SQL/MX 3.2 Installation and Upgrade Guide (H06.25+, J06.14+)

Contents
About this manual.........................................................................................6
Supported release version updates (RVUs)....................................................................................6
Audience.................................................................................................................................6
Related documentation..............................................................................................................6
New and changed information...................................................................................................8
What this manual does not cover................................................................................................8
Document organization.............................................................................................................9
Notation conventions................................................................................................................9
General syntax notation.............................................................................................................9
Publishing history....................................................................................................................11
HP encourages your comments.................................................................................................11
1 Preparing to install SQL/MX......................................................................12
Hardware requirements...........................................................................................................12
Software requirements.............................................................................................................12
Verifying correct versions of independent software products..........................................................13
Starting TMF..........................................................................................................................13
2 Installing SQL/MX....................................................................................14
Summary of installation tasks...................................................................................................14
Preinstallation tasks.................................................................................................................14
Using the InstallSqlmx script.....................................................................................................14
Phases of InstallSqlmx.........................................................................................................15
InstallSqlmx syntax.............................................................................................................16
InstallSqlmx command options.............................................................................................16
InstallSqlmx error messages.................................................................................................16
Installing SQL/MX..................................................................................................................17
Verifying the SQL/MX installation.............................................................................................18
Overview of automatic file installations.................................................................................18
Verify that files are licensed.................................................................................................21
Starting MXCI....................................................................................................................21
Summary of installed SQL/MX files......................................................................................22
Verifying executable file versions..........................................................................................25
Post-Installation tasks...............................................................................................................26
Reviewing and setting system defaults...................................................................................26
Installing visual query planner.............................................................................................26
Installing the SQL/MX online help........................................................................................27
Installing the Windows-hosted SQL/MX C and C++ preprocessor............................................27
Installing the Windows-hosted SQL/MX COBOL preprocessor.................................................27
3 Installing a sample database.....................................................................28
4 Overview of SQL/MX system upgrade.........................................................30
Terminology...........................................................................................................................30
Upgrading SQL/MX system.....................................................................................................30
Guidelines for conducting the system upgrade............................................................................31
Conducting the initial upgrade in a test environment...............................................................31
Running baseline tests and gathering data at each upgrade phase...........................................31
Assessing the success of the upgrade...................................................................................31
Assistance with upgrade..........................................................................................................31
Product support for NonStop servers.....................................................................................31
NonStop solutions development and implementation..............................................................31
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