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

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About this manual

This manual explains how to install SQL/MX Release 3.2 on an HP NonStop server, upgrade

metadata, and migrate applications from SQL/MX Release 2.3.x, SQL/MX Release 3.0, SQL/MX

Release 3.1 to SQL/MX Release 3.2, and how to manage different versions of SQL/MX. SQL/MX

is a relational database management system for the HP NonStop server and is based on the

ANSI/ISO/IEC 9075:1999 SQL standard, commonly referred to as SQL:1999.

Throughout this manual, references to SQL/MX Release 2.x indicate SQL/MX Release 2.0, SQL/MX

Release 2.1, SQL/MX Release 2.2, and subsequent releases. SQL/MX Release 3.x indicates

SQL/MX Release 3.0 and subsequent releases until otherwise indicated in a replacement publication.

Supported release version updates (RVUs)

This publication supports J06.14 and all subsequent J-series RVUs and H06.25 and all subsequent

H-series RVUs, until otherwise indicated by its replacement publications. Additionally, all

considerations for H-series throughout this manual will hold true for J-series also, unless mentioned

otherwise.

Audience

This manual is intended for database administrators (DBAs), HP support personnel, and others

responsible for the installation and configuration of the initial or new versions of SQL/MX software.

NOTE: If SQL/MX is already installed, see the “Upgrading the system to SQL/MX Release 3.2”

(page 37) to ensure that versioning restrictions are considered.

Refer to this manual when you plan and implement the upgrade of metadata and the migration of

database applications from SQL/MX Release 2.3.x , SQL/MX Release 3.0, and SQL/MX Release

3.1 to SQL/MX Release 3.2.

Readers of this manual must have prior knowledge about:

• The fundamentals of SQL/MX

• The fundamentals of the NonStop system