Using Teradata Tools and Utilities for Microsoft Windows Installation Guide
This guide describes the prerequisites and procedures to install, upgrade, deploy, configure, and uninstall Teradata® Tools and Utilities (TTU) products on Microsoft Windows operating systems. The contents are intended for database administrators and relational database developers, system administrators, system and application programmers, system operators, and other database specialists.
Why Would I Use this Content?
If you want to install, upgrade, deploy, configure, uninstall, or validate the product readiness of TTU products on a Microsoft Windows system, follow this guide. Before you perform the procedures in this document, you must:
- Have network access
- Have Administrator privileges on the target machine
- Know which TTU applications you are going to install
- Be familiar with naming conventions for Windows files and paths
- Have access to a bill of materials or similar list of TTU software that was ordered
- Be familiar with software installation
How Do I Use this Content?
Use this content to get an idea about prerequisites, new implementations, and download locations of TTU and required third-party products. Steps, commands, and configuration file (XML) examples in the document guide you in installing, upgrading, deploying, configuring, and uninstalling the products. You can also use this content to know about:
- Installation Kit
- Product Suites
- Windows system requirements
- Multi-version support
The appended sections have the information about:
- List of products in a base software package with descriptions and dependencies
- Downloading a Product from the Teradata Community
- Installing and uninstalling TTU products silently
- Installation troubleshooting
How Do I Get Started?
Start with Preparing for Installation to know about the product, updates, and system requirements. Proceed to the respective sections as per your requirements, such as:
- Installing New Software
- Deploying Teradata Tools and Utilities
- Configuring new software
- Verifying the complete installation
- Validating product readiness
- Uninstalling software
- Installing and uninstalling TTU products using batch files
- Troubleshooting TTU installation
- Installing .NET Data Provider for Teradata
References to Other Relevant Content
- For the current information about supported operating systems, supported Vantage versions, and product version numbers for all Teradata Tool and Utilities, see Teradata® Tools and Utilities Compatibility Matrix (B035-3119).
- See the relevant documents for more information:
- For dat file, see Teradata® Call-Level Interface Version 2 Reference for Workstation-Attached Systems, B035-2418
- Teradata® Tools and Utilities Access Module Reference, B035-2425
- Teradata® FastExport Reference, B035-2410
- Teradata® FastLoad Reference, B035-2411
- Teradata® Geospatial Utilities User Guide, B035-2519
- Teradata® MultiLoad Reference, B035-2409
- Teradata® Parallel Transporter Reference, B035-2436
- For Teradata Wallet, see Teradata Vantage™ - Analytics Database Security Administration, B035-1100
- Teradata® Parallel Data Pump Reference, B035-3021