Installing DIGITAL OpenVMS Disk Services for Windows NT

1 Installing the Server Component

This chapter describes how to install the server component for Version 1.0 of DIGITAL OpenVMS Disk Services for Windows NT. It contains the following sections:

• Before You Install the Server Component

• Installing the Server Component

• After You Install the Server Component

1.1 Before You Install the Server Component

This section describes the tasks you must perform before you install the server component of DIGITAL OpenVMS Disk Services for Windows NT:

• Check Prerequisite Hardware and Software

• Back Up Your System Disk

1.1.1 Check Prerequisite Hardware and Software

Check that your OpenVMS Alpha system:

• Is running OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1

• Is running DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Version 4.1

• Has at least 40,000 free blocks on its system disk

1.1.2 Back Up Your System Disk

A failure during installation could leave your system disk in an inconsistent state. DIGITAL recommends that you back up your system disk before starting the installation.

Use the backup procedures that are established at your site.

1.2 Installing the Server Component

To install the server component of DIGITAL OpenVMS Disk Services for Windows NT, follow these steps:

1. Log in to an account that has full privileges enabled, for example, the SYSTEM account.

2. Enter the PRODUCT INSTALL command; use the /SOURCE qualifier to specify the directory that contains the kit, DEC-AXPVMS-NTDS-V0100--1.PCSI . For example:

   $ PRODUCT INSTALL NTDS /SOURCE=DAD10:[NTDS010.KIT]
   

   See the DCL help for the PRODUCT command to find out about the features it provides, such as how to control where the product is installed (by default, SYS$COMMON), and how to extract the Release Notes before you start the installation.

   When you enter the PRODUCT INSTALL command, you will see a message like this:

   The following product has been selected:
       DEC AXPVMS NTDS V1.0         Layered Product [Available]
   
   Do you want to continue? [YES]
   

3. Press Return to answer Yes (the default). The installation starts:

   Configuration phase starting ...
   
   You will be asked to choose options, if any, for each selected
   product and for any products that may be installed to satisfy
   software dependency requirements.
   
   DEC AXPVMS NTDS V1.0: DIGITAL OpenVMS Disk Services for
   Windows NT
   
       © Digital Equipment Corporation 1997. All rights reserved.
   
       Digital Equipment Corporation
   
       This product uses the PAK NTDS-DISK
   
   Do you want the defaults for all options? [YES]
   

4. Press Return to answer Yes (the default). The installation continues:

   Do you want to review the options? [NO]
   

5. Press Return to answer No (the default). The installation continues:

   Execution phase starting ...
   
   The following product will be installed:
       DEC AXPVMS NTDS V1.0                   Layered Product
   
   Portion done: 0%...10%...30%...40%...80%...90%...100%
   
   The following product has been installed:
       DEC AXPVMS NTDS V1.0                   Layered Product
   
   DEC AXPVMS NTDS V1.0: DIGITAL OpenVMS Disk Services for
   Windows NT
   
   See the Installation Guide for information on post
   installation tasks.
   

1.3 After You Install the Server Component

This section describes the tasks you must perform after you have installed the server component of DIGITAL OpenVMS Disk Services for Windows NT:

• Register and Load the PAK

• Enable the NTDS Help Message Database

• Install DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS ECO#6

• Configure DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS

• Reboot

1.3.1 Register and Load the PAK

DIGITAL OpenVMS Disk Services for Windows NT is a layered product that is separate from the OpenVMS operating system. To use it, you must register its Product Authorization Key (PAK) in your license database. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Purchase the NTDS-DISK PAK from your DIGITAL sales representative.

2. Register the NTDS-DISK PAK, using the OpenVMS License Management Facility (LMF):

   $ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSLICENSE
   

3. Use the LICENSE MODIFY command with the /RESERVE qualifier to register the Windows NT computers that will be allowed to connect to disk services on your OpenVMS Cluster. List the names of the computers, for example:

   $ LICENSE MODIFY NTDS-DISK /RESERVE=(NTSYSTEM1,NTSYSTEM2)
   

   The number of computers you specify in this list must not exceed the number of activity units available in your PAK.

4. Use the LICENSE LOAD command to load the NTDS-DISK PAK on all the OpenVMS Alpha nodes that you want to be able to provide disk services to Windows NT clients:

   $ LICENSE LOAD NTDS-DISK
   

1.3.2 Enable the NTDS Help Message Database

Enable the NTDS help message database so that you can use the HELP /MESSAGE command to get help on the error messages returned by NTDS commands.

To do this, define the logical name MSGHLP$LIBRARY to point to the NTDS help message database, SYS$HELP:NTDS.MSGHLP$DATA.

If the logical name MSGHLP$LIBRARY is not currently defined, edit SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGICALS.COM to add the following line, which defines it to point to both the main OpenVMS help message database and the NTDS help message database:

$ DEFINE MSGHLP$LIBRARY SYS$HELP:MSGHLP$LIBRARY.MSGHLP$DATA, -
SYS$HELP:NTDS.MSGHLP$DATA /SYSTEM /EXECUTIVE_MODE

If the logical name MSGHLP$LIBRARY is currently defined, change the current definition to include SYS$HELP:NTDS.MSGHLP$DATA in the search list. Edit whichever startup file or database currently defines the logical name during system startup.

1.3.3 Install DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS ECO#6

If you have not already done so, install the DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Version 4.1 ECO#6 kit. This kit was copied to SYS$UPDATE:DEC-AXPVMS-UCXECO_41_6-V0600--4.PCSI when you installed the server component in the previous section.

1.3.4 Configure DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS

Configure DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS on all the OpenVMS Alpha nodes that you want to be able to provide disk services to Windows NT clients:

1. Make sure that DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS has at least one interface configured with an IP address. For information on how to do this, see the documentation for DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS.

2. Make sure that DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS is configured to run the PWIP driver.

   Use the UCX$CONFIG command procedure to check that the PWIP driver is enabled:

   $ @SYS$MANAGER:UCX$CONFIG
   

   Select "Optional components" on the main menu, then "Configure PWIP Driver" on the Optional Components Configuration menu.

3. To optimize the performance of DIGITAL OpenVMS Disk Services for Windows NT, we recommend that you use the following command to set the TCP protocol parameters in the UCX configuration database:

   $ UCX SET CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL TCP /NODELAY_ACK
   

1.3.5 Reboot

Reboot to activate DIGITAL OpenVMS Disk Services for Windows NT.

If your OpenVMS Cluster has a single system disk, reboot all the OpenVMS Alpha nodes that you want to be able to provide disk services to Windows NT clients.

If your OpenVMS Cluster has multiple system disks:

1. Install DIGITAL OpenVMS Disk Services for Windows NT on your other system disks.

2. Reboot all the OpenVMS Alpha nodes that you want to be able to provide disk services to Windows NT clients.

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