Before we begin the installation process of our Teradata Database on a local machine, you need to install VMware workstation 12.x for Windows.
- Fire up the installed VMware software:
- Click on
Open
a Virtual Machine
and select theTDExpress15.10.0.7_Sles11_40GB_vp.vmx
file from the open window prompt:
- You are now ready to play the installed Teradata Database.
- Click on the
Play Virtual machine
link. The setup will run its course and take you to the login screen:
- Login with
root
as the username and password. Wait for the Teradata Lab log wallpaper to show up on the desktop in the bottom-right corner:
- Voila! You have successfully installed the Teradata Database on your machine. The world's best analytical and data warehouse database is now up and running on your machine as the VM image: