H06.15 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Using OSS EasySetup (T0585)
The OSS EasySetup product (T0585) is available for automated setup, as described in the Open
System Services Installation Guide. OSS EasySetup is a series of TACL scripts that assist a site
when configuring and installing a minimal OSS subsystem for the first time or when starting,
stopping, or removing an OSS subsystem.
Configure SMF (Optional)
If you plan to configure SMF, an optional product, note:
• Migration of data from direct volumes to SMF logical volumes is documented in the Storage
Management Foundation User's Guide.
• Performance-critical applications that optimize the physical location of their data might need
to specify the PHYSVOL option when creating data files, instead of relying on the SMF
file-placement algorithm.
• NonStop SQL/MP 3.x must be up and running before you start SMF.
CAUTION: To maintain data integrity, do not place these items on a virtual disk process
(VDP): SWAP files TMF audit data DSM/SCM files
To ensure system configuration integrity, always:
1. Save the system configuration after SMF configuration changes are made.
2. Reload the system from the current system configuration file or the latest version with SMF
changes.
See the softdoc T8472ACK or later for SMF configuration and interoperability considerations.
Configure the Remote Database Facility (RDF)
The AUDITTRAILBUFFER parameter is a modifier to DP2, which improves the performance of RDF.
Ensure that an appropriate value is specified for the AUDITTRAILBUFFER modifier for the master
audit-trail disk process. The AUDITTRAILBUFFER parameter allows you to specify how many
megabytes of buffer space to allocate for the audit-trail buffers. See the SCF Reference Manual for
the Storage Subsystem for information on configuring the buffer size and check the DP2 softdoc
for more information for this RVU.
Configure the WAN Manager
If you have a SWAN 1 or 2 concentrator:
1. Configure the WAN manager as described in the WAN Subsystem Configuration and
Management Manual.
2. Update the SWAN CLIP firmware. See either the SWAN Concentrator Installation and Support
Guide or the SWAN 2 Concentrator Installation and Support Guide.
Re-configure iTP Webserver
If iTP WebServer was installed and was being used with the previous RVU, the same iTP Webserver
installation would not work after the RVU upgrade. To get the iTP WebServer installation working
(both T8996 and T8997) after an RVU upgrade, you must re-configure and set up iTP WebServer
at the same OSS location using the setup script.
Re-deploy NonStop SOAP 4
If NonStop SOAP 4 was deployed and was being used with the previous RVU, the same SOAP 4
installation would not work after the RVU upgrade. To use NonStop SOAP 4 after an RVU upgrade,
you must re-deploy the NonStop SOAP 4 version available with the new RVU in the existing
NonStop SOAP 4 deployment directory, using the NonStop SOAP 4 deploy script.
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