Specifications

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Software installation
Standard 1.0 System Installation and Modification Guide January 1998
Software installation
Introduction
Software installation installs the Meridian Mail software onto
the system. This procedure is most often performed during a
new equipment installation, but can also be performed after a
disk crash, or when you do not have backup tapes.
Points to consider
The following points apply to a software installation:
• A software installation requires a keycode.
• Software installation should take approximately 45
minutes plus 20 minutes for each additional language
installed.
• Software installation overwrites any data stored on the
system. All previously stored data will be lost.
• You cannot perform a software installation until all of
the Meridian Mail hardware has been installed.
• If you are performing a software installation on an
existing system, you do not have to rebuild the entire
database if you have backup tapes on hand. Since user
data can be restored from tapes, this is one of the most
important reasons why regular backups should be
performed.
• Software installations are performed under the following
circumstances:
- The disk (hard drive) crashes and the entire system
needs to be rebuilt.
- You are converting a small system from a lower
release (7 or prior) to Release 12. Instead of perform-
ing one conversion from 7 to 8, and then another one
from 8 to 12, it may be much quicker to simply per-
form a Meridian Mail 12 software installation and
rebuild the database.