SQL/MX 2.x Installation and Management Guide (H06.10+, J06.03+)

HP NonStop SQL/MX Installation and Management Guide—544536-007
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3 Installing NonStop SQL/MX
Summary of Installation Tasks
Before you install SQL/MX Release 2.3.1 (SQL/MX Release 2.x), read Using the
InstallSqlmx Script on page 3-18 to familiarize yourself with the InstallSqlmx script
and the functions it performs during the installation of NonStop SQL/MX.
To install SQL/MX Release 2.x:
1. Perform the preinstallation tasks described in Preinstallation Tasks on page 3-2.
These include making sure that your system meets all hardware and software
requirements and that TMF is properly configured and running.
2. Install SQL/MX Release 2.x. For a description of the tasks involved, see Installing
NonStop SQL/MX on page 3-2.
3. As required, perform the tasks described in Verifying the SQL/MX Installation on
page 3-5. These include verifying that SUT files were installed in their default
locations, checking the SQL/MX files on your system, and verifying the versions of
installed executable files.
4. As required, perform the post-installation tasks described in Post-Installation Tasks
on page 3-15. These include starting MXCI, using Visual Query Planner, and
installing the SQL/MX online help.
Note. When you install NonStop SQL/MX on your system from the H06.04 or later H-series
RVU, you also install NonStop SQL/MP. To initialize NonStop SQL/MP, you must issue the
INITIALIZE SQL command from SQLCI. For more information about this command, see the
SQL/MP Reference Manual.