Planning and Configuring HP-UX DCE 2.0

Before Installing HP-UX DCE Version 2.0
Prerequisites
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NOTE You can check and, if necessary, change the kernel parameters, the
swap space, or both, using HP SMH (the HP System Management
Homepage). See “Kernel Parameter Recommendations” on page 34
• HP-UX DCE 2.0 must be installed on a long-name file system. If you
have a short- name file system, you must first run convertfs(1m) to
convert your file system to long names.
Kernel Parameter Recommendations
Hewlett-Packard has found that the default kernel parameter values for
a 11i v3 system installed with Runtime bundles are sufficient for
running HP-UX DCE 2.0 clients under normal conditions (small cells
with hundreds of users) with the following exceptions:
• maxfiles must be a minimum of 256 for all systems.
• The default value for maxdsiz is sufficient except in cases where you
have many tens of thousands of users.
Kernel parameter tuning is highly application dependent. It is expected
that you might need to modify your kernel parameters based upon your
specific applications needs.
Distribution Media
The HP-UX DCE Version 2.0 software is shipped on CD-ROM only.
Refer Managing HP-UX Software With SD-UX for more information on
distribution media.
Network Distribution Area
The first part of the installation procedure involves loading software
from distribution media to a network distribution area or depot. The
drive where the distribution media is loaded must be connected to a
system that has sufficient disk space available. To calculate the disk
space required, refer to Table 4-1 and Table 4-2 at the end of this chapter.