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 an iSeries server
using iSeries NetServer™,
from a CD-ROM, or from a Windows network drive. iSeries Access for Windows does
not support installation from diskettes.
Attention: 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 Install printer drivers manually 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 Perform 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.