2. Environment Setup

This chapter describes the products associated with Datareplicator, the Datareplicator installation procedure and the directories that must be created, the specification of environment variables, and the communications environment. The environment setup procedure for UNIX Datareplicator (Sections 2.2 through 2.5) is explained separately from the procedures for Windows Datareplicator (Sections 2.6 through 2.9).

Organization of this chapter

2.1 Products associated with Datareplicator

2.2 Installing Datareplicator (UNIX)

2.3 Directory structure (UNIX)

2.4 Specifying environment variables (UNIX)

2.5 Setting up the communications environment (UNIX)

2.6 Installing Datareplicator (Windows)

2.7 Directory structure (Windows)

2.8 Specifying environment variables (Windows)

2.9 Setting up the communications environment (Windows)

2.10 Operating environment in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

2.11 Upgrading Datareplicator

2.12 Improving the reliability of syslogfile and character encoding conversion (Linux only)