CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page About This Guide 1 DECimage EXpress Environment 1.1 What Is DECimage EXpress? 1.2 Document Storage 1.2.1 Storing Documents Locally 1.2.2 Storing Documents on the Server 1.3 DECimage EXpress System Components 1.4 Using Client and Magnetic Server Cache 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 2.7.1 Deciding on a Drawer Scheme 2.7.2 Defining Local and Server Drawers 2.7.3 Defining a Drawer for Incoming Fax Messages 2.8 Registering User Accounts 2.9 Defining Print Queues 2.10 Controlling the Prefetching of Document Pages 2.11 Enabling Quick Querying 2.12 Disabling the Indexing Autoadvance Feature 3 Setting Up Autoindex Templates 3.1 What Is Autoindexing? 3.2 Preparing for Autoindexing 3.2.1 Defining a Drawer for Autoindexed Documents 3.2.2 Assigning Access Privileges to an Autoindex Drawer 3.3 Creating an Autoindex Template 3.4 Testing an Autoindex Template 3.5 Saving an Autoindex Template 3.6 Deleting an Autoindex Template 3.7 Modifying an Existing Template 3.8 Recovering from a Failure During Local Drawer Autoindexing 4 Performing Local Drawer Setup Procedures 4.1 Preparing for Local Drawers 4.2 Defining Local Drawers 4.3 Copying and Moving Documents from Local Drawers to Server Drawers 5 Modifying the Acquisition Cache 6 Tuning and Using the Image Storage Manager 6.1 ISM Client Components 6.2 ISM Server Components 6.3 Starting the ISM Server 6.4 Stopping the ISM Server 6.5 Specifying Logical Names for Storage Directories 6.6 Monitoring the ISM Server 6.7 Tuning the ISM Server 6.7.1 Server Tuning Logicals 6.7.2 Client Tuning Logicals 6.7.3 ISM Database Logicals 6.8 Tuning the Network 6.9 Setting System, Network, and Server Parameters 6.10 Checking Network Operation 7 Managing Document Storage 7.1 Understanding Document Storage Concepts 7.1.1 Understanding Media Management 7.1.2 Understanding Data Flow 7.1.2.1 Using Client Cache 7.1.2.2 Using Optical Storage and Server Magnetic Cache 7.2 Maintaining the Storage Subsystem 7.2.1 Setting Up Client Cache 7.2.2 Purging Server Magnetic Cache and Client Magnetic Cache 7.2.3 Adding Magnetic Devices 7.2.4 Managing Optical Media 7.2.5 Finding Document Image Files 7.3 Performing Storage Management with DEXMANAGE 7.4 Using the DEXMANAGE Storage Server Administrator Commands 7.4.1 Allocating Storage 7.4.1.1 Adding and Removing a Storage Resource 7.4.1.2 Changing Storage Resource Information 7.4.1.3 Listing Storage Resources 7.4.2 Manipulating Optical Storage Devices 7.4.2.1 Adding and Removing an Optical Device 7.4.2.2 Changing Optical Device Information 7.4.2.3 Listing Optical Devices 7.4.2.4 Initializing New Optical Platters 7.4.2.5 Loading and Unloading Jukebox Platters 7.4.3 Updating the ISM Database with Volume Changes 7.5 Using the DEXMANAGE Command Line Commands ADD MIGRATE PURGE REMOVE SHOW 7.6 Sample DEXMANAGE Session 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 Transferring Documents to the Server B.1 Directory Structures for the Transfer Process B.1.1 Directory Structure Created on the Client Node B.1.1.1 Transfer Directories B.1.1.2 Attribute Files B.1.2 Directory Structure on the Server Node B.2 Directory Structure for the Update Process B.2.1 Update Directories B.2.2 Attribute Files C ISM Directory Structure C.1 ISM Directory Structure on Server Magnetic Disks C.2 ISM Directory Structure on Client Magnetic Cache Disks C.3 ISM Directory Structure on Optical Platters D Error Messages: Initialization %DXAD-I-NOLOCDRWR . . . NOREGCLAS E Error Messages: System %DXAD-W-INVSID . . . %IBS-W-SYSINVQUE %IBS-W-SYSINVREQ . . . %IBS-W-SYSREMADD F Error Messages: Autoindex OCRINVDT . . . OCROVRROI G Error Messages: ISM Server ABNSESTER . . . DEVFULL DEVRDONLY . . . GSTIMEOUT GSVERMIS . . . INVDSTTYP INVIDFLD . . . IOKNOTFOU IOMFDEL . . . NOACCESS NOBCKFORPRI . . . NOSUCHJB NOSUCHMED . . . RESNOTAVAIL RESOURCEINUSE . . . SSNOTFOU TIMEDOUT . . . VOLNOTINITED H Error Messages: DEXMANAGE DELERR . . . IOONTIER LINKTERM . . . WRONGNODE I Error Messages: Storage Server Administrator SSAEINVBKPUSAGE . . . SSAWCOMMANDABORT FIGURES 1-1 DECimage EXpress Configuration Example 1-2 Storing Documents Locally 1-3 Storing Documents Directly on the Server 1-4 Search Path for Document Pages 2-1 DECimage EXpress Drawer Window 2-2 System Options 2-3 DECimage EXpress Node Registration Dialog Box 2-4 DECimage EXpress Device Registration Dialog Box 2-5 Sample Drawer Setup 2-6 Local-to-Server Drawer Mapping 2-7 Sample DECimage EXpress Drawer Definition Dialog Box 2-8 DECimage EXpress Drawer Definition Dialog Box 2-9 DECimage EXpress Account Registration Dialog Box 3-1 Setup Autoindex Templates Dialog Box 4-1 Sample Directory Structure for a Local Drawer 4-2 Copying or Moving a Document to the Server In Background Mode 6-1 SHOW SYSTEM Output Example 6-2 Sample ISM Server Process Output 7-1 Storage Tiers 7-2 DECimage EXpress Storage Model Using Server Magnetic Storage Only 7-3 DECimage EXpress Storage Model Using Client Cache 7-4 DECimage EXpress Storage Model Using Optical Storage 7-5 Document Staging 7-6 DEXMANAGE Commands 7-7 Storage Server Administrator Main Menu 7-8 Sample Session: Adding Standalone Optical Drives B-1 Directory Structure Created by the Transfer Process (Local Node) B-2 Directory Structure Created by the Transfer Process (Server Node) B-3 Directory Structure Created by the Transfer Process (Local Node) TABLES 2-1 System Options Buttons 2-2 Physical Device Names 2-3 Drawer Operations 2-4 Drawer Examples 2-5 Suggested Privileges for Roles 3-1 Autoindex Options 5-1 Byte and Block Sizes for 8.5 by 11 Inch Images 7-1 Changing Storage Resource Information 7-2 Changing Optical Information 7-3 Initialization Parameters for the LMSI 1200 and LMSI 4100 Drives 7-4 DEXMANAGE Commands