POLYCENTER Software Distribution Installation Guide

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CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  Part I    Server Installation Procedures

  1      Server Preinstallation Considerations
    Kit Contents
    Required Hardware
    Required Software
    Product Authorization Key (PAK)
    Required Disk Space
      Backing Up Your System Disk
    Required System Parameters
      Global Sections and Global Pages
      Minimum Free Process Entry Slots
      Computing New System Parameters
    Account and Quota Requirements
    Installation Time
    Installing PSD Servers on a Cluster of Systems
      Operating PSD on All Members of a Cluster of Systems
      Operating PSD on One System in a Cluster of Systems
    Multiple Server Environments
    Configuration Requirements for the Server's System

  2      Server Installation and Verification
    Server Installation Procedure
    Running the IVP Separately

  3      Server Postinstallation Procedures
    Granting Authorization and Proxies
      Management Server Rights and Proxies
      Separate Library Server and Target Server Proxies
      Adding Proxies for Clients on Separate Library Servers
    Enabling Proxy Access on the DECnet FAL Object
    Editing the System Startup File
    Server Configuration Procedures
      Invoking the Configuration Procedure
      Configuration Dialog for Option 1
      Configuration Dialog for Options 2, 3, and 4
      Exiting the Configuration Procedure
    Server Startup Procedure
    Determining and Reporting Problems

  Part II    Client Software Installation Procedures

  4      Client Installation
    1.   Install the PSD Server software on the Management Server.
    2.   Execute server postinstallation procedures including:
    3.   Read the Release Notes.
    4.   Make sure you have the required client hardware.
      4a.  Are you installing a client on a cluster system?
    5.   Make sure you have the required software on the client.
    6.   Register a client PAK (Product Authorization Key)
    7.   Make sure the client has the required disk space.
    8.   Check client accounts and quota requirements.
    9.   Define the client node in the PSD database and in the DECnet database at the PSD management server.
    10.   Enable proxy access on the DECnet FAL object on the client.
    11.   Define the DECnet TASK object on the client.
    12.   Install the client.
    13.   Add a proxy to the client if the PSD environment has a separate target server.
    14.   Set the default proxy for a client that is also a library server.

  A Files Changes During Installation and Configuration
    Files Added or Modified
    Logical Names Added During Installation

  B Sample Server Installation

  C Error Handling for Server Installation
    Installation Error Messages
    IVP Error Message