HP Raining DataCorp. mvEnterprise User's Manual
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1. 8 For this system the Parent Adapter is sa0 NOTE This setting may vary based on your system s available hardware Add a Print Queue ype or select values in entry fields ress Enter AFTER making all desired changes TOP Entry Fields Description Hewlett Packard LaserJ gt Names of NEW print queues to add PEL PostScript Printer connection characteristics PORT number BAUD rate PARITY BITS per character Number of STOP BITS 3 F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F4 List Esc 6 Command Esc Edit Esc 8 Image Esc 0 Exit Enter Do 9 Type the names of the new print spooler queues to be added mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 35 e Type the name into the field using the cursor movement keys to move between fields Do not press Enter until you have completed all the requested data entry fields For some fields you may press function key four for a list of valid options from which you may choose You may also press function key one for a context sensitive help screen For a Hewlett Packard LaserJet II 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 Add a Print Queue Type or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes MORE 31 PCL PostScript HP GL 2 nter connection character2. Script to perform a file restore Sets the filerestore flag then executes the script Phantoms Program to create the mvEnterprise environment It also creates cshrc login absrestore coldstart common1 config config tape config ethernet filerestore phantoms killpick users and warmstart Page 20 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide killpick phantoms pick picksync pickoda pick lpd scripts start_flusher users warmstart mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Script to kill mvEnterprise processes This can be very dangerous An mvEnterprise machine should only be stopped with the TCL command SHUTDOWN and this script should only be used if you are directed to do so by Raining Data Customer Support Script created during the install procedure to separate Phantom and printer lines from user lines mvEnterprise monitor or kernel It is renamed during install to a unique name such as prodpick or devpick mvEnterprise disk flushing program It is renamed during install to a unique name such as prodpicksync or devpicksync mvEnterprise ODA monitor or kernel Program to allow the sharing of the UNIX spooler by multiple virtual machines Directory created during the install procedure It contains scripts used by various mvEnterprise processes Script created during the install procedure to start mvEnterprise flush program Executed by the coldstart filerestore and warmstart script
3. lp1 Added print queue lj3pcl Added print queue lj3ps Added print queue 1j3g12 F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 6 Command Esc 9 Shell Esc O Exit Find 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 select the correct queue from the list 15 Select Default Print Job Attributes mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 37 Change Show Default Print Job Attributes ype or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes CEntry Fields Paper Page Options Page ORIENTATION portrait Input PAPER SOURCE paper tray PAPER SIZE override for input paper source letter Header Trailer Page Options SEPARATOR PAGES none HOSTNAME for PRINTED AT on HEADER PAGE C Messages Diagnostics F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F4 List sc 5 Reset F6 Command F7 Edit F8 Image 9 Shell F10 Exit Enter Do 16 Ensure that the LINES per page and COLUMNS per page values 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 17 Press the Enter key to execute the command 18 Change to the directory into which mvEnterprise was installed 19 From an AIX command shell type this command prodpick Ipd prodpick lj3pcl 99 lj3pcl 10 r amp where prodpick Ipd
4. mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 27 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 e The mvEnterprise database is divided into two segments the space above the system file base SYSBASE and the space below it enabling aggressive flushing of the data frames those located above SYSBASE Flushing of the workspace frames below SYSBASE is unnecessary e The data space is divided into approximately equal sections slices Each section on a single drive is mmaped and flushed to disk The disk flusher then sleeps a prescribed amount of time and then continues to the next section on the next disk drive e This process allows flushing of the entire file system data space in approximately in N x m where n equals the number of sections and m equals the sleep time in seconds The defaults for the program are 60 sections and a one second sleep so the data space is synchronized to disk approximately once per minute NOTE The workspace below SYSBASE is not normally synchronized synced since it contains no useful data in the event of a system crash e After completing a number of data space flush cycles loops the program attempts to sync first the entire mvEnterprise virtual machine and finally the entire system
5. Page 52 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 12 Type the MAXIMUM NUMBER of LOGICAL PARTITIONS The maximum number of logical partitions must be greater than or equal to the number of logical partitions entered in Step 6 Add a Logical Volume ype or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes CMORE 111 CEntry Fields Mirror Write Consistency yes Allocate each logical partition copy on a SEPARATE physical volume RELOCATE the logical volume during reorganization Logical volume LABEL MAXIMUM NUMBER of LOGICAL PARTITIONS Enable BAD BLOCK relocation SCHEDULING POLICY for writing logical partition copies Enable WRITE VERIFY File containing ALLOCATION MAP Stripe Size CNot Striped F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Fd4 List F6 Command F7 Edit F8 Image F10 Exit Enter Do0 14 Select Stripe Size and ensure that it is set to Not Striped To change this press the List key and select Not Striped from the displayed selections 15 The Command Status screen displays confirming that the command has been executed successfully Command WMA stdout yes no Before command completion additional instructions may appear below velvooo e ach partition occupies 4 MB of disk space unless AIX has been configured to use a non standard partition size The number of partitions multiplied by the partition size gives the total size of the logical volume e The MAXIMUM NUMBER of LOGICAL PARTI
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7. 128 GB mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 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 vi etc pse conf 3 Locate the appropriate headings remove the comment symbol from these lines if necessary and save the changes PSE communication protocols d xtiso unixdg dev xti unixdg unix domain datagrams d xtiso unixst dev xti unixst unix domain byte stream d xtiso udp dev xti udp UDP IP d xtiso tcp dev xti tcp TCP IP PSE modules m timod TLI module m tirdwr TLI read write interface 4 Reboot the machine to implement the changes mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 59 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 The etc hosts file on pickA 192 0 0 1 pickA pickhost 192 0 0 2 pickB The etc hosts file on pickB 192 0 0 2 pickB pickhost 192 0 0 1 pickA Page 60 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Index etc hosts 56 ABS 11 20 AIX 4mm DAT Units 42 Commands Isdev 44 Ispv 44 Configure Disk
8. B0 00 4 0 Bull 2 5 GB 1 4 Inch Tape Drive rmti Available 04 B0 00 3 0 Bull 4 0 GB 4mm Tape Drive Fi Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 8 Image Esc O Exit Enter Do Find n Find Next Page 44 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 5 Select these options as indicated the following screen e BLOCK SIZE 0 variable length Type 0 e Use DEVICE BUFFERS during writes Type yes e Use data COMPRESSION See the Special Considerations for 4mm DAT Units section following for information on selecting the compression option Change Show Characteristics of a Tape Drive Type or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes CEntry Fields Tape Drive rmti Tape Drive type Bull4mm4gb Tape Drive interface scsi Description Bull 4 0 GB 4mm Tape D gt Status Available Location 04 B0 00 3 0 Parent adapter scsiO Connection address 3 0 BLOCK size O variable length Co Use DEVICE BUFFERS during writes yes Use data COMPRESSION no F1i Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F4 List Esc S Reset Esc 6 Command Esc 7 Edit Esc 8 Image Esc 9 Shell Esct O Exit Enter Do 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 Normally this feature should be tu
9. 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 In order to control the number of terminals running mvEnterprise a security system has been added This ensures that a hardware machine is properly configured and that the appropriate license is in place with Raining Data Before installing mvEnterprise it is necessary to acquire a master mvEnterprise configuration control code from Raining Data Customer Support This record is unique to each machine and contains the maximum number of mvEnterprise processes excluding Phantoms that are licensed and allowed to run at one time mvEnterprise ODA requires a separate master control code and contains the maximum number of mvEnterprise ODA server processes that are licensed and allowed to run at one time The installation program prompts for the codes and create the necessary file on a new installation The configuration control file contains one or two lines composed of 13 characters that make up a control code The first line contains the mvEnterprise master control code The second line contains the optional mvEnterprise ODA master control code if applicable The UNIX file path is usr config config pick After mvEnterprise is install
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11. Storage Management Physical amp Logical Storage Security amp Users Communications Applications and Services Print Spooling Problem Determination Performance amp Resource Scheduling System Environments Processes amp Subsystems Applications AIX System Diagnostics ASD Using SMIT information only F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 8 Image IEsc 9 Shel Esc O Exit Enter Do 2 Select Devices The Devices screen displays mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 43 Devices ove cursor to desired item and press Enter CMORE 91 Read Write Optical Drive Diskette Drive TTY Asynchronous Adapters PTY Console Fixed Disk Disk Array CD ROM Drive Read Write Optical Drive Diskette Drive Communication Graphic Displays Graphic Input Devices CMORE 9 F1 Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 8 Image IEsc 9 Shell Esc 0 Exit Enter Do 3 Select Tape Drive The Tape Drive screen displays 4 Select Change Show Characteristics of a Tape Drive A window appears on the screen prompting the selection of the tape drives currently installed in the system Tape Drive Move cursor to desired item and press Enter List All Defined Tape Drives List All Supported Tape Drives Add a Tape Drive Ct Show Characteristics of a Tape Drive Remove a Tape Drive Configure a Defined Tape Drive Generate Error Report race a Tape Drive Tape Drive Move cursor to desired item and press Enter rmtO Available 04
12. The last step is necessary because the user may have terminated the standard AIX synced process e The act of syncing the entire machine may create the same performance problems the user is attempting to avoid To minimize this possibility most of the system should already be flushed before issuing the sync request The program performs the following tasks e Changes the sleep setting on the last pass through the data frames to a much smaller value e Syncs sections of the work space using this smaller sleep time e Executes fsync an AIX system call on the mvEnterprise file systems with the smaller sleep time e Issues the system wide sync Page 28 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide The following parameters are available for the disk flushing program N refers to a numeric parameter in the range specified by the option description V f Verbose issues constant status messages Specifies a path and file to log messages If f is not specified messages are displayed on the line that started the disk flushing program Number of data sections The data space is divided into a number of actual sections represented by the numeric parameter spread across all drives The default value is 60 the range is 15 to 300 Sleep time in milliseconds between the flushing of data sections For example parameter 32000 would sleep 2 seconds between data sections The default is 1 sec the range is 0 25 to 15 se
13. enter 128 Enter list of initial Level 0 database Enter each data base name When all data base file full pathnames names have been entered type end Each data When done type end base name is entered and terminated with a carriage return Refer to the section Configuring Disks for Use With mvEnterprise On AIX for more detail Enter the name to be used for the Enter the name for the PICK monitor program mvEnterprise monitor program i e prodpick The first four characters of the name to be used for the program must be unique from any other mvEnterprise virtual machine These characters form the semaphore set identification for the machine How many Phantom processes Enter the number of Phantom processes to start started at coldstart at coldstart Do you wish to add default users to Type no if there is no requirement for users script y n asynchronous terminal support Type yes to build a generic boot script The users script built by install is a generic boot script for mvEnterprise If you request to add default users to the users script it must be customized after its creation to the requirements of the installation How many Spooler contiguous Enter the number of Spooler contiguous overflow overflow frames 0 10000 frames How many Trans Logger Enter the number of Trans Logger contiguous contiguous overflow frames 0 overflow frames 10000 How many Workspace contiguous Enter the number of Worksp
14. next SAVE and RESTORE of the database all level numbers should be set to 0 There is a 4 level maximum with valid levels of 0 3 Page 32 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 1 13 mvEnterprise Line Printer Driver Program The program pick pd which is located on the release tape with the mvEnterprise monitor and install programs is useful for sites which operate multiple mvEnterprise machines 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 example of starting the line printer driver using a local print spooler queue for a serially attached Hewlett Packard LaserJet III follows 1 Invoke smit the System Management Interactive Tool by typing smit from an AIX command shell Note that you must have root user privileges to execute this program For more information on smit AIX provides online documentation for its commands using the standard UNIX man facility The hypertext files used by man are normally located on a CD ROM supplied with the system Refer to the AIX documentation to learn how to mount the CD ROM as a file system and access the man pages System Management Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Software Installation and Maintenance Software License Management Devices System Storage Management Physical amp Logical Storage Security amp Users Communications Applic
15. uses this number as the maximum mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 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 The base names were previously defined when the mvEnterprise environment was established in UNIX Enter the name to be used for the mvEnterprise program Renames the mvEnterprise program to the name entered and builds all support scripts accordingly An example is prodpick The first four characters of the PICK program must be unique from other mvEnterprise virtual machines since the semaphore set used for locking is derived from these characters A list of these supporting scripts follows some of them are built using the newly designated machine names from the response to this prompt If this is a new installation the installation program displays two additional prompts How many phantom processes started at coldstart e If Phantom processes are not to be used very often or are only being used for batch processing the user should answer O zero to this prompt e Ifa number of Phantoms are to be used for processing short duration jobs that are being shut down and started repeatedly the number of Phantom processes needed to run thes
16. Exit Enter Do Find n Find Next mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 51 6 Type the Logical volume NAME Suggested mvelv0O00 where mvelv is the mvEnterprise logical volume 00 refers to the volume group and 0 represents the first logical volume in that volume group The name which was entered displays 7 Type the Number of LOGICAL PARTITIONS This number multiplied by the size of the logical partition equals the size of the logical volume as seen in the following screen It also must be less than or equal to the maximum number of logical partitions see Step 11 8 Advance to the PHYSICAL VOLUME names field and press the List key 9 Indicate the name of the appropriate physical volume by pressing the Select key 10 Press the Enter key to confirm the selection 11 Advance to the Logical volume TYPE field type jfs journaled file system Add a Logical Volume ype or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes CTOPI CEntry Fields Logical volume NAME C J VOLUME GROUP name Number of LOGICAL PARTITIONS PHYSICAL VOLUME names Logical volume TYPE POSITION on physical volume RANGE of physical volumes MAXIMUM NUMBER of PHYSICAL VOLUMES to use for allocation Number of COPIES of each logical partition Mirror Write Consistency Allocate each logical partition copy 111 F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Fd List F6 Command F7 Edit F8 Image F10 Exit Enter Do
17. Mount OPTIONS C Start Disk Accounting no Number of bytes per inode 4096 Allocation Group Size MBytes 64 Fi Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 5 Reset F6 Command F7 Edit F9 5hell F10 Exit Enter Do 12 Press the Enter key to create the file system The Command Status screen displays confirming the successful addition of the file system mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 55 COMMAND STATUS stdout yes stderr no Before command completion additional instructions may appear below Based on the parameters chosen the new mvefs mvelvO00 JFS file system is limited to a maximum size of 134217728 512 byte blocks New File System size is 1638400 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 1 Type smit from an AIX command shell The System Management menu displays System Management Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Software Installation and Maintenance Software License Management Devices Security amp Users Communications Applications and Services Print Spooling Problem Determination Performance amp Resource Scheduling System Environments Processes amp Subsystems Applications AIX System Diagnostics ASD Using SMIT informa
18. Raining Data Corporation INSTALLATION GUIDE April 02 2002 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 0 on AIX 1998 2002 Raining Data Corporation lbs Raining Data 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 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 Table of Contents 1 Installation Instructions lt iccccccccccccccesccccececcccccecececcuececcccusccseceueeedessceescasacessccuacauaaes 3 1 1 Installation Overview sans P T E A E ahah E hb ke Aleks E tcc 3 1 2 Notation Conventions ciena ela ieee ora sn R nen en eae aed eed hae 4 1 3 Additional Documentation serieren iei E EEE OA EE E angel Aas ithe 5 1 4 mvEnterprise PICK License Management arnore ioi en i E EE ERE 6 1 5 Befor You nstab mienie eie Ee o iat EE EEE VU TEA Geto T RR e 8 1 6 Installati n Instructions ese a a a AER ae det E A 10 1 7 Upgrade File Listing eooo ran evn E E EREE AE ee 17 1 8 mvEnterprise Install Program cccic cise
19. Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 8 Image Esc O Exit Enter Do Find n Find Next 5 Select the Printer Type i e manufacturer Hewlett Packard Print Spooling Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Printer Type Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Printer Type Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Hewlett Packard LaserJet Hewlett dl Hewlett Packard Hewlett Packard LaserJet Other Select this if your printer type is not listed above Fi Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 8 Image Esc 0 Exit Enter Do Find n Find Next 6 Select the Printer Type model hplj 3 Page 34 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Print Spooling ove cursor to desired item and press Enter Printer Type Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Printer Type Printer Interface Move cursor to desired item and press Enter rs422 Fi Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 8 Image Esc 0 Exit Enter Do Find n Find Next 7 Select a Printer Interface of rs232 serial connection Print Spooling Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Printer Type Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Printer Type Parent Adapter Move cursor to desired item and press Enter ilable 01 A0 idard I 0 rial Port 1 sai Available 01 BO Standard I 0 Serial Port 2 Fi Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 8 Image Esc O Exit Enter Do Find n Find Next
20. TIONS parameter dictates the maximum size to which this partition is allowed to grow NOTE The journal file system jfs must be typed in If you can t type the entry try pressing the appropriate function key mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 53 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 System Management menu displays System Management Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Software Installation and Maintenance Software License Management Devices System Storage Management Physica Security amp Users Communications Applications and Services Print Spooling Problem Determination Performance amp Resource Scheduling System Environments Processes amp Subsystems Applications Using SMIT information only F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Fe Image Fi0 Exit Enter Do 2 Select System Storage Management Physical amp Logical Storage The System Storage Management menu displays 3 Select File Systems The File Systems menu displays 4 Select Add Change Show Delete File Systems The Add Change Show Delete File Systems menu displays 5 Select Journaled File Systems The Journaled File Systems menu displays 6 Select Add a Journaled File System on a Previously Defined Log
21. The line printer driver program prodpick j3pcl 99 The name used for the pipe it is a concatenation of the UNIX spooler queue name and the mvEnterprise port Ij3pcl The name of the UNIX spooler queue to be used by this pipe 10 The number of seconds the pipe is allowed to be idle before it is closed F Use this option only if the spooler queue specified above is on a remote system Note that this parameter is optional but if present must be at this position in the command line amp Tells UNIX to run this process in the background Page 38 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 20 From an AIX command shell type this command prodpick 199 oh t dev prodpick j3pcl 99 v20 amp where prodpick mvEnterprise program 199 Run printer on mvEnterprise port nintynine oh Suppress LOGON banner at startup of printer process t dev prodpick Ij3pcl 99 Use this pipe for output v20 Restrict to 20 the number of VFS pages for use by the mvEnterprise spooler process amp Run process in the background The pipe name is written to tmp prodpick j3pcl 99 as a lock to prevent two pipes with the same name This lock is released when the pipe is shut down If this procedure is being run from a script it is necessary to sleep for 5 seconds between commands to allow the pipe adequate time to start H prodpick Ipd prodpick 1j3pcl 99 1lj3pcl 10 amp 18140 1 H prodpick 199 oh t dev prodpick l
22. ace contiguous overflow frames 0 10000 overflow frames How many Workspace overflow Enter the number of Workspace overflow group group allocations 0 25 allocations Page 12 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX NOTE In an environment where all users are connected via TCP IP at the prompt Do you wish to add default users to the users script type n 7 The config tape file must be changed to include the correct tape devices to be used under mvEnterprise At a minimum device 0 needs to be specified to continue the installation The config tape file contains 32 lines of data representing device 0 to 31 respectively e g dev rmt0 1 NOTE These devices must be non rewind devices Installation Guide Page 13 8 Install the mvEnterprise Release 4 1 ABS by typing the command absrestore This restores the mvEnterprise 4 1 ABS from the release tape Successful completion of an absrestore displays the message ABS tape loaded with XXX frames used 9 Ifyou wish to use the pickoda monitor program proceed with the following steps a Save a copy of the current mvEnterprise monitor program i e prodpick to a new name Type mv prodpick prodpick reg b Replace the existing mvEnterprise monitor program with the mvEnterprise ODA monitor program cp p pickoda prodpick 10 If this is a new installation or you are doing a complete file restore proceed with S
23. arameter 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 The user should allocate all of the expected workspace requirements through this mechanism For example if line three contains 0000 10 then 100 000 frames of workspace overflow are allocated below SYSBASE and only need to be flushed once every loops f times through the database The flush program is executed from the start_flusher script This script is executed upon a coldstart filerestore or warmstart The flush program shuts down automatically after a SHUTDOWN or WARMSTOP By default the UNIX syncd daemon is replaced by the flush program When the flush program shuts down it starts the UNIX syncd daemon if necessary Place any flush options in the start_flusher script prodpicksync l0 amp Suppresses the full flush That is the UNIX syncd daemon is not replaced prodpicksync f usr stat synclog amp Logs all messages to the synclog file in usr stat mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 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 config script Precede new disk device na
24. ate the config tape file A minimum device 0 needs to be specified to install mvEnterprise The config tape file contains 32 lines of data representing devices 0 to 31 respectively For example to make rmt1 the default tape drive or device 0 the first line in config tape should be dev rmt1 1 where the suffix 1 signifies that the tape device rmt1 is a non rewind device On a new installation the install program attempts to build the config tape file based on the tape devices it has found on the system mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 47 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 Normally an AIX system is delivered with only one of the disks added to rootvg and the other disks while installed cannot be used To identify them issue an Ispv command For example it lspy diskO 000001 74cFa54d606 rootvg disk1 000001747db5db7a None disk2 000001 747db63d67 None iad If you want more detail about disks use the Isdev command diskO Available O04 AO 00 0 0 Bull 4 2 GB 16 Bit SCSI Disk Drive disk1 Available 04 A0 00 1 0 Other SCSI Disk Drive Available 04 A0 00 2 0 Other SCSI Disk Drive The above example demonstrates the additio
25. ations and Services Problem Determination Performance amp Resource Scheduling System Environments Processes amp Subsystems Applications AIX System Diagnostics ASD Using SMIT information only F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 8 Image Esc 0 Exit Enter Do 2 Select the option Print Spooling by using the cursor movement keys to move the highlight bar to the correct position Press the Enter key 3 Select Add Print Queue mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 33 Print Spooling Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Start a Print Job Add a Print Queue Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Use arrow keys to scroll ATTACHMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION local Printer Attach t remote Printer Attached to Remote Host xstation Printer Attached to Xstation ascii Printer Attached to ASCII Terminal hpJetDirect Network Printer HP JetDirect file File in dev directory ltc Printer Attached to LTC Concentrator other User Defined Backend Fi Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 8 Image Esct 0 Exit Enter Do Find n Find Next 4 Select local Attachment Type the printer is physically connected to this computer Print Spooling Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Printer Type Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Bull Canon Dataproducts IBM OKI Printronix QMS Texas Instruments Other Select this if your printer type is not listed above Fi Help F2
26. c Number of workspace sections Within the workspace each level 0 drive is divided into a number of sections represented by the numeric parameter This yields a x b where amp represents the number of workspace sections and b represents the number of primary drives The default is 10 the range is 5 to 50 Sleep time in milliseconds between workspace slices For example parameter t100 would sleep 100 milliseconds between workspace sections The default is 0 10 sec the range is 0 10 to 1 second Number of loops through data space before a full flush The default is 15 the range is 0 to 300 Zero suppresses the full flush NOTE The approximate data flushing time is given by d x s where dis the number of data slices and S is the sleep time between data slices The approximate work flushing time is given by w xt x p drives where W represents the number of workspace sections t represents the sleep time between flushing workspace sections and p represents the number of primary drives 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 This file overrides the default values for the sizes of the mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 29 Page 30 spooler transaction logger and workspace overflow blocks Line three which specifies the workspace block size is now allowed an additional parameter This p
27. e jobs should be entered e Ifthe user is uncertain of his application requirements enter the total number of Phantom processes Do you wish to add default users to users script y n If this installation does not have a requirement for asynchronous terminal support the user should answer n no Otherwise answer y yes which builds a generic boot script containing a record for each mvEnterprise user The user s script can then be customized for the specific needs of this installation Installation Guide Page 19 1 8 1 Support Scripts The support scripts and files built by the mvEnterprise install program are listed below cshrc login abs absrestore coldstart common config config tape config ethernet filerestore install Script executed upon entry to a C shell Script executed upon login to the directory Binary file containing an image of the executable mvEnterprise virtual assembly code Script to load an abs area from tape The default drive is zero Script to set the coldstart flag and start mvEnterprise processes via the scripts phantoms and users Common area shared by mvEnterprise processes File containing information regarding the mvEnterprise environment such as number of ports number of phantoms default number of virtual pages and location of mvEnterprise data space File containing tape device node names File containing pseudo Ethernet tape device node names
28. ed the system is able to run the specified number of real processes on any ports and on any logical mvEnterprise machine For example if a machine is licensed for 256 ports and has 240 processes running on a production machine 16 ports would be left to run on a development machine Attempting to initiate a 17th process would display the message Page 6 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX 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 The only restriction is the total number of active mvEnterprise processes Installation Guide Page 7 1 5 Before You Install 1 Read through all sections of this installation guide and the release notes carefully before proceeding If you have any questions or problems call Raining Data Customer Support in Irvine at 949 261 1875 or call your local office If this is a new installation proceed to Step 7 If this is an upgrade to an existing installation proceed to Step 2 2 Ensure that all users are logged off and that phantoms and printers are inactive 3 Ifyou are performing a complete database save and restore examine your file sizing and perform any necessary realloca
29. erprise Note that the specified string must be surrounded by single quotation marks The stacked data is always be followed by a carriage return Unlike the Installation Guide Page 23 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 Note that the input buffer is limited to 300 bytes In addition to single characters a carriage return can be fed to the input stream with the two character escape sequence r I Set the mvEnterprise line number for this process If not supplied mvEnterprise locates the first unused line The general form is In where N specifies the mvEnterprise line number The form In m can be used to specify a range of mvEnterprise line numbers to use The first unused mvEnterprise line in the range is assigned to the process n n Alter the default UNIX scheduling priority oh Suppress LOGON banner ol Log line off when carrier drop detected ot For mvEnterprise processes connected via telnet The ot option causes a logged on mvEnterprise process to be left in a re startable state when its telnet connection is lost The process can only be restarted using the monitor option I For mvEnterprise processes which are logged off the loss of the telnet connection does not require the monitor option l The mvEnterprise port is available to any new monitor activation mvEnter
30. ers ommes Derou __ ocruTumessr ocr id ooo o TBRARY WD persse frev o wms O SS mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 17 1 8 mvEnterprise Install Program Page 18 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 The install program prompts for these mvEnterprise configuration parameters How many mveEnterprise terminals How many Phantom jobs How many default virtual pages Enter initial data base names When done type end Enter the name to be used for the mvEnterprise monitor program How many phantom processes started at coldstart Do you wish to add default users to users script y n These prompts are described below How many mvEnterprise terminals The number of physical mvEnterprise lines this mvEnterprise virtual machine uses This parameter specifies the maximum number of terminals and may be slightly larger than the current requirements How many Phantom jobs The number of Phantom lines this mvEnterprise virtual machine uses A general rule is one Phantom line for every eight physical lines How many default virtual pages This prompt is for default virtual pages and should be set to 128 Each mvEnterprise process started
31. he default number of the virtual memory buffers for a line increases the true memory requirements of the system IMPORTANT A kill 5 HAS THE SAME EFFECT ON mvEnterprise AS A kill 9 NOTE These devices must be non rewind devices WARNING A kill 9 should not be used to remove a mvEnterprise process unless recommended by Raining Data Customer Support Installation Guide 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 e mvEnterprise User Reference Manual Part Number 84 00014A00 e Assembly Language Manual Part Number 05627 001 To order any of the above titles or to inquire about other manuals published by Raining Data contact Order Administration at the following address Raining Data Corporation 17500 Cartwright Irvine CA 92614 Attention Order Administration Fax 949 474 6940 Phone 949 442 4400 E mail Orders rainingdata com If you have any requests comments corrections or questions regarding the content of mvEnterprise documentation contact the Technical Publications Department at Raining Data through the above address or at documentation rainingdata com mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 5 1 4 mvEnterprise PICK License Management The mvEnterprise implementation requires Raining Data licensing agreement with Raining
32. hrough existing commands e Apply any changes e Press the Enter key which executes the currently displayed command If you are familiar with either the emacs or vi editor you may wish to add one of the above commands to root s profile file so that the desired command line editor is activated every time you login as root 3 Activate the AIX man Pages AIX provides online documentation for its commands using the standard UNIX man facility The hypertext files used by man are normally located on a CD ROM supplied with the system Refer to the AIX documentation to learn how to mount the CD ROM as a file system and access the man pages Page 42 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 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 Atan AIX command shell type smit The System Management menu displays NOTE The example screens shown here are intended to be representative of those you would see on your system However due to factors such as differing hardware your system s screen displays may vary from these examples If you can t type in the entry try pressing the appropriate function key System Management ove cursor to desired item and press Enter Software Installation and Maintenance Software License Management Dev System
33. ical Volume The Add a Journaled File System on a Previously Defined Logical Volume menu displays 7 Select Add a Large File Enabled Journaled File System The Add a Large File Enabled Journaled File System form displays 8 Select the LOGICAL VOLUME name field then press the List key to display the existing logical volumes The LOGICAL VOLUME name window appears 9 Select the appropriate logical volume and press Enter Page 54 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Add a Large File Enabled Journaled File System ype or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes CEntry Fields BaLOGICAL VOLUME name LOGICAL VOLUME name Move cursor to desired item and press Enter pickly Fi Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F10 Exit Enter Do n Find Next 10 At the MOUNT POINT field type the name of the directory on which the resulting file system is mounted Suggested mvefs mvelv000 where Mvefs is the subdirectory off the root directory which contains all the mount points for the mvEnterprise file systems and mvelv000 is the name given to the logical volume as exemplified in Step 5 11 Select Mount AUTOMATICALLY at system restart then type yes Add a Large File Enabled Journaled File System ype or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes LOGICAL VOLUME name MOUNT POINT Yount AUTOMATICALLY at system restart Wes PERMISSIONS read write
34. istics PORT number BAUD rate PARITY BITS per character umber of STOP BITS FLOW CONTROL to be used Printer TIME OUT period seconds STATE to be configured at boot time available CBOTTOMI 4 4 4 F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F4 List Esc 6 Command Esc 7 Edit Esc 8 Image Esc 9 Shell Esct 0 Exit Enter Do 10 Complete the form by filling in the Printer Connection Characteristics the PORT number for this computer the first serial port or 1 the data transmission rate given in bits per second or BAUD 9600 the PARITY type none the number of BITS per character 8 the Number of STOP BITS 1 the type of FLOW CONTROL to be used dtr the number of seconds to wait for a response from the printer before a TIME OUT occurs 600 the initial state of the printer after system startup available Page 36 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide COMMAND STATUS Command fi stdout yes stderr no Before command completion additional instructions may appear below Added printer lpi Added print queue lj3pcl Added print queue lj3ps Added print queue 1j3g12 F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 6 Command Esc 9 Shell Esc O Exit Find 11 Press the Enter key to execute the request You should see a Command Status screen similar to the one depicted below COMMAND STATUS Command fi stdout yes stderr no Before command completion additional instructions may appear below Added printer
35. j3pcl 99 v20 amp 2 12772 21 From within mvEnterprise start the printer Type STARTPTR 0 0 0 S99 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 39 where STARTPTR 0 0 S99 STARTPTR 0 0 0 599 The name of the command to start a printer 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 The printer control block has been initialized Page 40 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 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 who are accessing mvEnterprise including root if necessary e The maximum size in blocks to which a file within AIX may grow should be set at unlimited Check or set the maximum file size for a user with the smit the System Management Interface Tool command e Select Security amp Users e Select Users e Select Change Show Characteristics of a User e Type the user name then locate the Soft FILE size field in the form which is displayed If the value is 1 negative one then the file size is unlimited Otherwise change the value to 1 Change Show Characteristics of a User Type or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes CTOPI CEntry Field
36. le script 6 Execute the install program by typing install o m i For more information regarding the mvEnterprise install program and options refer to mvEnterprise Install Program e If this is an upgrade the install program displays the current mvEnterprise configuration and then prompts for the name to be used for the mvEnterprise monitor program An example of such a name is prodpick Proceed to Step 8 e If this is a new installation the install program prompts for the mvEnterprise configuration control code and parameters as follows mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 11 a SSSC Rponse Enter the mvEnterprise main Enter the mvEnterprise configuration control configuration control code code Enter the mvEnterprise ODA Enter the optional mvEnterprise ODA configuration control code configuration control code How many mvEnterprise terminals Enter the number of Pick terminals required for your system How many Phantom jobs Enter the number of Phantom jobs required for your system A general rule is one Phantom line for every eight physical lines How many default virtual pages Enter the number of default virtual pages The number of default pages has a direct effect on performance If this is not a new system the existing values in the config script including the number of virtual pages should not be altered without first consulting Raining Data Customer Support As a default
37. mes by a new level number For example an existing machine contains two disk devices dev dskwwww and dev dskxxxx If two new disk devices dev dskyyyy and dev dskzzzz are to be added without performing a SAVE and RESTORE of the database the information reflected in the config file is a o e VFS buffers 128 128 Example 1 Extending Disk Space 2 Ensure that all users are logged off and that Phantoms and printers are inactive 3 Perform a SHUTDOWN from mvEnterprise 4 Run the mvEnterprise install program Type install o m i 5 Flag the mvEnterprise database for disk space extension Type prodpick 10 e where prodpick is the name of the mvEnterprise monitor program The e option flags the coldstart procedure to add the new available disk space frames to the overflow table mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 31 6 Start the mvEnterprise Phantom processes Type phantoms 7 Coldstart the mvEnterprise virtual machine Type prodpick 10 where prodpick is the name of the monitor program The instruction above begins the coldstart which includes the flag set for disk extension in step 5 prodpick l0 e 8 Once the coldstart is complete start the user processes Type users NOTE Once this process is complete additional disk devices cannot be added at the new level The level number must be incremented if extending disk space a second time When performing the
38. n AIX Installation Guide Page 3 1 2 Notation Conventions Alternate font Alternate font bold Italic font Italic Helvetica bold BOLD CAPS and body text Page 4 This document observes the following written conventions Alternate font designates commands and serves to identify various forms of syntax or designates menus screens fields and any associated items Designates input text May be upper or lower case depending on typed input requirements Designates book titles Designates terms being emphasized Indicates terms being defined Indicates important items requiring special visual emphasis CAUTION Means remember Indicates something you should keep in mind while you follow a set of instructions IMPORTANT Means significant Indicates additional information you should know before proceeding through instructions NOTE Means hint Indicates helpful information or a short cut that could save time or trouble WARNING Means halt Indi cates important information to read before proceeding mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Attempting to initiate a 17th process would display the message All licensed ports are in use The UNIX file path is usr config config pick After selecting the tape device type T REW Refer to the mvEnterprise User Reference Manual If this is a new installation proceed to Step 7 cshrc Script executed upon entry to a C shell CAUTION Altering t
39. n of one volume group and one logical volume The disk named hdisk0 is already part of rootvg The disks hdisk1 and hdisk2 cannot be used until they are added to new volume groups To create a new volume group we recommend one volume group for each disk drive 1 At an AIX command shell type smit The System Management menu displays Page 48 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide System Management ove cursor to desired item and press Enter Software Installation and Maintenance Software License Management Devices ent Physical amp ogical Security amp Users Communications Applications and Services Print Spooling Problem Determination Performance amp Resource Scheduling System Environments Processes amp Subsystems Applications Using SMIT information only F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F8 Image F10 Exit Enter Do Select System Storage Management Physical amp Logical Storage Select Logical Volume Manager Select Volume Groups Select Add a Volume Group and then fill in the form which is displayed e VOLUME GROUP name Type mvevg00 where mvevg is mvEnterprise volume group and 00 represents the first volume group the second volume group is numbered 01 and so on Logical Volume Manager ove cursor to desired item and press Enter Volume Groups Logical Volumes Physical Volumes Paging Space F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F8 Image F10 Exit Enter Do 6 Arrow to the PHYSICAL VOLUME name
40. ng the successful mounting of the file system COMMAND STATUS stdout no stderr no Before command completion additional instructions may appear below 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 During the software installation the install procedure prompts Enter initial data base names When done type end In the above example type mvefs mvelv00 DB where DB is a user selected name It is recommended that the i option to initialize the database be used with the install program If multiple database files are to be created on the same file system a unique name is needed for each of the DB files In the example below two database files are created 0 mvefs mvelv00 DB0 0 mvefs mvelv02 DB1 end mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 57 Page 58 After all database names have been entered the install program displays the prompt PICK data space DBO does not currently exist Do you wish to create this database y n Respond y How many frames in this data space 5000 minimum If you are unsure on how many frames can fit in the file system type 1 negative one This creates DBO to fill the file system to a maximum size of approximately 128 GB The above prompts are repeated for each database file NOTE The maximum size of each DB is just under
41. ocess mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX VERSION usr config usr stat Installation Guide Page 9 1 6 Installation Instructions l To log on type root This installation procedure must be performed while logged on as root Once installed mvEnterprise may be initiated from any UNIX login NOTE Make sure root and all UNIX logins that have access to mvEnterprise have the soft file size set to unlimited Please refer to Section 2 1 Insert the mvEnterprise Release 4 1 release tape in the appropriate tape drive If this is a new installation build the base mvEnterprise directory For example cd mkdir production Change directories to the mvEnterprise directory cd production Load the UNIX tar section by entering the command tar xvpf tape_device_name where tape_device_name represents the tape drive from which mvEnterprise is being loaded For example dev rmt0 1 Using this command installs the following programs consumer Transaction Logger consumer program install mvEnterprise installation program logger Transaction Logger raw device configuration Convert UNIX error numbers to text mvEnterprise monitor program mvEnterprise disk flushing program mvEnterprise ODA monitor program Page 10 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide mve_tel7024 mvEnterprise Telnet Server sample ports ports_sample file mve_tel7024 mvEnterprise Telnet Server sample startup script_samp
42. prise processes that require an immediate logoff when the telnet connection is lost should use the monitor option ol qb Allows you to break the current process F Set communications options The general form is rfp where f and p specify flow control and parity as follows flow y X on off flow control default n No flow control passed to program as data i Input flow control only o Output flow control only NOTE For all of the options above hardware output flow control is enabled and hardware input flow control is disabled Page 24 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide As an alternative flow control can be obtained by entering a numeric option to reflect the desired flow control This option is formed by adding together the appropriate numbers from the table below to provide a more flexible control of flow 0 No flow control 1 X on off output control 2 X on off input control 4 RTS CTS output control 8 RTS CTS input control For example the default flow control is the number 7 7 1 2 4 from the table above for bi directional X ON OFF and output hardware flow control parity n 8 bit no parity default s 8 bit no parity strip high bit e 7 bit even parity o 7 bit odd parity The default flow and parity control is ryn or x on x off flow control and 8 bit no parity s n Set the baud rate for the terminal Defaults to 9600 t Set the UNIX terminal device address Thi
43. rned on However if you are writing tapes to be read by other 4mm DAT units that cannot handle compressed data you need to turn data compression off 2 2 2 Special Considerations for Quarter Inch Cartridge Tape Units Tape density and block size are of particular importance when using quarter inch tape units Density setting 34 selects QIC 2 5GB mode of operation COMPRESSION NO further selecting COMPRESSION YES in this mode selects QIC 5 0GB mode 21 selects QIC1000 mode 17 selects QIC525 mode 16 selects QIC150 mode and 15 selects QIC120 mode In all cases you must set the tape BLOCK size to 512 Depending upon the model of the tape drive installed in your system and the specification of the tape cartridge used some of the above settings may not be applicable or allowable Tape units automatically read tapes created at any of the applicable densities and write them at either of the mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 45 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 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 amp Devices in the section Tape Drive Attributes 2 2 4 Upd
44. s Script created during the install procedure to start mvEnterprise users Executed by the coldstart and warmstart scripts Script created during install to be used in conjunction with the WARMSTOP utility Installation Guide Page 21 1 9 Installation Options Page 22 Options for install are listed below m mail_addr 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 The install default is to send mail t term_node Specifies the terminal on which to display mvEnterprise error and warning messages where term_node is a terminal defined in dev The install default is the system console dev console O Specifies removing and recreating common from information in the file config If config does not exist install prompts for terminals Phantoms memory pages and data names to use Never use the O option if there are active users on the mvEnterprise machine Use this option when creating a DB file on AIX Initializes a new database by physically writing zeros from frame 1 to MAXFID When multiple databases are defined in the config file a background process is forked in parallel for each DB W Specifies not to fork background processes when initializing a database This causes the database files to be initialized serially one at a time mvEn
45. s mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX User NAME ADMINISTRATIVE USER Primary GROUP Group SET ADMINISTRATIVE GROUPS ROLES Another user can SU TO USER SU GROUPS HOME directory Initial PROGRAM User INFORMATION EXPIRATION date lt MMDDhhmmyy gt F2 Refresh F6 Command F10 Exit F3 Cancel F7 Edit Enter Do Installation Guide root Q true Csystem Csystem bin sys securit gt CI C1 true CALLI 7 C bin ksh CI Col Fd4 List F8 Image Page 41 Change Show Characteristics of a User Type or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes CMORE 35 CEntry Fields Soft e C 1 Soft CPU time C 1 Soft DATA segment Soft STACK size Soft CORE file size Hard FILE size Hard CPU time Hard DATA segment Hard STACK size Hard CORE file size File creation UMASK AUDIT classes general TRUSTED PATH nosak F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Fd List F6 Command F7 Edit F8 Image F10 Exit Enter Do 2 Turn on the AIX Command Stacker e To activate the emacs style stacker type set o emacs e Use Ctrl P and Ctrl N keystrokes to scroll backwards and forwards through existing commands e Apply any changes e Press the Enter key which executes the currently displayed command e To activate the vi style stacker type set o vi e vi starts in input mode To type a command press ESCAPE first to enter edit mode Use K and J keys to scroll backwards and forwards t
46. s 44 Ethertape 55 System 38 Tape Devices 40 Create File System 50 Logical Volume 47 Getting Started 38 Update hosts file 56 System to Use Ethertape 55 Coldstart 10 16 Command Stacker 39 Communications Options 21 config ovf file 26 Logger 27 Spooler 27 Workspace overflow 27 config tape 43 config tape 10 Configuration Control Code 4 Parameters 15 Configure Disks 44 Ethertape 55 mvEnterprise on AIX 38 System 6 Tape Devices 40 Conventions Notation 2 Create Database AIX 53 File System AIX 50 Logical Volume AIX 47 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Data Flushing Time 26 Database 53 Database Names Initial 16 Default Users 10 16 Virtual Memory Buffer 22 Virtual Pages 9 15 Directories Created 7 Disk Flushing 25 Documentation Alternate Reference 3 Ordering 3 Ethertape 55 Extending Disk Space 28 Flow Control 22 Getting Started 38 Installation Before you Install 6 Configuration Control Code 4 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 Upgrade 9 11 12 Upgrade File Listing 14 License Management 4 Line Printer Driver Program 30 Logical Disk Devices 28 Page 61 Man Facility UNIX 30 39 MD UPGRADE Utilit
47. s altered All processes whose VFS is greater than or equal to the VFS specified in config are permitted to increase their VFS by the difference between the config VFS size and the new current VFS size For example if the VFS size specified in config is 36 the following command alters the current VFS by 12 prodpick V48 Current VFS 48 Map 1 Sequence 1 Adjusted lines 0 Processes whose VFS is greater than or equal to 36 the VFS specified in config are permitted to increase their VFS by 12 the difference between 48 and 36 In this example processes started with the default 36 VFS are increased to 48 Processes started with a VFS of 64 are increased to 76 Processes whose VFS is less than 36 never adjust their VFS M n Used in conjunction with V to adjust the number of virtual memory buffers mapped per VFS table entry Valid entries for parameter n are 1 4 8 16 The total number of virtual memory buffers allocated per line is equal to the VFS table size times the number of buffers per VFS table entry The command prodpick V64 M4 causes the default number of virtual memory buffers for each line to be 256 W Set warmstart flag Should only be used when machine has been warmstopped Page 26 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide X Set the coldstart flag Implied by options a or f Z Same as x In addition flags coldstart to return all acquired workspace overflow to the file space table
48. s field Press the List key mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX The PHYSICAL VOLUME names window displays Installation Guide Page 49 Page 50 7 Select a disk name and press the Select key Press Enter to confirm the choice Add a Volume Group ype or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes CEntry Fields VOLUME GROUP name OW Physical rtition SIZE in megabytes SICAL VOLUME nz S Activate volume group AUTOMATICALLY PHYSICAL VOLUME names Move cursor to desired item and press F7 ONE OR MORE items can be selected Press Enter AFTER making all selections gt mem hdisk2 Fi Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F7 Select F8 Image FLO Exit Enter Do 7 Find n Find Next 8 Press Enter to add the volume group 9 Press Enter once more to confirm the addition of the volume group Add a Volume Group ype or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes CEntry Fields VOLUME GROUP name OW ical rtition SIZE in megabytes C VOLUME names Activate volume group AUTOMATICALLY at system restart Volume Group MAJOR NUMBER ARE YOU SURE Continuing may delete information you may want to keep This is your last chance to stop before continuing Press Enter to continue Press Cancel to return to the application Fi Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F8 Image F10 Exit Enter Do The Command Status window displays a message that the command was executed
49. s option has a parameter immediately following giving the UNIX path name of the terminal to use as the port For example t dev pts01 If not supplied the default is your local terminal if running as a foreground task and no terminal Phantom if running as a background task V Alter the default number of virtual memory buffers for this line 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 CAUTION Altering the default number of virtual memory buffers for a line increases the true memory requirements of the system mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide Page 25 V n Display or alter the default size of the virtual memory buffer table VFS allocated for each line The optional parameter nis a number between 20 and 256 Used without the numeric parameter the size of virtual memory buffer table is displayed For example prodpick V Current VFS 36 Map 1 Sequence 0 Adjusted lines 0 where Current VFS is the size of the VFS table allocated per process Map is the number of virtual memory buffers mapped per VFS table entry Sequence is the number of times the size of the VFS table has been modified and Adjusted lines is the number of processes that modified their VFS table to the current size Used with the numeric parameter the current size of virtual memory buffer table allocated for each line i
50. se files for any reason you must maintain a backup copy with your changes Refer to Upgrade File Listing for a complete listing of all files altered during the upgrade procedure During the upgrade the upgrade program prompts for the option to upgrade all account master dictionaries If you respond with Y all account master dictionaries are updated using the MD UPGRADE utility MD UPGRADE upgrades existing commands in each master dictionary and add additional new commands based on the SEQ UPGRADE NEWAC item in the LST file If you respond with N you must manually upgrade all account master dictionaries e Insert the mvEnterprise Release 4 1 release tape in drive 0 e Logon to the SYSPROG account e To attach to Drive 0 at TCL type T ATT 0 e To initiate the upgrade program at TCL type SYSTEM UPGRADE Installation Guide Page 15 e 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 1 7 Upgrade File Listing The following is a listing of all files that are altered during an upgrade C em osme focresum ocrrermostars focrunes oms mser forom C a recsoorsweos f O a SS SS 2 Tease iNT Derer mews weere fee S Derner __ Newac svSPROS ocrios die oorrarsrscs __ bier rer woes raasrac
51. successfully mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide COMMAND STATUS stdout yes stderr no Before command completion additional instructions may appear below 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 The logical volume has a size of 800 megabytes and is not be striped 1 Type smit from an AIX command shell The System Management menu displays 2 Select System Storage Management Physical amp Logical Storage The System Storage Management menu displays 3 Select Logical Volume Manager The Logical Volume Manager menu displays 4 Select Logical Volumes The Logical Volume menu displays 5 Select Add a Logical Volume The Add a Logical Volume form displays e At the VOLUME GROUP name field press the List key to display the currently existing volume groups e Select the appropriate volume group and press the Enter key to confirm the choice Add a Logical Volume ype or select a value for the entry field Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes CEntry Fields l VOLUME GROUP name VOLUME GROUP name Move cursor to desired item and press Enter MEN EO Fi Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F8 Image F10
52. teps 11 15 to complete the installation procedure If this is an upgrade and you are not doing a complete file restore perform a COLDSTART by typing the command coldstart Then proceed with Steps 14 15 11 If this is a new installation leave the mvEnterprise Release 4 1 tape inserted If this is not a new installation remove the mvEnterprise Release 4 1 release tape and insert the base file save tape in drive 0 12 Perform a file restore by typing the command filerestore The following prompts display Do you really wish to file restore prodpick y n Type Y Load Data Tape and press C Type C Page 14 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 13 14 Enter number of phantoms for restore lt CR gt for none Press Enter When the file restore is complete remove the base file save or release tape Restore any accounts which reside on account save tapes then remove the account save tapes If this is a new installation the installation is complete If this is not a new installation perform the incremental system upgrade procedure that follows This procedure updates the release system accounts and files NOTE Do not allow users on the system until the upgrade procedure is complete CAUTION Data located in SYSPROG LIBRARY ASM mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX SCRIBE ODA ADMIN and any account included in future mvEnterprise release is affected If you have altered the relea
53. terprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 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 a d f g r gu r mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Restore ABS from a mvEnterprise release tape Set default tape device If not used defaults to d0 See config tape Sets the compressed virtual tape device as defined in config tape dc0 dcl and so on Set default Ethernet device Allows the use of an Ethernet tape device to do a full file restore from another mvEnterprise virtual on the network See config ethernet Sets the virtual tape device as defined in config tape dp0 dp1 and so on Add file systems to mvEnterprise overflow without performing a save and restore Used instead of the x for the first coldstart after adding file systems Set file load flag This causes a full file restore Display system locks group locks and stop Display host ID system locks group locks record locks and stop Display system locks group locks UNIX semaphore usage information record locks stop Inhibit the EXIT and SH TOPIX commands for this line Pass stacked data to mvEnterprise from the UNIX command line The general format is prodpick i stacked data where stacked data is the string to be passed to mvEnt
54. tion only IF 1 Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Esc 8 Image Esc 9 Shell Esc 0 Exit Enter Do 2 Select System Storage Management Physical amp Logical Storage The System Storage Management menu displays 3 Select File Systems The File Systems menu displays 4 Select Mount a File System The Mount a File System form displays 5 Select FILE SYSTEM name then press the List key to display the existing file systems Select the appropriate name and press Enter 6 Select the DIRECTORY over which to mount field then press the List key to display a window containing directories Select the appropriate name and press Enter Page 56 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide 7 Select TYPE of file system then press the List key to display the existing file system types Select the appropriate type and press Enter Mount a File System ype or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes FILE SYSTEM name DIRECTORY over which to mount YPE of File system FORCE the mount REMOTE NODE containing the file system to mount Mount as a REMOVABLE file system Mount as a READ ONLY system Disallow DEVICE access via this mount Disallow execution of SUID and sgid programs in this file system F1 Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Fd4 List Esc 5 Reset F6 Command F7 Edit F8 Image F9 Shell F10 Exit Enter Do 8 Press the Enter key to mount the file system The Command Status screen displays confirmi
55. tions at this time Inappropriately allocated files reduce performance and reduce database integrity under fault conditions 4 Remove any EXEC command from the GLOBAL LOGON PROC in the LIBRARY account 5 If performing a complete database save and restore execute the base save and any account save threads 6 Performa SHUTDOWN from mvEnterprise to shut down all processes SHUTDOWN is the recommended procedure for bringing mvEnterprise down Proceed to Installation Instructions 7 For anew installation it is necessary to acquire an mvEnterprise configuration control code from Raining Data Customer Support at the number listed above This code is unique to your machine and contains the maximum number of mvEnterprise processes excluding Phantoms for which you are licensed and authorized to run at one time Without this code the installation cannot be completed 8 Configure the System environment for mvEnterprise Refer to Section 2 Configuring The System for mvEnterprise on AIX This consists of a number of steps Page 8 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX Installation Guide e Getting Started This sets up process resource limits e Configure Tape Devices for mvEnterprise e Configure Disks for mvEnterprise e Configure the System to use Ethertape NOTE It may be necessary to reboot the system for certain system configuration changes to take effect 9 The following directories are created during the install pr
56. y 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 Raining Data Customer Support 4 Resource limits 38 Scripts 18 smit System Management Interactive Tool 30 Special Considerations Page 62 mvEnterprise Release 4 1 on AIX AIX 42 Stacked Data 20 start_flusher 27 Start_flusher 18 Support Scripts 15 17 synced daemon 27 SYSBASE 25 System Environment 6 System Management Interactive Tool smit 30 Tape Special Considerations 42 Tape Devices 40 AIX 43 tar 8 TCP 10 Telnet 21 Upgrade File Listing 14 Upgrade program 12 VFS 23 VFS Table 23 Virtual Memory Buffers 23 Memory Buffers Adjust 23 Memory Buffers Default 22 Pages Default 9 15 volume group 44 Workspace Flushing Redundant 26 Installation Guide
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