Installing iSeries Access for Windows on the PC

 

Use this information to learn the steps to install iSeries™ Access for Windows^® on your PC.

You can install iSeries Access for Windows on a PC from a System i™ platform using iSeries NetServer™, from a CD-ROM, or from a Windows network drive. iSeries Access for Windows does not support installation from diskettes.

iSeries Access for Windows works with InstallShield during setup. Antivirus programs can interfere with the operation of InstallShield. You should disable any antivirus programs that are running on your PC before you install iSeries Access for Windows.

Considerations:

• Manual intervention is required to install the AFP™ and SCS printer drivers components. See the Installing printer drivers topic for details.
• Not all of the available installation files reside in the same directory. To find the required files, iSeries Access for Windows searches the subfolders of the ProdData directory. See Path discovery for iSeries Access for Windows installations for more information.
• To install the same functions on several PCs, you might consider using the silent install feature of iSeries Access for Windows. For information about silent installation, see Performing a silent installation of iSeries Access for Windows.
• iSeries Access for Windows supports 64-bit versions of ODBC, OLE DB, and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) components. The 64-bit versions do not appear as separate components, but are simply included with the 32-bit versions of these components when installed on 64–bit hardware. If you uninstall the 32-bit versions, the 64-bit versions will also be uninstalled.
• iSeries Access for Windows supports a 32-bit and 64-bit version of the AFP Printer Driver, however, the 32-bit version of the AFP Printer Driver does not install on a 64-bit version.
• If you are installing onto 64-bit hardware, you cannot install the SCS Printer Driver.
• For the selection of the components that you want to install, consider that there are some components of iSeries Access for Windows that do not need the Required Programs component. They include User's Guide, Lotus^® 1-2-3^® File Format Support, IBM^® Toolbox for Java™, and Programmer's Toolkit Headers, Libraries and Documentation. iSeries Access for Windows will not automatically check for new Service Packs or Upgrades to be installed on the PC, unless Required Programs was installed.
• iSeries Access for Windows does not install MDAC like it did in earlier releases. Be aware that the iSeries Access ODBC driver and iSeries Access for Windows OLE DB provider do, however, have some specific requirements on the MDAC level on your PC. The Windows operating systems that are supported by this release of iSeries Access for Windows already have the required MDAC level.

  Required MDAC levels:

  • iSeries Access ODBC driver - MDAC 2.5 or later for connection pooling and MTS support

  • iSeries Access OLE DB provider - MDAC 2.5 for all functions

  If MDAC 2.5 or later is not installed, iSeries Access for Windows will not allow the OLE DB component to be installed. If you have a Typical install with an earlier version of iSeries Access for Windows, and then you want to upgrade to V5R4M0, the OLE DB component will be deleted from your PC if MDAC 2.5 is not installed before the upgrade. You can download MDAC 2.5 or later from this Microsoft^® Web Site: http://www.microsoft.com/data .

• To install iSeries Access for Windows on a PC that is running Microsoft Windows Terminal Server Edition or Terminal Services, follow the install instructions in Information APAR II11373. For information about obtaining APARs, see Information APARs .
• Prior to installing the .NET Managed Provider, the .NET Framework must first be on your PC. See www.msdn.com for instructions on downloading and installing the .NET Framework.

Complete the tasks appropriate to your circumstances to install iSeries Access for Windows on the PC.

• Installing iSeries Access for Windows from iSeries NetServer
  After iSeries Access for Windows is installed and configured on i5/OS, you can install it on your PC from iSeries NetServer.

• Installing from a CD-ROM
  You can install iSeries Access for Windows on your PC from the iSeries Setup and Operations CD-ROM, SK3T-4098.

• Installing iSeries Access for Windows from a Windows network drive
  You can install iSeries Access for Windows on your PC from a Windows network drive.

• Installing iSeries Access for Windows on multiple PCs
  There are several ways to install iSeries Access for Windows on multiple PCs without repeating all of the steps of the initial installation and setup. Additionally, you can restrict users' access to functions by selecting which components to include in an installation.

• Installing service packs
  You can avoid unnecessary calls to service for problems that might already have fixes, and create a more stable operating environment for your iSeries Access for Windows client by ensuring that you have the most recent PTFs and service packs.

• Integrating new functions into iSeries Navigator
  Use plug-ins to integrate new functions into iSeries Navigator. You can install, uninstall, and update your plug-ins.

• Installing or removing individual components
  Use Selective Setup to install or remove individual components of iSeries Access for Windows.

• Installing other language versions
  You can install secondary languages from a System i platform that has both iSeries Access for Windows (5722–XE1) and the desired secondary language installed.

 

Parent topic:

Setting up the PC