Installing the ECDA Option for ODBC

This section describes how to install the ECDA Option for ODBC.

If ECDA Option for ODBC is already installed, go to the next section called “Configuring Mirror Activator components”.

When installing ECDA for ODBC, be sure to install ECDA on the same server as the standby database. This eliminates a network hop and improves performance.

To install ECDA for ODBC in GUI mode

If you want to install using the console mode or a response file, refer to the ECDA Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows.

Use one of the following methods to download the software:

After following the download instructions from the SPDC Web site in the section “Accessing products from the SPDC Web site”, go to the location where you extracted the ECDA Option for ODBC 15.0 installation image.

Insert the CD labeled “ECDA 15.0 Option for ODBC for Windows.”
Launch InstallShield by executing the Windows setup routine:
```
setup
```
If you see an error message saying that there is not enough temporary disk space, add the following to your setup command:
```
setup –is:tempdir someDirectory
```
Here, someDirectory is a directory with at least 100MB of disk space that the installation program can use.
On the Welcome window, click Next.
Select a geographic location that displays the license agreement. Select I Agree and click Next.
Enter the directory where you want to install ECDA:
- In the destination directory, enter the directory where the Mirror Replication Agent software is installed. Click Yes to install into an existing directory.
- If the destination directory exists, you receive a warning message that you are installing into an existing directory. Click Yes.
Select Custom setup, and click Next.
Deselect ECDA Option for Oracle, and click Next.
Verify the modules to install. Click Next.

If you receive a message stating that your current installation contains newer files than those that are about to be installed and asking you if you want to replace these files, click No.
When you receive a message that the installation was successful, click Next.
The SySAM License Server window opens and displays this prompt:
```
Will licenses be obtained from the License Server?
```
Respond based on how you set up your environment and use the license obtained from the Software Product Download Center (SPDC) Web site for Mirror Activator.

Click Next.
The SySAM notification window prompts you to configure your server for e-mail notification. When configuration is enabled, you receive information about license management events that require attention. Select Yes and either accept the default values that are supplied, or enter your own values for the following fields:
- SMTP server host name
- SMTP server port number
- Sender e-mail
- Recipient e-mail
- Message severity level of an event that triggers e-mail. Your choices are:
  - Informational
  - Warning
  - Error
If you choose not to have e-mail alerts or severity messages logged, select No. Click Next.
When you receive a message indicating that ECDA was successfully installed, click Finish.

ECDA for ODBC, including the DirectConnect™ server, is now installed.