IBM InfoSphere Datastage installation tutorial

Before you start

This tutorial describe how to install IBM InfoSphere Datastage and IBM Statistics Server.
Here are the prerequisites of this docoument:

PrerequisitesDetail
Product VersionDatastage 11.3
OSWindows
Downloading instructionshttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037518
Installation fileINFO_IS_11.3_WIN_64_ML.zip

Install Datastage

  • step 1. Extract installation file and run setup.exe
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  • step 2. disable the firewall
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  • step 3. requirement check
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  • step 4. installation type selection
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  • step 5. product selection. We selected all products here.
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  • step 6. license agreement.
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  • step 7. Choose datastage edition, and configure server cluster.
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  • step 8. install DB2
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  • step 9. install WAS
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  • step 10. create projects
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  • step 11. specify the user accounts
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  • step 12 requirement check
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  • step 13. review
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  • step 14. install it
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  • step 15. install visual studio
    see InfoSphere Information Server V11.3 detailed system requirements
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Troubeshooting

When compiling a job with a transformer stage on Windows in DataStage Designer, the error ‘Error when checking composite operator: Failure forking subprocess: No such file or directory’ occurs