Installing DB2 Change Management Expert on Windows systems

You can install DB2® Change Management Expert on a Windows® system.
To install DB2 Change Management Expert on a Windows system, complete the following steps:
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  1. Start the Launchpad program. If you are installing from a CD, place the CD into the CD-ROM device. The Launchpad program starts automatically if the drive is set for autoplay. If the Launchpad program does not start automatically, use File Manager or Windows Explorer to locate your CD-ROM drive, and double-click the launchpad.exe file.
    If you are installing from a downloaded package, complete the following steps:
    1. Download the compressed .zip files to your hard drive.
    2. Extract the downloaded files into one temporary folder on your hard drive.
    3. Double-click the launchpad.exe file.

    The Welcome panel of the Launchpad program is displayed.

  2. Click Release Information to read information about the release. Click Install to start the installation.
  3. If IBM® Installation Manager Version 1.0 is not already installed on your system, a program to install IBM Installation Manager runs automatically. Complete the following steps to install IBM Installation Manager:
    1. On the Welcome page, click Next.
    2. Read the licensing agreement, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.
    3. On the Destination Folder page, specify the folder where you want to install IBM Installation Manager. You can accept the default folder or specify your own. Click Next.
    4. On the Ready to Install the Program page, click Install.
    5. When the installation of IBM Installation Manager is complete, click Finish.
  4. When IBM Installation Manager starts, click Next. DB2 Change Management Expert Version 1.1.1 is automatically pre-selected to be installed.
  5. On the Licenses page, read the licensing agreement. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.
  6. On the Location page, specify where to install the shared resources if you are prompted to do so. You can accept the default folder or specify your own. Click Next. You will be prompted to specify a location for the shared resources if you have not installed other products using IBM Installation Manager. The shared resources are the common set of Eclipse plugins that other products that are based on Eclipse, such as Rational® Data Architect or Rational Software Architect, can use. The name of the folder must not exceed 80 characters.
  7. On the Location page, specify whether to install DB2 Change Management Expert into an existing package group or into a new package group. If you specify a new package group, specify a location for the package. If an existing directory is specified as the location, it must be empty. The name of the folder must not exceed 80 characters. Click Next.
  8. On the Location page, select whether you want to install DB2 Change Management Expert into an existing Eclipse installation. If you choose to install into an existing Eclipse installation, specify the location of your Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) in the Eclipse IDE field, and leave the default value in the Eclipse IDE JVM field. Click Next. If you install DB2 Change Management Expert into an existing Eclipse installation, the directory into which you specified to install DB2 Change Management Expert on the Location page is ignored because the location will default to the existing Eclipse directory.
  9. On the Features page, click Next to accept English. English is the only language that is supported.
  10. On the Features page, click Next. DB2 Change Management Expert consists of a single feature, and there are no additional optional features that can be installed.
  11. On the Summary page, verify the information. Click Back to change any specifications that were made on previous pages. Click Install to begin installing DB2 Change Management Expert on your system.
  12. When the installation completes, click Finish. Before you click Finish, you can click View the Log to see the installation details.
  13. Close the Launchpad program.
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You are now ready to start DB2 Change Management Expert.


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