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Installing and configuring IBM InfoSphere CDC for your backend data server
To install IBM InfoSphere CDC for your backend data server, follow the instructions in the installation wizard. After installation, use the IBM InfoSphere CDC configuration tool to configure your IBM InfoSphere CDC instances.
Before you begin
Check that your backend data server is running.
You have created your backend database.
You know the username and password for your backend database.
You know the network address and port number the backend data server is listening to.
You have created a new schema or decided which existing schema you want IBM InfoSphere CDC to create the metadata tables in.
Procedure
1 Check the installation prerequisites.
The installation requirements are described in “Before you install” in the IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture, End-User Documentation for your backend data server.
2 Install IBM InfoSphere CDC for the backend data server.
For detailed instructions, see “Installing IBM InfoSphere CDC” in the IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture, End-User Documentation for the backend data server. At the end of installation, select to launch the IBM InfoSphere CDC configuration tool to configure your IBM InfoSphere CDC instances.
3 Using the configuration tool, create a new instance of IBM InfoSphere CDC for the backend data server.
For detailed instructions, see “Configuring IBM InfoSphere CDC” in the IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture, End-User Documentation for the backend data server.
If you intend to use bidirectional replication and your backend data server is DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, set the IBM InfoSphere CDC for DB2 system parameter ddl_awareness to false.
What to do next
Installing and configuring IBM InfoSphere CDC Access Server.
See also
Installing and configuring Universal Cache