Installation manual

System Requirements

F Section 2

Installing and Upgrading ENVOX

Configuration Software on DEC VAX and DEC AXP Systems (Revision B — May 1998)

Table 2-4. Fixed System Requirements for CHIP on VAX Systems

CHIP Memory Disk Space

CHIP Programs 165 Kbytes 2.1 Mbytes

4150 blocks

CHIP Database Options: (select one)

500 points 235 Kbytes 1.56 Mbytes/

3100 blocks

2500 points 870 Kbytes 2.5 Mbytes/

5000 blocks

10,000 points 3341 Kbytes 5Mbytes/

10,000 blocks

If the disk drives used for ENVOX and SYBASE software contain

any other software, be sure to include the size of that software

when making your sizing estimates.

Note ...

2.7 Installation Time on VAX Systems

Table 2-5 lists the approximate times required to do complete installations

and upgrades of all software for an ENVOX system on a VAX platform.

Table 2-5. Installation Time on VAX Systems

Software Function Minutes

VMS Initialize system disk 20

Initialize second disk 60

Install VMS, register licenses, tailor VMS 150

CHIP Install, tailor, tune 60

SYBASE Install 60

ENVOX

software

Install and build 300

SYBASE_UPGRADE Install 120

ENVOX_UPGRADE Install and build 300

The total time required to install and build the ENVOX system on a VAX

system is 12 to 14 hours. Once the system is installed and built, you need

to do a system backup of all disks. See section 8 for backup information.