ODBC4x
ODBC Server Installation (UNIX/Linux) Installation Procedures
  Obtain the ODBC Server distribution file from your dealer/distributor or via the ProvideX website.

Ensure that you download the correct version for your specific UNIX/Linux operating system. The ODBC distribution file is named with a.taz extension, which is short for.tar.Z , a compressed version of a UNIX .tar file: poxxxvvv.taz

Where:

xxx identifies a specific operating system; e.g., rh7 for Redhat versions 7.2 and up.
vvv identifies the version of the ODBC server; e.g., 400 for version 4.00.
 
The poxxxvvv.taz distribution file contains the following installation components:
pvxiosvr ODBC Server executable.
pvxiosvr.conf sample ODBC Server configuration file (sample).
install.txt Installation readme file.
license.txt License agreement.
pvxodbcxxx.txt ODBC version readme file describing current changes.

 
  After you download the poxxxvvv.taz file to a /tmp directory, follow these steps to expand, install, and activate the ProvideX IO Server program on your computer:

1. Change directories to the /tmpdirectory and rename the poxxxvvv.taz with a .tar.Z extension so that it can be uncompressed:

umask 0
cd /tmp
mv poxxxvvv.taz poxxxvvv.tar.Z
uncompress poxxxvvv.tar.Z

2. Create the new directory to receive the ProvideX software, then change into it. We recommend that you use /usr/pvxiosvr for the directory name; e.g.,

mkdir /usr/pvxiosvr cd /usr/pvxiosvr

3. Use the tar command to copy the software into the /usr/pvxiosvr directory:

tar xvf /tmp/poxxxvvv.tar

4. If required, set the file permissions on the pvxiosvr executable and configuration files to whatever is necessary depending on the username who will be running the server daemon (typically root):

chmod 500 pvxiosvr
chmod 600 pvxiosvr.conf.sample chown root pvx*
chgrp root pvx*

5. If this is the first time the ODBC Server has been installed on the system, then copy the pvxiosvr.conf.sample file to pvxiosvr.conf.

cp pvxiosvr.conf.sample pvxiosvr.conf

 

At this point, the installation of the ODBC Server is complete; however, the pvxiosvr.conf file may require updated settings. For configuration/activation details and the list of command line arguments, refer to the ProvideX ODBC Server Settings for UNIX/Linux.