NetBatch-Plus Reference Manual

Installation, Startup, and Shutdown
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Before You Begin
Before You Begin
Before installing NetBatch-Plus software:
1. Read this section to familiarize yourself with the installation process.
2. Make sure your system’s hardware, firmware, and software satisfy the installation
prerequisites for NetBatch-Plus software (see Table 2-1).
3. If you are replacing superseded NetBatch-Plus software on your system:
a. Shut down the NetBatch-Plus Pathway system.
b. Back up any existing NetBatch-Plus data files. For a list of data files, see
Appendix A, File Descriptions and Locations.
c. Make sure you have purge access to existing NetBatch-Plus objects,
dictionaries, or Enform files.
Transferring SUT Files
After you complete the preliminary steps, transfer NetBatch-Plus software files from the
SUT. To transfer the files, run DSM/SCM. For a full description DSM/SCM’s features
and functions and for detailed usage guidelines, see the DSM/SCM User’s Guide.
During execution, DSM/SCM:
Copies files from the SUT to your system’s distribution subvolume (DSV). The
NetBatch-Plus DSV is $volume.R9189Xnn, where volume is the volume specified
Table 2-1. Installation Prerequisites for NetBatch-Plus Software
Requirement
Hardware NonStop Kernel system (named)
Firmware Standard
Software T9050 Guardian Operating System
T9100 DDL Data Definition Language
T9152 Enform Query and Report Writing Language
T9153 Pathway Transaction Processing System
T9190 NetBatch Job Management System
T9205 Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL)
T9267 COBOL85 Run Time Library
Note. The NetBatch-Plus application only runs on named NonStop Kernel systems (for
example, \WORLD). On unnamed systems, the application terminates with an illegal procedure
call when it tries to perform a function requiring a system name.
For software version information, see the NetBatch-Plus Softdoc.