The following discussion outlines the steps in the PMDF installation procedure. Refer to Chapter 2 for a sample installation dialogue.
vmslicense.com procedure located in the
SYS$UPDATE: directory. You need a PAK for PMDF (PMDF,
PMDF-MTA or PMDF-ACCESS). If you will also be installing PMDF-FAX,
PMDF-DIRSYNC, PMDF-LAN, PMDF-MB400, PMDF-MSGSTORE, PMDF-MR,
PMDF-POPSTORE, PMDF-X400, or PMDF-XGS, then a PAK will also be required
for each of those products.
If you already have existing PAKs, you should check to make sure they
are valid for this release. Use the SHOW LICENSE command to check the
release date of the existing PAKs, and make sure the date is later than
release date of the new version. New PAKs are issued when your
maintenance contract is renewed, not when new versions of software is
released. If you have received new PAKs at your renewal time, you
should register the new PAKs. First delete or disable the old PAKs,
then unload the old PAKs and load the new PAKs. For example, if you
received a new PMDF PAK, do the following:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:vmslicense
.
. [register the new PAK]
.
$ LICENSE DISABLE PMDF-productname/PRODUCER=INNOSOFT/AUTHORIZATION=xxx
$ LICENSE DELETE PMDF-productname/PRODUCER=INNOSOFT/AUTHORIZATION=xxx
$ LICENSE UNLOAD PMDF-productname/PRODUCER=INNOSOFT
$ LICENSE LOAD PMDF-productname
Where PMDF-productname is the name of the PMDF
product, e.g., PMDF-MTA, PMDF, PMDF-LAN, PMDF-ACCESS,
PMDF-FAX, PMDF-MR, PMDF-MB400, PMDF-MSGSTORE, PMDF-POPSTORE, PMDF-X400,
or PMDF-XGS, etc., and where xxx is the
authorization number of the old PAK. The last two steps, LICENCE UNLOAD
and LOAD must be done on all systems running PMDF and using the new
PAKs.
Warning:
Do not load a license for PMDF-MTA and a license for PMDF-ACCESS on the same system, as the PMDF-ACCESS license will override the PMDF-MTA license. PMDF-ACCESS is a more restricted license enabling only a local channel and one other channel to the PMDF-MTA system.
$ @SYS$UPDATE:vmsinstalThe following sort of VMSINSTAL message will be displayed:
VAX/VMS Software Product Installation Procedure V6.1 It is date at time. Enter a question mark (?) at any time for help.The first prompt asks you if you are satisfied with the backup of your system disk. If you are not satisfied with the backup of either the system disk or the disk on which PMDF is to be installed, you should exit VMSINSTAL at this point and perform the backup. Otherwise just press RETURN.
* Where will the distribution volume be mounted:Enter the device or directory name containing the installation kit and press RETURN.
* Products:Enter
PMDF060 and press
RETURN. * Options:No options are needed; simply press RETURN.
* Are you ready:Prepare the distribution CD-ROM for reading and enter
YES followed by a RETURN when
the volume is ready for mounting. This question will not appear when
installing from disk. The following messages are then displayed:
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, PMDF on _DDCU:
The following products will be processed:
PMDF V6.0
Beginning installation of PMDF V6.0 at time
%VMSINSTAL-I-RESTORE, Restoring product saveset A...
Product: PMDF-MTA, PMDF-ACCESS, or PMDF
Producer: INNOSOFT
Version: 6.0
Release Date: date
* Does this product have an authorization key registered and loaded?
Type YES if you have already registered
and loaded the PMDF license PAK. If you have not already registered and
loaded the PMDF license PAK, then answer
NO now. Do not attempt to install PMDF if
you have not loaded your license PAKs. Do not upgrade PMDF if you do
not have an appropriate PMDF license PAK. An appropriate license PAK
will have a release date which is in the future. Any version of PMDF
released after the release date of your PAK will not run. * Do you want to purge files replaced by this installation [YES]?Type
NO if you do not wish to purge
replaced files. Press RETURN or type
YES if you want to purge files replaced
by this installation of PMDF. YES to the next question.
Install Alpha VMS executables as well as VAX VMS executables [NO]?This will cause the Alpha VMS (i.e., OpenVMS AXP) executables to also be installed. Answer
NO if you do
not wish to install Alpha VMS support. If you are doing the
installation from an OpenVMS Alpha system, you will instead be asked
whether or not you wish to install the VMS VAX executables. * Enter the device and directory [SYS$SYSDEVICE:[PMDF]]:Press RETURN to install PMDF to a default location. The default will be the directory [PMDF] on the system disk if this is a new installation. Type the name of a different disk and directory if you do not wish to install PMDF in the default location. Note that PMDF does not have to be installed on a system disk. If this is an upgrade of PMDF, then the following prompt will appear:
--------------- Attention -------------------- The logical name PMDF_ROOT is already defined. It refers to the directory directory-path ---------------------------------------------- * Do you want to install the new files at that same location [YES]?Press RETURN if you wish to replace the old version of PMDF with this new version. If, instead, you wish to install this new version of PMDF in a different directory tree, then answer
NO and to the next prompt specify the
name of a different disk or directory or both:
* Enter the device and directory [SYS$SYSDEVICE:[PMDF]]:
* Username for the PMDF server account [PMDF]:You should configure a PMDF server account if you plan to use PhoneNet, PhoneNet over DECnet, SMTP over DECnet, PMDF-X400, or channel or system mailbox filtering. See Section 1.4.1 for further information.
* Does this account already exist [NO]?Type
YES if your PMDF server account
already exists, otherwise press RETURN or type
NO. If the PMDF server account does not
exist, the procedure will prompt for a password and UIC for the new
account to be created:
* Password for the PMDF server account: * Numeric UIC for the PMDF server account [[377,1]]:This special account should not be in the same UIC group as any other account on your system. Note that the procedure will display the password you enter at this time, so you should be careful to keep it secure. At this time the procedure will display informational messages as the PMDF server account is created or modified.
* Username for the PMDF user account [PMDF_USER]:
* Does this account already exist [NO]?Type
YES if your PMDF user account
already exists, otherwise press RETURN or type
NO. If the PMDF user account does not
exist, the procedure will prompt for a password and UIC for the new
account to be created:
* Password for the PMDF user account: * Numeric UIC for the PMDF user account [[376,1]]:This special account should not be in the same UIC group as any other account on your system. Note that the procedure will display the password you enter at this time, so you should be careful to keep it secure. At this time the procedure will display informational messages as the PMDF user account is created or modified.
* Queue PMDF jobs should run in [MAIL$BATCH]:Press RETURN to accept the default MAIL$BATCH, or type the name of another OpenVMS queue. The queue must be an OpenVMS batch queue or a PMDF Process Symbiont queue. The queue does not need to exist at this point; you will create it as part of the post installation procedures in Section 1.8 . Note that this queue is only the default queue for PMDF. Other queues may be specified later on a per-channel basis.
* Username for PMDF service jobs [SYSTEM]:You should accept the default username of SYSTEM unless your site does not allow SYSTEM batch access or you frequently disable your SYSTEM account. Note that any account you do specify does require full privileges, including full read/write access to the PMDF directory tree.
* Batch queue DELIVER jobs should run in [SYS$BATCH]:Press RETURN to accept the default SYS$BATCH, or type the name of another OpenVMS batch queue. Note that this queue is only the default queue; users may specify an alternate queue in their
mail.delivery files. This queue must be an OpenVMS batch
queue; queues handled by the PMDF Process Symbiont are not suitable
candidates for handling jobs created by the DELIVER. * Current timezone for this site [default]:The local time zone string should be a standard abbreviation describing the time zone used by your local system clock. If a PMDF time zone has been defined previously it will appear as the default in this question. The syntax of time zone abbreviations is described in detail in RFC 822. The most commonly used North American time zone abbreviations are given in Table 1-2 .
| Time Zone | Abbreviation | Offset from GMT |
|---|---|---|
| Universal Time | GMT | +0000 |
| Eastern standard time | EST | -0500 |
| Eastern daylight time | EDT | -0400 |
| Central standard time | CST | -0600 |
| Central daylight time | CDT | -0500 |
| Mountain standard time | MST | -0700 |
| Mountain daylight time | MDT | -0600 |
| Pacific standard time | PST | -0800 |
| Pacific daylight time | PDT | -0700 |
shhmm, where s is
either "+" or "-",
hh is the hours offset, and
mm is the minutes offset.
Note:
The time zone string is equated with the system logical PMDF_TIMEZONE which is declared within the command fileSYS$STARTUP:pmdf_startup.com. Whenever you change your clock from standard to daylight savings time or vice versa, you will have to alter the definition of this logical by editing and reexecuting the fileSYS$STARTUP:pmdf_startup.com.
* Do you want a system help entry for the PMDF DCL command [YES]?The default is to install the help entry in the system help library.
* Do you want to have PMDF_STARTUP.COM run after the installation completes [YES]?Press RETURN or type
YES to
execute the startup procedure automatically. Type
NO to prevent the startup procedure from
being executed by the installation. If you plan to run the automatic
configuration generator after installing PMDF, be sure you accept this
action or manually execute SYS$STARTUP:pmdf_startup.com
before using the configuration procedure. * Do you wish to install PMDF-MR [YES]? * Do you wish to install PMDF-FAX [YES]? * Do you wish to install PMDF-LAN [YES]? * Do you wish to install PMDF-X400 [YES]? * Do you wish to install PMDF-MB400 [YES]? * Do you wish to install PMDF-XGS [YES]? * Do you wish to install PMDF-DIRSYNC [YES]? The mail RFC files will require 21664 blocks. * Do you wish to install the mail RFC files [YES]? The HTML format documentation will require 28493 blocks. * Do you wish to install HTML format documentation [YES]?If you have purchased PMDF-MR, PMDF-FAX, PMDF-LAN, PMDF-X400, PMDF-MB400, PMDF-XGS, or PMDF-DIRSYNC answer
YES to install them now. (Note that you
will not be asked about PMDF-MB400 if you answered
YES to install PMDF-X400. Note also that
PMDF-MSGSTORE and PMDF-POPSTORE are installed automatically with the
base PMDF kit, though they allow only limited use unless separate
PMDF-MSGSTORE or PMDF-POPSTORE licenses, respectively, are installed.)
You will be asked if the license PAKs for PMDF-MR, PMDF-FAX, PMDF-LAN,
PMDF-MB400, PMDF-X400, PMDF-XGS, or PMDF-DIRSYNC are registered and
loaded, and given a chance to exit the installation procedure if you
have not already done so.
Note:
Customers who are using any direct PC channels from before the product restructuring of September 1994 should answerYESto the PMDF-LAN question.