Compaq COBOL
for OpenVMS Alpha Systems
Installation Guide

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Preparing for Compaq COBOL Installation
1.1	Reading the Online Release Notes
1.2	Registering Your Software License
1.3	Optional Software
1.4	Checks and Requirements for Installing Compaq COBOL
1.5	Installation Procedure Requirements
1.5.1	Privileges
1.5.2	System Parameters
1.5.3	Disk Space
1.5.4	Backing Up Your System Disk
1.6	Standard System Maintenance Procedures
1.6.1	Calculating the Values for Global Pagelets and Global Sections
1.6.2	Changing System Parameter Values with AUTOGEN
Chapter 2
2	Installing Compaq COBOL
Chapter 3
3	After Installation
3.1	Running the Installation Verification Procedure Separately
3.2	Customizing Compaq COBOL Error Messages
3.3	Making Compaq COBOL Usable on an OpenVMS Cluster System
3.4	User Account Privileges
3.5	Installing Compaq COBOL as a Shared Image
3.6	REFORMAT Utility
Appendix A
Appendix A	Sample Installation
A.1	Installation of the Run-Time Library and the Compiler on OpenVMS Alpha
A.2	Installation Verification (IVP) Run Separately
A.3	Removal (Deinstallation) of the Run-Time Library and the COBOL Compiler
Appendix B
Appendix B	Recovering from Errors
B.1	Failures During Compaq COBOL and Run-Time Library Installations
B.2	Problems During Compaq COBOL Use
B.2.1	Run-Time Library Mismatch
B.2.2	Other Problems
Tables
1-1	Minimum Required System Parameter Values
1-2	Disk Space Requirements