In general, you install products using the VMSINSTAL or the POLYCENTER Software Installation (PCSI) utilities, as described in Chapter 3.

Each product also has its own Installation Guide, which you should consult. For products on the SPL multi-CD set, Installation Guides and other documentation are on the Online Documentation Library (ODL) CDs, which accompany the SPL. To read this documentation, you must install the Bookshelf Navigation Utility (BNU). The BNU installation procedure is explained in the ODL User's Guide (ODL_IG.PS and .TXT) in the [README] directory of the OpenVMS Alpha ODL, disc 1.

The BNU installation installs V3.03 of the Netscape Navigator web browser, which allows you to read documentation in HTML format.

Some products in the SPL are on their own CDs. The following sections explain how to access the Installation Guides for these products.

Documentation is also available on the Internet for some products, in which case the URL is provided.

1.3.1 OpenVMS Management Tools Version 4.1 for Windows NT Documentation

The documentation for this product, as well as for all its component tools, is available from the OpenVMS Management Tools Documentation web page at:

http://www.openvms.digital.com/openvms/products/omt/extra/omtdoc.html

You can view or download the OpenVMS Management Tools for Windows NT Installation Guide, cover letter, and Software Product Description in HTML, PDF, PostScript, or text format. This page also provides product documentation for OpenVMS Management Tools component software in most of these formats.

If you do not have internet access, you can view or print the documentation from the OpenVMS Management Tools :CD-ROM, which is included in the SPL. The volume label is OMT041. This :CD-ROM can be used from either a Windows NT or an OpenVMS system.

To access the documentation on the :CD-ROM, insert the disc in the CD drive. Then follow these steps:

From Windows NT:

1. From the Start menu, select Programs, then Windows NT Explorer. In the left pane of Windows NT Explorer, click the name of the CD drive.
2. To access a local copy of the OpenVMS Management Tools Documentation page, click the \DOCUMENTATION folder, and then double-click the file named INDEX.HTML. You can select any of the product documentation titles for viewing or printing.

From OpenVMS:

1. Mount the CD ( Section 1.2).
2. If you have a browser, use its Open File menu item to open:

   cd-device:[OMTDOC.OMT041_DOC]INDEX.HTML

   
   If you do not have a web browser, you can use the PostScript version of the Installation Guide (OMT_INST.PS) in the same directory.

The documentation for this product is in ASCII text and PostScript formats, on the product CD included in the SPL. It contains the Software Product Description (.txt and .ps), User's Guide (.txt and .ps), and Application Programming Interfaces Manual (.ps only).

Installation information is in the User's Guide.

The CD also includes the eXcursion User's Guide (.ps only).

Print the file README_PRINT_DOCS.TXT, which contains information necessary to print the other documents, as follows. Insert the CD and:

OpenVMS:

Mount the CD ( Section 1.2). Print the file:

$PRINTcd-device:[000000]README_PRINT_DOCS.TXT

Windows NT or Windows 95:

Open the file with an application that can read an ASCII text file, such as Notepad, and print it.

Follow the directions in this file to print the documentation. At a minimum, print Part 1 of the User's Guide, which contains the information necessary to install and configure the product.

1.3.3 Netscape Navigator Gold V3.03 Documentation

Installation instructions are in Section 3.5.1 of this document, and in the Netscape Navigator Gold V3.03 for OpenVMS Alpha cover letter.