IBM InfoSphere Data Architect



Version 7.6

Quick Start Guide

This guide gets you started with a typical installation for IBM InfoSphere Data Architect.
Product overview
IBM InfoSphere Data Architect is a collaborative data-modeling and information-integration tool for discovering, modeling,
relating, and standardizing diverse data assets. It helps you create new data models from scratch or by unifying data from
disparate sources in your organization. You can share models across a team, print models, publish them on the web, and
translate them to physical implementations, which you can test and deploy.

Step 1: Access your software

If you download your product from the web, follow the instructions in the download document that is available at:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24030626

This product offering includes:

v Quick Start CD
v InfoSphere Data Architect DVD
v InfoSphere Data Architect License Enablement Kit CD

Step 2: Review the base architecture

The following diagram shows a typical installation of InfoSphere Data Architect. You use IBM Installation Manager to
install and update the InfoSphere Data Architect product. If you do not already have Installation Manager installed on your
computer, the launchpad installs both Installation Manager and InfoSphere Data Architect.
Developer computer

InfoSphere Data Architect

Installation Manager

Install, update

Step 3: Evaluate your hardware and system configuration

See the detailed system requirements document at:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27021599

Step 4: Use IBM Installation Manager to install InfoSphere Data Architect

To install InfoSphere Data Architect, use the launchpad or start the Installation Manager installation wizard directly and
follow the prompts in the installation process. The launchpad opens automatically when you insert the product DVD, or
you can run the setup file.
If another IBM product that is based on Eclipse technology is already installed on your computer, you can optionally install
InfoSphere Data Architect into the same package group. If you use this type of installation, you can share Eclipse
resources and perform all of the tasks for each product in the same integrated development environment.
For more information about which products are compatible with InfoSphere Data Architect, see the following techdoc:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21279139

Step 5: Configure your license by importing the activation kit

Use the Installation Manager Manage Licenses wizard to import the license activation kit from your License Activation Kit
CD or configure other license options.

Step 6: Get started with the product

Start the product by using the Start menu, or by running the eclipse file in the product installation directory. Use the
Task Launcher to get started with key data modeling tasks.

Read the installation and configuration instructions

For more installation information, see the full installation instructions in the information center:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dataarch/v7r6/topic/com.ibm.datatools.rda.install.doc/
topics/c_install_product.html

More information

For more information, see the following resources:

InfoSphere Data Architect information roadmap
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/roadmaps/roadmap_dataarchitect.html

InfoSphere Data Architect information center

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dataarch/v7r6/index.jsp

InfoSphere Data Architect Support Web site

http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Information_Management/InfoSphere_Data_Architect

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