 32- or 64-bit Windows system.
The installer begins its initial preparation, after which the Welcome screen appears.
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If prompted, close or uninstall any running applications that may interfere with the PSQL installation.
*Note: If you wish to leave one or more programs running that may interfere, you must click Ignore to continue. Unpredictable results may occur during the PSQL installation if you ignore programs that may interfere.
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At the Welcome screen, click Next.
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On the License Agreement page, read and accept the Software License Agreement, then click Next.
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Select the setup type: Complete (default) or Custom.
The Complete setup (recommended for most users) installs all the PSQL v12 components using the default options and locations.
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If you choose a Complete install, click Next and continue with step 11.
The Custom setup (recommended for advanced users) allows you to specify the installation location, select the optional features and associated subfeatures to install, and determine the space requirements for the components.
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If you choose Custom, click Next and continue with the following steps.
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To specify different installation locations, click Change for any of the folders listed, then enter or browse for a different folder. Click OK to accept the location.
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Click Next to continue.
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Select the optional features and associated subfeatures you want to exclude from the installation and click Next. All of the PSQL optional features and subfeatures are selected for installation by default.
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Data Access
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ActiveX Interface Controls
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ADO.NET Providers
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Btrieve DOS (32-bit only)
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DTO
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JCL
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JDBC Driver
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OLE DB
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PDAC
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Utilities
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Java Utilities
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PSQL Control Center
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Documentation
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Data Definition File Builder
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Notification Viewer
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Other Utilities
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Cobol Schema Exec
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PSQL System Analyzer
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Click Next to continue.
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Click Install to begin installation.
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A dialog displays when the installation wizard completes. The product has been installed with a trial key that expires at the end of its trial period.
You have two choices at this point: continue and authorize the product with a permanent key, or end the installation (and later authorize the product with a permanent key).
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If you choose to continue and authorize the product, an Internet connection is required. Click Next and continue with step 13. (If you have no Internet connection, click Next then click Finish. See Alternative Authorization Tasks in PSQL User's Guide.)
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If you choose to end the installation at this point, click Next then click Finish. (You may run the License Administrator utility at a later time to authorize a key. See License Administration in PSQL User's Guide.)
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Enter your license key and click the button to authorize the key.
(If you decide not to authorize the product at this point, click Finish. You may run the License Administrator utility at a later time to authorize a key. See License Administration in PSQL User's Guide.)
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A message box displays the status of the authorization action. Perform one of the following actions depending on the status:
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If the authorization status message is “key is authorized,” click OK, then click Finish to complete the installation.
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If the authorization status message reports an error or warning, click OK, and repeat step 13, ensuring that you enter a valid license key.
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Register your product (recommended) as explained on the Registration page that displays, then close the Registration page.
If you are prompted to restart your system, please do so in order to ensure proper operation of your PSQL v12 product.
*Note: The installation program modifies certain environment variables. On Windows systems, environment variables can be viewed in Advanced System Settings on the Advanced tab.