IBM Informix 11.

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Bootcamp

Lab Workbook

Information Management Technology Ecosystems

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VMware Basics

Information Management Technology Ecosystems

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Contents

1. VMWARE BASICS AND INTRODUCTION...................................................4

1.1 WHAT IS A VMWARE IMAGE?......................................................................4
2. USING THE VMWARE VIRTUAL MACHINE................................................5
2.1 OPENING THE VIRTUAL MACHINE IN VMWARE .............................................5
2.2 STARTING THE VIRTUAL MACHINE...............................................................6
2.3 LOGGING IN TO THE VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ACCEPTING
THE LICENSE AGREEMENT .....................................................................................7
2.4 CHANGING THE KEYBOARD LAYOUT ............................................................9
2.5 OPENING A TERMINAL WINDOW ................................................................13
2.6 CLOSING A TERMINAL WINDOW ................................................................13
2.7 CHANGING THE COMMAND PROMPT DISPLAY ..............................................14

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1. VMware Basics and Introduction
VMware® Player and VMware Workstation are the synonyms for test
beds and developer environments across the IT industry. While having
many other functions, they allow the easy distribution of an “up and
running” system featuring the latest Informix technology right to
anybody’s computer – be it a notebook, desktop, or server.
A VMware image can be deployed for simple demos and educational
purposes or it can be the base for your own development and
experiments, on top of a given environment.

1.1 What is a VMware image?

VMware provides a virtual computer environment on top of existing
operating systems running with Intel® or AMD processors. The virtual
computer has all the usual components including a CPU, memory and
disks as well as network, USB devices, and even sound. The CPU
and memory are simply the existing resources provided by the
underlying host operating system (you can see them as processes
starting with “vmware….”). The disks are different. For the host
operating system, they show up as a collection of files that can be
copied between any system – even between Windows® and Linux.
These virtual disk files make up the majority of the image with the
actual virtual machine configuration file being very small.
This document shows how to start and use the VMware image for the
hands-on labs used in this workshop.

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2. Using the VMware Virtual Machine

2.1 Opening the Virtual Machine in VMware

Starting the VMware Virtual Machine is straightforward.

¾ On your workstation’s Windows Explorer, locate and double-

click the .VMX file.
¾ You will be presented with the following screen.

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2.2 Starting the Virtual Machine
¾ The VMware image can be booted up to live by pressing the
“Power On” button in the upper left side (marked in a red
circle above).

NOTE: If you are prompted about whether the machine was

moved or copied, select “I moved it” and click OK.

¾ The system will then start up like a standard Linux machine.

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 ¾ After the virtual machine has finished booting up, you can work
inside the virtual machine environment. To bring focus inside
the virtual machine environment, click inside the virtual machine
screen with your mouse. To enlarge the screen, click the Full
Screen button in the toolbar on top of the VMware workstation
window.
¾ Once you click into the virtual machine window, you may not
see your mouse pointer anymore. This is normal as you are
now operating inside the virtual machine. You can bring the
focus back to the host operating system by pressing Ctrl + Alt
at the same time.

NOTE: Switch the focus between the virtual machine and

your workstation by pressing Ctrl + Alt.

2.3 Logging in to the Virtual Machine for the First

Time and Accepting the License Agreement
¾ The first time you start the machine, login at the command
prompt with user “root” and password “root”.
¾ You will be then presented with various pop-up messages
asking you to read and accept the different license agreements
of the software installed on the Virtual Machine.
¾ Press the Page Down key to scroll down and read the full
license agreement for each product.
¾ Select I Understand (by pressing the Enter key) to proceed to
the next license agreement.

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¾ On the last screen, select I accept if you agree to all the license
terms and press Enter. If you do not agree with the license
terms, select Cancel and the virtual machine will be shutdown
automatically.

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 ¾ Once you select I accept at the License Agreement acceptance
screen, the virtual machine will load up the desktop
environment in graphical mode and you will be presented with a
login screen.

¾ Login to the virtual machine as user “informix” with password

“informix”.

2.4 Changing the Keyboard Layout

The Linux operating on the virtual machine assumes that a QWERTY-
style keyboard layout is being used. If the keyboard layout you are
using is different, you can change it using the configuration utility on
the Linux operating system on the Virtual Machine.

¾ Click the Computer icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the

virtual machine desktop and select Control Panel.

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¾ Click the Keyboard icon.

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¾ Select the Layouts tab and click the Add button.

¾ Select the appropriate keyboard layout from the available

choices and click OK. In the following screen shot, the
Alternative keyboard from France is selected.

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¾ Make sure the new keyboard layout you added appears at the
top of the list (click the Up or Down buttons to change the
order. You can also check the Default checkbox. Click Close to
save your selection.

¾ Close the Control Panel window.

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2.5 Opening a Terminal Window
A terminal window is required to enter any commands at the command
prompt. To open a terminal window:

¾ Right click on the desktop area and choose Open Terminal.

2.6 Closing a Terminal Window

To close the terminal window, click the “X” button on the top right
hand corner of the window, or type “exit” at the command prompt to
exit out of the logged-in terminal.
Note: You might have to enter multiple “exit” commands to logout of
all logged-in sessions and close the terminal window if you have
remotely logged in to another terminal from this window.

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2.7 Changing the command prompt display
When you have multiple terminal windows open at the same time, it is
often helpful to change the prompt display so you do not get confused
about which one you are working on. You can change the prompt
display to give it a more meaningful name. For example, the following
command changes the prompt to: “Window 1 $ ”:
$ export PS1=”Window1 $ ”

This concludes the short introduction about VMware Virtual Machines.

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