Installing the Connector on AIX

On 64-bit editions of AIX, you can execute both 32- and 64-bit applications. However, 64-bit applications must use 64-bit connectors, and 32-bit applications must use 32-bit connectors. Make sure that you use the version of the connector that matches the bitness of the client application:

  • SimbaSparkODBC-32bit-[Version]-[Release].ppc.rpm for the 32-bit connector
  • SimbaSparkODBC-[Version]-[Release].ppc.rpm for the 64-bit connector

[Version] is the version number of the connector, and [Release] is the release number for this version of the connector.

You can install both versions of the connector on the same machine.

To install the Simba Apache Spark ODBC Connector on AIX:

  1. Log in as the root user, and then navigate to the folder containing the RPM package for the connector.
  2. Run the following command from the command line, where [RPMFileName] is the file name of the RPM package:

    rpm --install [RPMFileName]

    The Simba Apache Spark ODBC Connector files are installed in the /opt/simba/spark directory.

  3. If you received a license file via email, then copy the license file into the /opt/simba/spark/lib/32 or /opt/simba/spark/lib/64 folder, depending on the version of the connector that you installed. You must have root privileges when changing the contents of this folder.

Next, configure the environment variables on your machine to make sure that the ODBC driver manager can work with the connector. For more information, see Configuring the ODBC Driver Manager in Non-Windows Machines.