CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Before Installing the DECmcc Enterprise Management Station Software 1.1 Overview 1.2 Updating DECmcc From Previous Version 1.3 Meeting Software Requirements 1.4 Meeting Hardware Requirements 1.4.1 LTM Hardware Considerations 1.4.2 TSM Hardware Considerations 1.5 Registering the License for DECmcc EMS 1.6 Performing a System Backup 1.7 Reading the Release Notes 1.8 Time Required for Installation 1.9 Required System Privileges 1.9.1 Additional System Privileges Required for Installing TSM 1.10 Required Disk Space 1.11 Required System Parameters 1.11.1 DECmcc BMS System Parameter Settings 1.11.2 NMCC/VAX ETHERnim System Parameter Settings 1.11.3 Checking System Parameter Values 1.11.4 Calculating the Values for GBLPAGES and GBLSECTIONS 1.11.5 Changing System Parameter Values with AUTOGEN 1.11.5.1 Setting Dynamic System Parameter Values 1.12 Required Process Quotas 1.12.1 DECmcc BMS Process Quota Settings 1.12.2 How to Modify Process Quota Settings 1.13 Preparing to Install DECmcc BMS 1.13.1 Location of the BMS Files 1.13.2 Determining Your Time Differential Factor 1.13.3 Choosing A Namespace 1.13.4 Obtaining Your Network Address Initial Domain Part 1.13.5 Installing the DECmcc Reports Package 1.14 Preparing to Install TSM 1.14.1 Location of the TSM Files 1.14.2 Location of the TSM Management Directory 2 Installing the DECmcc EMS Software 2.1 The Installation Procedure - Step by Step 2.2 Installing Specific Management Applications 2.2.1 Installing DECmcc BMS 2.2.2 Installing DECmcc TSAM 2.2.3 Installing NMCC/VAX ETHERnim 2.2.4 Installing TSM 2.2.5 Building The MIR Dictionary 2.2.6 Building and Updating the Help Files 2.2.7 Installing LTM 2.2.8 Installing TSM 2.2.9 Add a Command to Your System Startup Command Procedure 2.3 Postinstallation Messages 2.3.1 Postinstallation Messages for DECmcc BMS 2.3.2 Postinstallation Messages for TCP/IP DA FM 2.3.3 Postinstallation Messages for DECmcc ELM AM 2.3.4 Postinstallation Messages for DECmcc ELM FM 2.3.5 Postinstallation Messages for DECmcc TSAM 2.3.6 Postinstallation Messages for NMCC/VAX ETHERnim 2.3.7 Postinstallation Messages for LTM 2.3.8 Postinstallation Messages for TSM 2.4 Running the IVP 2.5 Completing the Installation 2.6 Installation Errors 3 Verifying the Installation of the DECmcc EMS Software 3.1 Running the IVPs on Individual Applications 3.1.1 DECmcc BMS Installation Verification Procedure 3.1.2 TCP/IP DA FM 3.1.3 DECmcc ELM AM 3.1.4 DECmcc ELM FM Installation Verification Procedure 3.1.5 DECmcc TSAM Installation Verification Procedure 3.1.6 NMCC/VAX ETHERnim Installation Verification Procedure 3.1.7 LTM Installation Verification Procedure 3.1.8 TSM Installation Verification Procedure 3.1.9 DECmcc EMS Installation Verification Completion 3.2 What to Do if the IVP Fails 4 After Installing the DECmcc EMS Software 4.1 Editing the System Startup File 4.1.1 DECmcc BMS Startup Command 4.2 Rebooting the System 4.2.1 If LTM Was Previously Installed 4.3 Running an Application in the Cluster Environment 4.3.1 Running DECmcc BMS in a Cluster Environment 4.3.2 Running NMCC/VAX ETHERnim in a Cluster Environment 4.3.3 Running LTM in a Cluster Environment 4.4 Setting User Account Privileges 4.4.1 Enabling Privileges for TSM Operations 4.5 Setting User Account Quotas 4.6 Enhancing DECmcc EMS Performance 4.6.1 Installing Shared Images 4.6.2 Tuning for Good Performance 4.6.3 Using The DECmcc System Audit Utility 4.7 Troubleshooting and Reporting Problems 4.8 DECmcc BMS Postinstallation Procedures 4.8.1 Setting Up the DNS Namespace 4.8.2 Setting File Protection for DECmcc BMS Files 4.9 NMCC/VAX ETHERnim Postinstallation Procedures 4.9.1 Setting File Protection for NMCC/VAX ETHERnim Files 4.9.2 Performing User Task Level Tests on Remote Nodes 4.10 LTM Postinstallation Procedures 4.10.1 LTM Logical Names 4.10.2 Installing LTM onto Alternate Load Hosts 4.10.3 When Your Node Is a Load Host 4.11 TSM Postinstallation Procedures 4.11.1 Setting Up Network Management Listener (NML) for DECnet Database Operations 4.11.2 Propagating Server Information to the DECnet Database 4.11.3 Verifying That TSM Software Functions Correctly 5 Configuring the LTM Load Host's Node Database 5.1 Overview of LTM$LOAD_CONFIG 5.1.1 Databases Affected by LTM$LOAD_CONFIG 5.1.2 Other LTM$LOAD_CONFIG Functions Needed for Downline Loading 5.2 Specifying DECnet Characteristics 5.2.1 DECnet Node Name 5.2.2 DECnet Node Address 5.2.3 Ethernet Hardware Address 5.2.4 Service Circuit 5.3 Preparing to Run the Configuration Procedure 5.4 LTM$LOAD_CONFIG Conventions and Requirements 5.5 Running LTM$LOAD_CONFIG 5.5.1 List Known LTM Listeners (Option 1) 5.5.2 Add an LTM Listener (Option 2) 5.5.3 Swap an Existing LTM Listener (Option 3) 5.5.4 Delete an Existing LTM Listener (Option 4) 5.5.5 Restore Existing LTM Listeners (Option 5) 5.6 Restoring Your Database from the Startup Procedure 5.7 Monitoring Downline Loading 6 Using the Distributed Name Service with DECmcc 6.1 DNS Overview 6.2 DNS Components and Terminology 6.3 Structuring DNS Namespaces 6.4 Planning to Set Up and Use the DNS with DECmcc 6.5 Planning the DNS Directory Hierarchy for DECmcc 6.6 Planning and Creating DNS Access Control Groups 6.7 Setting Up the DNS Namespace 6.7.1 Creating the DNS Directories Required for DECmcc 6.7.2 Creating the .DNA_Registrar Access Control Group 6.7.3 Creating Additional DNS Directories 6.7.4 Managing the .DNA_Registrar Access Control Group 6.7.5 Creating a Procedure to Register DECnet Phase IV Nodes 6.7.6 Specifying Privileges for Any Additional Access Control Groups 6.8 Verifying DECmcc and DNS Interoperability 6.9 Troubleshooting the DNS Namespace A Required Quotas and Parameters B Time Differential Factors (TDFs) FIGURES 6-1 Sample Configuration of DNS Clerks and Servers on a LAN 6-2 How a DNS Client, Clerk, and Server Interact 6-3 Sample Namespace Directory Hierarchy TABLES 1-1 Checking for Prerequisite Software 1-2 File Names for Release Notes 1-3 Disk Space Requirements (in Blocks) 1-4 Required Dynamic Parameter Value for NMCC/VAX ETHERnim 1-5 Process Quota Values Required for Installing and Running DECmcc BMS 1-6 IDP Parameter Values 1-7 Sample IDPs 3-1 Commands to Run the IVP for Individual Applications 4-1 Management Application System Startup Commands 4-2 Required DECmcc EMS User Account Quotas 4-3 DECmcc EMS Executable Image Names 4-4 Process Quota Values 4-5 SYSGEN Parameter Values 4-6 DECmcc BMS File Protections 5-1 Service Circuit-IDs for Ethernet Controllers 5-2 Service Circuit IDs for Each CPU 5-3 DECnet Characteristics for LTM Listener A-1 Product Process Quotas A-2 Product SYSGEN Parameters B-1 Region: Europe B-2 Region: North America B-3 Region: Central and South America B-4 Region: Africa B-5 Region: Asia B-6 Region: South Pacific B-7 Region: Antarctica