Differences from the released Teradata Database
V2R5.0 include:
Smaller database allowed
(restricted to 1GB maximum database size)
NO upgrade path from previous
demo version or from any released version of Teradata Database; therefore,
uninstall of previous Teradata Database software is required
What are the hardware requirements for the
Teradata Warehouse Demo?
Pentium Laptop/PC/Server
(200 MHz processor or higher recommended)
128 MB RAM minimum required
1.2 GB of free disk space
for 256 MB database size
2.0 GB of free disk space
for 1 GB database size
Virtual memory setting
of at least 250 MB
To view your virtual memory setting (paging file size) Go to: Start
>> Settings >> Control Panel then double-click on System. Select the
Advanced Tab and click-on "Performance Options" to see the virtual
memory setting. Note: If you increase this setting, you must have
sufficient disk space for the new value and you must re-boot your
PC
High color display recommended
for sample applications
What are the software requirements for the
Teradata Warehouse Demo?
The Teradata Warehouse
demo CD requires one of the following Microsoft Windows systems:
Microsoft Windows
2000 Professional, Server, or Advanced Server with Service Pack
2 or later
Microsoft Windows
XP Home or Professional
TCP/IP network protocol
installed
You must have TCP/IP networking configured on your system, even if
there is no network connection. This is necessary for Microsoft Windows
to create the TPC/IP stack for use in connecting to the Teradata Database
Server from the client utilities and applications.
You must have Administrator
privileges on the PC
Sun Microsystems JRE 1.4
is needed for Teradata Warehouse Builder Visual Interface and will
be automatically installed with TWB VI
Optional: Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5.1 or later for Teradata Warehouse Miner
Optional: Microsoft Excel
2000 or later for Excel sample query
The Teradata demo applications
include the Teradata Service Control window that allows you to start
and stop the Teradata database. You must install the Teradata demo
applications during the installation process.
Once you install the Teradata
products and demo applications, you can invoke the demo applications
by selecting Start>>Programs>>Teradata For Microsoft Windows Demo>>Sample
Applications. If you would like to step through a product demonstration,
select the Sample Applications and Utility Demo Scripts menu item
that includes product demonstration scripts.
Why is Teradata Manager NOT included on the
Teradata Warehouse 7.0 Demo CD?
At the time the Demo CD
was created, Teradata Manager 6.0 was not generally available. Check
out Teradata Performance Monitor 5.0.9 and the new Teradata Priority
Scheduler Administrator 6.0.0.1. These can be found on the Demo CD
as Teradata PMon-PSA.
Teradata starts slowly, won't start at all,
and/or won't stop on my non-English Windows system. Is there a fix for
this?
Yes, there is a fix for
running Teradata on non-English versions of Windows (2000, XP, and
Server 2003). Click on the following link and save the file Fix4Non-English.zip
to a directory on your PC (like c:\downloads). Double click on the
file to extract the two files. Follow the installation instructions
in the file Fix4Non-English.txt.
