CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page About This Guide 1 DECimage EXpress Environment 1.1 What Is DECimage EXpress? 1.2 DECimage EXpress System Components 2 Populating Your DECimage EXpress System 2.1 Accessing DECimage EXpress From the DECwindows Session Manager 2.2 Viewing the System Options 2.3 Entering Responses into the System Options Fields 2.4 Using the Buttons on System Options Dialog Boxes 2.5 Registering Nodes 2.6 Registering Devices 2.7 Defining Drawers 2.8 Defining a Drawer for Incoming Fax Messages 2.9 Registering User Accounts 2.10 Defining Print Queues 2.11 Controlling the Prefetching of Document Pages 3 Setting Up Autoindex Templates 3.1 Creating an Autoindex Template 3.2 Testing an Autoindex Template 3.3 Saving an Autoindex Template 3.4 Deleting an Autoindex Template 3.5 Modifying an Existing Template 4 Modifying the Cache Process 5 Controlling the Image Storage Manager Server 5.1 Starting the ISM Server 5.2 Stopping the ISM Server 5.3 Monitoring the ISM Server 5.4 Optimizing Optical Device Performance 5.5 Configuring Mass Storage Devices 5.6 Tuning the Network 5.7 Setting System, Network, and Server Parameters 5.8 Checking Network Operation 6 Managing Storage Migration 6.1 Understanding Document Storage Options 6.2 Running the DECimage EXpress Client from the DCL Command Line 6.3 Using the DEXMANAGE Commands ADD MIGRATE PURGE REMOVE SHOW 7 Using the Storage Server Administrator 7.1 Running the Storage Server Administrator 7.2 Allocating Storage 7.2.1 Changing the Storage Resource Quota for the ISM Server 7.2.2 Allocating and Deallocating a Storage Resource 7.2.3 Controlling Access to Storage Resources 7.2.4 Listing Storage Resources 7.3 Manipulating Optical Storage Devices 7.3.1 Adding and Removing an Optical Device 7.3.2 Starting and Stopping an Optical Device 7.3.3 Listing Optical Devices 7.3.4 Initializing New Optical Platters 7.3.5 Loading and Unloading Jukebox Platters 7.3.6 Defining Jukebox Volumes for Use by ISM 7.4 Updating the ISM Database with Volume Changes 7.4.1 Informing the ISM Database of a Volume Change 7.4.2 Performing an Inventory of all Volumes on an Optical Device 7.4.3 Listing Optical Volumes 8 Performing Database and Image File Backups 8.1 General Backup Recommendations 8.1.1 Rdb/VMS Database Backup Recommendations 8.1.2 Optical Platter Backup Recommendations 8.2 DECimage EXpress Backup Recommendations 8.3 Recommended DECimage EXpress Backup Procedure 8.4 Recovery From Data Skew Conditions A Sample Backup and Recovery Procedures A.1 Full Database Backup Procedure A.2 Incremental Database Backup Procedure A.3 Full Magnetic Files Backup Procedure A.4 Incremental Magnetic Files Backup Procedure A.5 Full Database Recovery Procedure B Error Messages: Initialization %DXAQ-F-FETSTRING . . . NOREGCLAS C Error Messages: System SYSDRWNEM . . . SYSONEDWR SYSPREVREG . . . SYSREMADD D Error Messages: Autoindex OCRINVDT . . . OCROVRROI E Error Messages: ISM Server IMGNOTAVAIL . . . IOMFDEL IONOTDEL . . . NETMAXCOMP NETMAXLNK . . . NETRCU NETRDL . . . OPCANCEL F Error Messages: DEXMANAGE DELERR . . . JBNAMEUSED LINKTERM . . . WRONGNODE G Error Messages: Storage Server Administrator ATMAXALLOC . . . INVJBNAME INVMEDNAME . . . NOSUCHDRIVE NOSUCHJUKEBOX . . . VOLUSEDINJB FIGURES 1-1 DECimage EXpress Configuration Example 1-2 DECimage EXpress System Components 2-1 DECimage EXpress Window 2-2 System Options 2-3 DECimage EXpress Node Registration Dialog Box 2-4 DECimage EXpress Device Registration Dialog Box 2-5 Sample DECimage EXpress Drawer Definition Dialog Box 2-6 DECimage EXpress Drawer Definition Dialog Box 2-7 DECimage EXpress Account Registration Dialog Box 3-1 Autoindex Template Registration Dialog Box and Document Viewer 5-1 SHOW SYSTEM Output Example 5-2 Sample ISM Server Process Output 6-1 Sample Session: Adding Standalone Optical Drives 7-1 Storage Server Administrator Main Menu TABLES 2-1 Physical Device Names 2-2 Drawer Examples 4-1 Byte and Block Sizes for 8.5 by 11 Inch Images 6-1 Storage Options 6-2 DEXMANAGE Commands 7-1 Initialization Parameters for the LMSI 1200 and LMSI 4100 Drives