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Raining Data Corporation
INSTALLATION GUIDE
April 02, 2002
mvEnterprise
Release 4.1.0 on AIX
Ó 1998–2002 Raining Data Corporation
This document refers to products that are either currently released or are yet to be released. Please
consult your Raining Data Representative for more information.

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  • Page 1 Raining Data Corporation INSTALLATION GUIDE April 02, 2002 mvEnterprise Release 4.1.0 on AIX Ó 1998–2002 Raining Data Corporation This document refers to products that are either currently released or are yet to be released. Please consult your Raining Data Representative for more information.
  • Page 2 mvEnterprise, mvEnterprise/ODA are trademarks of Raining Data Corporation. MultiValue is a trademark of Spectrum International, Inc. PowerPC, AIX are trademarks of IBM Corporation and are being used under license. PICK is a registered trademark of Raining Data Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1.11 mvEnterprise Disk Flushing Program ...28 1.12 Extending Disk Space ...31 1.13 mvEnterprise Line Printer Driver Program...33 Configure the System for mvEnterprise on AIX... 41 Getting Started ...41 Configure Tape Devices for mvEnterprise on AIX...43 2.2.1 Special Considerations for 4mm DAT Units...45 2.2.2...
  • Page 4 Page ii mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Installation Guide...

  • Page 5: Installation Instructions

    1. Installation Instructions 1.1 Installation Overview This section provides step-by-step instructions for installing mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX. IMPORTANT: Contact Raining Data Customer Support at 949-261- mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX 1875 or your local office for any questions concerning user-written assembler modes.

  • Page 6: Notation Conventions

    1.2 Notation Conventions This document observes the following written conventions: Notation Alternate font Alternate font designates commands, and serves to identify various forms of syntax, or designates menus, screens, fields and any associated items. Alternate font Designates input text. May be upper bold or lower case, depending on typed input requirements.

  • Page 7: Additional Documentation

    1.3 Additional Documentation Current information on mvEnterprise is available on the Raining Data Web site at www.rainingdata.com. The following documentation supports mvEnterprise Release 4.1: · · To order any of the above titles, or to inquire about other manuals published by Raining Data, contact Order Administration at the following address: If you have any requests, comments, corrections or questions regarding the content of mvEnterprise documentation, contact the Technical...

  • Page 8: Mventerprise Pick License Management

    1.4 mvEnterprise PICK License Management The mvEnterprise implementation requires Raining Data licensing agreement with Raining Data. The total number of ports allowed on an mvEnterprise virtual machine is governed by this licensing agreement. Questions concerning the impact this licensing agreement has on mvEnterprise installations can be directed to Raining Data Customer Support in Irvine at 949-261-1875 or call your local office.
  • Page 9 All licensed ports are in use This message is also logged in the pick_log file which is located in the /usr/stat directory. A process can then be dropped from any port on any machine to create a free process. There is no preset allocation of ports to logical machines and no limit to the number of logical machines involved.

  • Page 10: Before You Install

    1.5 Before You Install 1. Read through all sections of this installation guide and the release 2. Ensure that all users are logged off and that phantoms and printers 3. If you are performing a complete database save and restore, examine 4.
  • Page 11 9. The following directories are created during the install process: mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX · Getting Started. This sets up process resource limits. · Configure Tape Devices for mvEnterprise. · Configure Disks for mvEnterprise. · Configure the System to use Ethertape. NOTE: It may be necessary to reboot the system for certain system configuration changes to take effect.

  • Page 12: Installation Instructions

    1.6 Installation Instructions 1. To log on, type: NOTE: Make sure root and all UNIX logins that have access to 2. Insert the mvEnterprise Release 4.1 release tape in the appropriate 3. If this is a new installation, build the base mvEnterprise directory. 4.
  • Page 13 Virtual tape support script. 6. Execute the install program by typing: mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Line printer driver program. Line printer driver with job close abilities. Install utility program. mvEnterprise/UNIX transfer utility program. mvEnterprise/UNIX transfer utility program. System errors transfer program.
  • Page 14 Prompt Enter the mvEnterprise main configuration control code Enter the mvEnterprise ODA configuration control code How many mvEnterprise terminals? Enter the number of Pick terminals required for How many Phantom jobs? How many default virtual pages? Enter list of initial Level 0 database file full pathnames: When done, type end.
  • Page 15 NOTE: In an environment where all users are connected via TCP/IP, at 7. The config.tape file must be changed to include the correct tape NOTE: These devices must be non-rewind devices. mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX the prompt: Do you wish to add default users to the users script? type n.
  • Page 16 8. Install the mvEnterprise Release 4.1. ABS by typing the command: 9. If you wish to use the pickoda monitor program, proceed with the 10. If this is a new installation or you are doing a complete file restore, 11. If this is a new installation, leave the mvEnterprise Release 4.1 tape 12.
  • Page 17 13. Restore any accounts which reside on account-save tapes, then 14. If this is not a new installation, perform the incremental system NOTE: Do not allow users on the system until the upgrade procedure is CAUTION: mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Enter number of phantoms for restore, <CR>...
  • Page 18 · Upon completion of the SYSTEM-UPGRADE procedure, remove the mvEnterprise Release 4.1. tape and store the tape in a safe location. 15. The upgrade to mvEnterprise Release 4.1 is now complete. Page 16 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Installation Guide...

  • Page 19: Upgrade File Listing

    1.7 Upgrade File Listing The following is a listing of all files that are altered during an upgrade. Account DICT ASSEMBLER CS-UTIL DICT CS-UTIL DICT LINES INSTRUCT NSYM OSYM REL.BOOT.SYMBOLS TOSYM LIBRARY DICT ACC BLOCK-CONVERT ERRMSG DICT ERRMSG HELP-FILE DICT HELP-FILE DICT JOB DICT PARS.RSLTS PARS.TAG.DEFS...

  • Page 20: Mventerprise Install Program

    1.8 mvEnterprise Install Program The installation program is located in tar format as the first file on a release tape. The purpose of install is to create the mvEnterprise environment shared by all mvEnterprise processes and build support scripts found in the mvEnterprise UNIX directory such as absrestore and coldstart.
  • Page 21 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX number of memory pages it may map at any one time. The number may be overridden with the mvEnterprise monitor -v option. Enter initial data base names: When done, type 'end'. The location(s) of disk to be utilized by mvEnterprise. The database names are the disk node names.

  • Page 22: Support Scripts

    1.8.1 Support Scripts The support scripts and files built by the mvEnterprise install program are listed below: Page 20 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Script executed upon entry to a C shell. cshrc Script executed upon login to the .login directory.
  • Page 23 Raining Data Customer Support. Script created during the install phantoms procedure to separate Phantom and printer lines from user lines. mvEnterprise monitor or kernel. It is pick renamed during install to a unique name such as prodpick or devpick.

  • Page 24: Installation Options

    1.9 Installation Options Options for install are listed below: -m{mail_addr} -t{term_node} Page 22 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Specifies an address to mail critical mvEnterprise error and warning messages, where mail_addr is defined in the form system-name\!path-name. Using the -m option without specifying an address suppresses sending mail.

  • Page 25: Mventerprise Monitor Program

    1.10 mvEnterprise Monitor Program The following mvEnterprise monitor program options are available. These options are invoked by a dash, the lower case letter indicated, and in some cases, a parameter following the option. -g{r} -gu{r} mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Restore ABS from a mvEnterprise release tape.
  • Page 26 -n{n} NOTE: For all of the options above, hardware output flow control is Page 24 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX mvEnterprise/BASIC DATA statement, this data is stored as though the user actually typed it in. It appears on the screen, one character at a time, until the input stack is exhausted.
  • Page 27 This is followed by a number from 20 to 256. Since memory requirements for a 256 PICK printer are low, printer lines should be set to a value of 20 pages. Altering the default number of virtual memory buffers for a line increases the true memory requirements of the system.
  • Page 28 -V{n} -M{n} Page 26 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Display or alter the default size of the virtual memory buffer table (VFS) allocated for each line. The optional parameter n is a number between 20 and 256. Used without the numeric parameter, the size of virtual memory buffer table is displayed.
  • Page 29 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Set the coldstart flag. Implied by options -a, or -f. Same as -x. In addition, flags coldstart to return all acquired workspace overflow to the file space table. Installation Guide Page 27...

  • Page 30: Mventerprise Disk Flushing Program

    1.11 mvEnterprise Disk Flushing Program This program is available on the AIX systems, and would normally replace the native system syncd or fsflush daemons (background processes). The program is mvEnterprise machine specific and performs as follows: · · · NOTE: The workspace below SYSBASE is not normally synchronized ·...
  • Page 31 The following parameters are available for the disk flushing program ( refers to a numeric parameter in the range specified by the option description): NOTE: The approximate data flushing time is given by d To increase the ability to control redundant workspace flushing, a new parameter has been added to the config.ovf file in the mvEnterprise home directory.
  • Page 32 spooler, transaction logger and workspace overflow blocks. Line three, which specifies the workspace block size, is now allowed an additional parameter. This parameter indicates the number of blocks to be allocated at file restore time. These blocks are allocated below SYSBASE and their use can dramatically improve the read/write ratios on the disks.

  • Page 33: Extending Disk Space

    1.12 Extending Disk Space The extend option is provided to avoid performing a SAVE and RESTORE of the database to extend disk space. Follow the steps below to extend the available disk space for the mvEnterprise database. 1. Create the new logical disk devices and add the device names to the 2.
  • Page 34 6. Start the mvEnterprise Phantom processes. Type: 7. Coldstart the mvEnterprise virtual machine. Type: 8. Once the coldstart is complete, start the user processes. Type: NOTE: Once this process is complete, additional disk devices cannot be Page 32 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX ./phantoms ./prodpick -l0 where prodpick is the name of the monitor program.

  • Page 35: Mventerprise Line Printer Driver Program

    The driver allows a machine access to the UNIX spooler; therefore, two machines can share a printer since they are both outputting through the same physical device. An...
  • Page 36 4. Select local Attachment Type (the printer is physically connected to this computer). 5. Select the Printer Type (i.e., manufacturer), Hewlett-Packard. 6. Select the Printer Type (model), hplj-3. Page 34 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Installation Guide...
  • Page 37 7. Select a Printer Interface of rs232 (serial connection). 8. For this system, the Parent Adapter is sa0. NOTE: This setting may vary based on your system’s available hardware. 9. Type the names of the new print spooler queues to be added.
  • Page 38 For a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III, you need to specify queue names for the following printer command languages: PCL, PostScript and HP-GL/2. (For more information, or if your printer differs from the one described, please see your printer’s documentation.) Characteristics: the PORT number (for this computer, the first serial port or s1);...
  • Page 39 12. Press the Cancel key to return to the Print Spooling menu. 13. Select Change/Show Printer Characteristics. 14. Press the List key to display a listing of available printer queues and 15. Select Default Print Job Attributes. mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Command Status screen similar to the one depicted below.
  • Page 40 & Page 38 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX are sufficient to accommodate the widest and deepest print jobs, which are sent to this printer. Use the arrow keys to move to these fields. ./prodpick.lpd prodpick.lj3pcl.99 lj3pcl 10 {-r} & where: The line printer driver program.
  • Page 41 ./prodpick -l99 -oh -t/dev/prodpick.lj3pcl.99 -v20 & where: prodpick -l99 -t/dev/prodpick.lj3pcl.99 -v20 & 21. From within mvEnterprise, start the printer. Type: STARTPTR 0,0,0,S99 Installation Guide mvEnterprise program. Run printer on mvEnterprise port nintynine. Suppress LOGON banner at startup of printer process.
  • Page 42 Page 40 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX where: The name of the command to start a printer STARTPTR The mvEnterprise printer number. The form queue number associated with this printer The number of pages to eject between print jobs Signifies that the printer is attached serially and is running on port 99.

  • Page 43: Configure The System For Mventerprise On Aix

    2. Configure the System for mvEnterprise on AIX 2.1 Getting Started 1. Ensure that user process resource limits are set correctly for all users mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX who are accessing mvEnterprise (including root, if necessary). · The maximum size (in blocks) to which a file within AIX may grow should be set at unlimited.
  • Page 44 2. Turn on the AIX Command Stacker. 3. Activate the AIX man Pages. Page 42 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX · To activate the emacs-style stacker, type: set -o emacs · Use Ctrl+P and Ctrl+N keystrokes to scroll backwards and forwards through existing commands.

  • Page 45: Configure Tape Devices For Mventerprise On Aix

    2.2 Configure Tape Devices for mvEnterprise on AIX mvEnterprise relies on AIX to provide driver support for tape devices. These should be configured using smit. An example to add a 4mm DAT drive is given below. 1. At an AIX command shell, type smit. The System Management NOTE: The example screens shown here are intended to be 2.
  • Page 46 3. Select 4. Select Page 44 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX . The Tape Drive Tape Drive Change/Show Characteristics of a Tape Drive appears on the screen prompting the selection of the tape drives currently installed in the system. screen displays. .

  • Page 47: Special Considerations For 4Mm Dat Units

    5. Select these options as indicated the following screen: 2.2.1 Special Considerations for 4mm DAT Units For 4mm DAT drives, compression needs to be correctly specified. Newer devices support data compression, allowing them to write between 2-3 times the normal quantity of data on the tape, while at the same time reducing the time taken to read and write tapes.
  • Page 48 two specified densities, assuming this is valid for both the tape drive and tape cartridge specification used. Page 46 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX Installation Guide...

  • Page 49: Further Configuration Information For All Tape Devices

    2.2.3 Further Configuration Information For All Tape Devices Further information on all operational tape drive parameters for all tape device types may be found in the manual supplied with your system titled ‘AIX DPX/20 System Management Guide OS & Devices’ in the section ‘Tape Drive Attributes’.

  • Page 50: Configure Disks For Mventerprise On Aix

    2.3 Configure Disks for mvEnterprise on AIX AIX requires that you add new disks to one of the existing volume groups, or create a new volume group and add the disks to that group before those disks can be used. It is recommended that you create a separate volume group for each disk in the mvEnterprise database.
  • Page 51 2. Select 3. Select 4. Select 5. Select 6. Arrow to the mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX System Storage Management (Physical & Logical Storage). Logical Volume Manager Volume Groups , and then fill in the form, which is Add a Volume Group displayed.
  • Page 52 7. Select a disk name, and press the Select key. Press Enter to confirm the choice. 8. Press Enter to add the volume group. 9. Press Enter once more to confirm the addition of the volume group. window displays a message that the command was Command Status executed successfully.

  • Page 53: Create A Logical Volume To Store Mventerprise Data

    2.3.1 Create a Logical Volume to Store mvEnterprise Data As a first time user, you also need to create logical volumes within each volume group to contain the AIX file systems where you store your mvEnterprise data. The following screens demonstrate the creation of a logical volume named mvelv000 within the mvevg00 volume group.
  • Page 54 6. Type the 7. Type the 8. Advance to the 9. Indicate the name of the appropriate physical volume by pressing the 10. Press the Enter key to confirm the selection. 11. Advance to the Page 52 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX .
  • Page 55 12. Type the 14. Select 15. The NOTE: The journal file system (jfs) must be typed in. If you can’t type mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX MAXIMUM NUMBER of LOGICAL PARTITIONS maximum number of logical partitions must be greater than or equal to the number of logical partitions entered in Step 6.

  • Page 56: Create A File System To Store Mventerprise Data

    2.3.2 Create a File System to Store mvEnterprise Data As a first time user, you also need to create a file system for the logical volumes to contain the AIX files where you are storing your mvEnterprise data. 1. Type smit from an AIX command shell. The 2.
  • Page 57 10. At the 11. Select 12. Press the Enter key to create the file system. mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX field, type the name of the directory on which MOUNT POINT the resulting file system is mounted. (Suggested; /mvefs/mvelv000, where is the subdirectory off the root directory which mvefs contains all the mount points for the mvEnterprise file systems, and...
  • Page 58 2.3.3 Mounting the File System The newly created file system must be mounted before it can be used. The mounting process associates a file system with a directory, so that changing to the directory (via the AIX cd command) allows access to the file system after it has been mounted.

  • Page 59: Create A Database To Store Mventerprise Data

    7. Select TYPE of file system, then press the List key to display the 8. Press the Enter key to mount the file system. 2.3.4 Create a Database to Store mvEnterprise Data The config file is updated by the install program while it creates a database on the file systems, which were set up above.
  • Page 60 After all database names have been entered, the install program displays the prompt: Respond y If you are unsure on how many frames can fit in the file system, type -1 (negative one). This creates DB0 to fill the file system to a maximum size of approximately 128 GB.

  • Page 61: Configure The System To Use Ethertape

    2.4 Configure the System to use Ethertape 2.4.1 Update the System to use Ethertape For new installations, a system configuration file must be changed in order to use ethertape. 1. Ensure that you are logged in as root. 2. Edit the system configuration file. Type: 3.

  • Page 62: Update The /Etc/Hosts File

    2.4.2 Update the /etc/hosts File An alias for the PICK host must exist in the /etc/hosts file for Ethernet connections to be established. In the example below, pickA (192.0.0.1) refers to the local machine and pickB (192.0.0.2) is the name of a remote machine: Page 60 mvEnterprise Release 4.1 on AIX...
  • Page 63 Disk Flushing, 25 Extend Disk Space, 28 Instructions, 1, 8 License Management, 4 mvEnterprise Install Program, 15 mvEnterprise Line Printer Driver Program, 30 mvEnterprise Monitor Program, 20 New, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11 Options, 19 Overview, 1 Support Scripts, 17...
  • Page 64 Man Facility, UNIX, 30, 39 MD-UPGRADE Utility, 12 Monitor program, 10 Program, 20 Non-rewind device, 10, 43 Notation Conventions, 2 ODA configuration control code, 9 Phantom jobs, 9, 15 Phantom processes, 10, 16 Pick configuration control code, 9 Pick terminals, 9, 15 pick_log, 5 pickhost, 56 Pipe Name, 36...

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