Installing DB2 OLAP Server Miner on Windows

DB2 OLAP Server V8.2 includes DB2 OLAP Server Miner 8.1.2, also called OLAP Miner, which is a no-charge feature of DB2 OLAP Server that brings together IBM's data mining and OLAP technologies. OLAP Miner applies a sophisticated data mining algorithm called Deviation Detection to the data stored in OLAP cubes. The algorithm scans slices of cubes, identifying values that deviate from the norm. The results of a data mining run can be used by the business analyst to focus on the interesting or surprising values in context of the source OLAP cube. You can still use the usual slice, dice, and drill operations to explore the data, but now you let the values discovered by OLAP Miner drive your analysis. See the OLAP Miner User's Guide for information about what OLAP Miner can do for you.

DB2 OLAP Server Miner V8.1.2, requires the DB2 OLAP Server V8.2 API to be installed on the computer on which you install the OLAP Miner server. Java is a requirement for both DB2 OLAP Server and OLAP Miner.

DB2 OLAP Server Miner does not support migration from V8.1 to V8.1.2. If you previously installed V8.1 and want to upgrade to V8.1.2, you must first uninstall V8.1.

OLAP Miner has a client component that runs on Windows and a server component that runs on both Windows and AIX. For information about installing the OLAP Miner server component on AIX, see Installing DB2 OLAP Server Miner on AIX.

On Windows, you can install the OLAP Miner client on the same computer as the OLAP Miner server or on another computer.

To install OLAP Miner on Windows:

  1. Insert the DB2 OLAP Server Miner installation CD into your CD-ROM drive.
  2. Run the setup.exe file to begin the installation program.
  3. The installation program prompts you for the following information: