CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

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  Preface

  1      Preparing for DBI Installation
    1.1 Registering Your Software License
    1.2 Required Hardware
    1.3 Required and Optional Software
      1.3.1      Common Components Installation Requirement
        1.3.1.1      Why You Must Install Common Components
        1.3.1.2      Checking for Common Components
      1.3.2      DECdtm Services
      1.3.3      Database Product Requirements
    1.4 Installation Procedure Requirements
      1.4.1      Privileges
      1.4.2      Process Account Quotas
      1.4.3      Required System Parameters
      1.4.4      Required Disk Space
      1.4.5      System Disk Backup
      1.4.6      OpenVMS Help Library Use
    1.5 Performing Standard System Maintenance Procedures
      1.5.1      Checking and Setting Process Account Quotas
      1.5.2      Checking System Parameter Values
      1.5.3      Calculating the Values for Global Pages, Global Pagelets, and Global Sections
      1.5.4      Changing System Parameter Values with AUTOGEN

  2      Installing DBI
    2.1 Installation Procedure
    2.2 Error Recovery

  3      After Installation
    3.1 Creating the Image for Use with ORACLE
    3.2 Setting Up User Account Requirements
      3.2.1      Granting Privileges
      3.2.2      Setting User Account Quotas
      3.2.3      Setting Up User Accounts
    3.3 Running the Installation Verification Procedure Separately
    3.4 Editing the System Files
    3.5 Making the Product Usable on a VMScluster

  A Prerequisite Installation of Common Components
    A.1 Common Components
      A.1.1      Media Required
      A.1.2      Version Variants and Existing Databases
    A.2 Disk Space Required
    A.3 OpenVMS Privileges Required
    A.4 Unlocking the Process Account Password
    A.5 Installing Common Components
    A.6 Installing Common Components Images as Shared
      A.6.1      Editing the Startup and Shutdown Procedures for Shared Images
      A.6.2      Verifying Global Pages and Sections
      A.6.3      Removing Installed Images
    A.7 Installing SQL Images for Privileged Applications
      A.7.1      Editing the Startup and Shutdown Procedures for Privileged Applications
    A.8 Using Different Versions of the Common Components
    A.9 Deleting Versions of the Common Components

  B Sample DBI Installation

  C List of Files on DBI Kit