Installation guide

Installing the AlphaNET Software Page 3-3
AlphaNET Installation Guide, Revision 05
If you do not create a SYSNAM.DAT file, NTSTAT will display a blank for your computer description.
The release contains a sample file named SYSNAM.NEW.
UPDATING THE SYSTEM INITIALIZATION FILE
Installing the AlphaNET software consists of adding the following items to your system initialization
command file:
• An increased number of available jobs to allow for virtual terminal connections and remote
procedure calls.
• Setting up a background job to run the network service program, NETSER.
• Setting up a background job to run the virtual terminal service program, VTSER.
• A MSGINI command (specified before the first SYSTEM command) which will allocate
memory for AlphaNET’s message buffers.
• A SYSTEM command which loads and initializes the remote procedure call handler, RPC.SYS.
• Optional setup of Type 2 virtual terminal connections (for Ethernet networks whose computers
use AMOS 2.2 or later and AlphaNET 2.2 or later).
Modifying and Testing the TEST.INI File
Before doing anything else, make a copy of your system initialization command file. We will modify this
copy during the installation to make sure any errors or problems that crop up will not affect your ability
to boot your computer.
To make a copy, log into DSK0:[1,4] and make a copy of your system initialization file. For example:
COPY TEST.INI=AMOSL.INI
RETURN
or:
COPY TEST.INI=AMOS32.INI
RETURN
After creating TEST.INI, edit it with AlphaVUE and make the changes described in the following
sections. Note some of these changes may already have been made, depending on what other software
exists on your computer.
Increasing the Number of Available Jobs
AlphaNET makes use of additional jobs during its execution of both virtual terminal connections and
remote procedure calls (called “spawned jobs”). For this reason, you must increase the maximum number
of jobs supported by your computer.
Within the TEST.INI file, specify the maximum number of jobs using the JOBS statement located at the
beginning of the TEST.INI file. The number following the JOBS command specifies the total number of
jobs that can exist on your computer at any one time. You will need to allocate one entry for each of the
jobs you are predefining, plus one entry for each simultaneous virtual terminal connection you will have
active, plus one entry for each active remote procedure call. Each entry you reserve consumes only 4