DEC VTX Installation Guide

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  CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  Part I    Installing DEC VTX on an OpenVMS VAX or an OpenVMS AXP Operating System

  1      Preparing to Install DEC VTX

  1.1     Registering the DEC VTX Software License

  1.2     Required OpenVMS Operating System Classes

  1.3     Prerequisite and Optional Software

  1.4     Installation Procedure Requirements
    1.4.1      Privileges
    1.4.2      Process Account Quotas
    1.4.3      System Parameters
      1.4.3.1      Checking System Parameter Values
      1.4.3.2      Changing System Parameter Values with AUTOGEN
      1.4.3.3      Setting Dynamic System Parameter Values
    1.4.4      Disk Space
    1.4.5      Backing Up Your System Disk

  1.5     DEC VTX Requirements
    1.5.1      Saving .INI Files from Earlier Versions
    1.5.2      DEC VTX IVP Requirements
    1.5.3      The VTX Version 3.1 VISTA Utility

  1.6     VMSINSTAL Requirements

  2      Installing DEC VTX

  2.1     Before You Begin

  2.2     The Installation Procedure

  2.3     Error Recovery

  3      After Installing DEC VTX

  3.1     Establishing a DEC VTX Print Queue
    3.1.1      Editing the System Startup File
    3.1.2      Configuring Print Tables for VTX$QUEUE
    3.1.3      DCLTABLES

  3.2     Cluster Considerations

  3.3     Subscriber Account Privileges and Quotas
    3.3.1      Privileges
    3.3.2      Account Quotas

  3.4     Defining System Logicals

  3.5     DECnet
    3.5.1      Establishing a DECnet Node
    3.5.2      Starting DECnet

  3.6     Creating a VTX Operator Account

  3.7     Using Search Lists

  3.8     Enhancing DEC VTX Performance
    3.8.1      Installing DEC VTX as a Shared Image

  3.9     Deleting the [.VTX$VISTA] Subdirectory

  3.10    Print Queue and Workbench Output Files Directory

  3.11    Workbench Server Command Procedure Changes

  3.12    VAS Command Procedure Changes

  3.13    Determining and Reporting Problems

  3.14    Online User Guide
    3.14.1     Installing the Getting Started Infobase

  4      Installation Verification Procedure

  4.1     Running the DEC VTX IVP

  4.2     Performing the Optional Part of the IVP

  4.3     OpenVMS Client Initialization Files
    4.3.1      Initialization files for ALL-IN-1 Users

  4.4     Conclusion

  Part II    Installing the MS-DOS Client on a Personal Computer

  5      Installing the MS-DOS Client

  5.1     Before You Begin

  5.2     Installing the Software from an OpenVMS Kit

  5.3     Building the Kit on Diskette
    5.3.1      Installing the Software from Diskette

  Part III    Installing DEC VTX on an ULTRIX Operating System

  6      Preparing for Installation on ULTRIX Clients

  6.1     Release Notes

  6.2     Using RIS for Client Installations

  6.3     Installing DEC VTX Into a RIS Server Area

  6.4     Installing DEC VTX Into a DMS Server Area

  6.5     Installation Procedure Requirements
    6.5.1      Checking Login Privileges
    6.5.2      Software Requirements
    6.5.3      Special Requirements for Installing DEC VTX
    6.5.4      Determining Which Subsets to Load
    6.5.5      Determining Disk Space Requirements
      6.5.5.1      Checking Disk Space for Installation into a Diskless Environment

  6.6     Backing Up Your System Disk

  6.7     Stopping the Installation

  6.8     Error Recovery

  7      Installation Procedure for the ULTRIX Client

  7.1     Installing DEC VTX Locally
    7.1.1      Starting the Installation Procedure
      7.1.1.1      Using RA60 or CD-ROM Consolidated Distribution Media
      7.1.1.2      Installing DEC VTX from a RIS Server
    7.1.2      Responding to Installation Procedure Prompts
      7.1.2.1      Selecting Subsets
      7.1.2.2      Monitoring Displays During the Subset Loading Process

  7.2     Installing DEC VTX into a Server Environment
    7.2.1      DMS Server Installations
    7.2.2      RIS Server Installations

  7.3     ULTRIX Client Initialization File

  A   Sample Installation on an OpenVMS VAX System

  B   Sample Installation on an OpenVMS AXP System

  C   Sample Installation on an ULTRIX System

  TABLES

  1 Conventions

  1-1        Process Account Quotas for the Installing Account

  1-2        Disk Space Requirements

  3-1        Subscriber Account Quotas for Using DEC VTX

  3-2        Required System Parameter Values

  3-3        Workbench Server Command Procedure Changes

  4-1        Default Bindings

  7-1        ULTRIX Language Directories