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Installing TCP/IP Services
This chapter explains how to install the Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
software as a layered product using the POLYCENTER Software Installation
utility. The instructions are appropriate for an initial installation or an upgrade.
For information about how to install the product directly from the OpenVMS
Alpha CD–ROM menu, refer to the OpenVMS Alpha Upgrade and Installation
Manual.
For information about the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility, refer to
the OpenVMS System Manager’s Manual: Essentials.
2.1 Invoking the Installation Procedure
When you have completed the recommended preinstallation tasks outlined in
Chapter 1 and have read the release notes (Section 1.2.2), you are ready to
upgrade or install TCP/IP Services.
During a product upgrade, existing configuration files are preserved in case you
want to use them when you configure this version of the software.
To install the TCP/IP Services software on an OpenVMS VAX or Alpha system,
proceed as follows:
1. Log in to the SYSTEM account.
2. Check to make sure that other users are not logged in to the system.
3. Edit the SYS$STARTUP:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM file and check to see
if the command @SYS$STARTUP:UCX$STARTUP is defined. If this
command is defined, edit the line, replacing the command definition with
@SYS$STARTUP:TCPIP$STARTUP so that the current version of the product
starts automatically when the system starts up.
4. If a previous version of the software is installed on the system, shut it down.
Enter one of the following commands:
Software
Version Use This Command
Version 4.x @SYS$MANAGER:UCX$SHUTDOWN.COM
Version 5.x @SYS$STARTUP:TCPIP$SHUTDOWN.COM
5. Compaq recommends that you log the installation procedure. If you have
DECnet configured on your system, you can create a log of the installation
procedure by entering the following command and then log in to the system
account again:
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