PATHWORKS for OpenVMS
Server Installation and Configuration Guide


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2.3.2 Installing PATHWORKS Advanced Server on a System with PATHWORKS V5 for OpenVMS (LAN Manager)

You can upgrade PATHWORKS V5 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) to PATHWORKS V6 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server). If the system has PATHWORKS V5 for OpenVMS (LAN Manager) installed, you can use the Upgrade utility, as described in the PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Migration Guide, to upgrade server information before you configure and start the PATHWORKS Advanced Server.

2.3.3 Installing the Standalone License Server on a System Where the PATHWORKS Advanced Server Has Been Installed

If you install the standalone license server on a system where the PATHWORKS Advanced Server has been installed, the installation procedure displays the following message:


The PATHWORKS Advanced Server was previously installed and you have selected 
to install the license server only.  Because the PATHWORKS Advanced Server 
includes the license server, the complete PATHWORKS Advanced Server
must be installed. 

The installation procedure will choose to install the PATHWORKS Advanced Server. You have the option of continuing with this installation, or you can terminate the installation procedure by pressing [Ctrl/Y]. To install the standalone license server on this system, you must first remove the PATHWORKS Advanced Server software using the PWRK$DEINSTAL.COM command procedure, as described in Chapter 7, Removing PATHWORKS Advanced Server Software. Then start the VMSINSTAL procedure again.

For a sample installation and configuration script for the standalone license server, see Appendix C, Sample Standalone License Server Installation and Configuration Procedure.

2.3.4 Installing the External Authentication Software

You cannot install the External Authentication software only, if you have previously installed the PATHWORKS Advanced Server. The installation procedure displays the following message if you try to install the External Authentication images under these circumstances:


The PATHWORKS Advanced Server was previously installed, and you have selected 
to install the External Authentication images only. Because the 
PATHWORKS Advanced Server includes the External Authentication images, the 
complete PATHWORKS Advanced Server must also be installed. 

You must remove the PATHWORKS Advanced Server software to be able to select this option. To remove PATHWORKS Advanced Server software, run the PWRK$DEINSTAL procedure, as described in Chapter 7, Removing PATHWORKS Advanced Server Software.

For a sample installation script for the External Authentication images, see Appendix E, Sample External Authentication Installation Procedure.

2.4 Next Steps

To continue, depending on the software you are installing, do one of the following:
If you are... Proceed to... Which tells you how to...
Installing the PATHWORKS Advanced Server Chapter 3, Configuring the PATHWORKS Advanced Server Configure the PATHWORKS Advanced Server.
Installing the standalone license server Chapter 4, Configuring and Starting the Standalone License Server Configure the standalone license server.
Upgrading from PATHWORKS V5 for OpenVMS (LAN Manager) PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Migration Guide Use the Upgrade utility to create and edit upgrade reports.
Installing the PATHWORKS External Authentication software only Section 5.5, Setting Up External Authentication Set up PATHWORKS external authentication on the system.


Chapter 3
Configuring the PATHWORKS Advanced Server

This chapter describes how to configure the PATHWORKS Advanced Server and consists of the following sections:

3.1 About the PATHWORKS Advanced Server Configuration Procedure

The following sections describe the PATHWORKS Advanced Server configuration procedure and what it does.

3.1.1 What Is the Configuration Procedure?

PWRK$CONFIG.COM, the PATHWORKS Advanced Server configuration procedure, is installed by the PATHWORKS Advanced Server installation procedure.

Like the installation procedure, the configuration procedure asks you a series of questions (by displaying prompts). The procedure uses your answers to configure the PATHWORKS Advanced Server.

3.1.2 What the Configuration Procedure Does

PWRK$CONFIG is a command procedure that:

After you install the server, you must run PWRK$CONFIG before you can start the server. In an OpenVMS cluster, you must run PWRK$CONFIG on each individual node where the PATHWORKS Advanced Server will run, before you can start the server. (Although the nodes in an OpenVMS cluster function as a single unit in a domain, you need to treat them as individual units for purposes of configuration.) For more information, read the information on the Configuration Manager in the PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Administrator's Guide.

3.2 Before You Start the PATHWORKS Advanced Server Configuration Procedure

Before you start the PWRK$CONFIG command procedure, answer the following questions:

  1. On what OpenVMS disk device do you want to store the following PATHWORKS data files?
    By default, the configuration procedure copies the data files to the disk device SYS$SYSDEVICE:. However, you can specify any existing OpenVMS disk device that has at least 79,500 free blocks of disk space. When you choose a disk device for the PATHWORKS data files, keep the following in mind:
  2. Do you want to change the system configuration parameters now?
    If you enter YES to the prompt to change the system configuration parameters, the Configuration Manager is started. The Configuration Manager is a utility that allows you to modify server configuration parameters, such as the maximum number of clients that can connect to the server and which network transports the server uses.
    Whether or not you choose to change the system configuration at this time, you can change it later by entering the ADMINISTER/CONFIG command at the OpenVMS system prompt:


    $ ADMINISTER/CONFIG 
    

    For more information about transports and about using the Configuration Manager, refer to the Advanced Server for OpenVMS Server Administrator's Guide.

    Configuring Transports for a Backup Domain Controller

    If you are configuring a server as a backup domain controller (BDC), during the initial configuration you must select at least one transport for the BDC that will also be run by its primary domain controller (PDC). Otherwise, the configuration will fail.
    When you choose the transports to run, keep the following in mind if the system will support wide area networking:

  3. Do you want to change any of the server configuration default settings? These settings determine:
    For detailed information on changing default server configuration settings, see Section 3.5, How to Change Default Configuration Settings.
  4. What is the Administrator account password?
    If you are configuring a primary domain controller, the configuration procedure prompts you to define a password for the PATHWORKS Advanced Server Administrator account, from which you administer the server. Passwords are case sensitive and can contain up to 14 alphanumeric characters as well as any of the following special characters: ! # $ % & () - . ^ _ ` { } ~
  5. Do you want to start the server?
    The configuration procedure asks you if you want to start the server. If you do not want to start the server at this time, you can do so later from the command line after the configuration procedure completes.
    For detailed information on alternate ways to start the server, see Section 5.3.4, Starting the File Server.

3.3 How to Start the PATHWORKS Advanced Server Configuration Procedure

After the installation procedure completes, the OpenVMS system prompt ($) is displayed. If the system was rebooted following installation:

  1. Ensure that you are logged in to the SYSTEM account.
  2. Start the configuration procedure by entering:


    $ @SYS$UPDATE:PWRK$CONFIG 
    

3.4 How to Respond to PATHWORKS Advanced Server Configuration Prompts

Table 3-1, PATHWORKS Advanced Server Configuration Prompts, tells you how to respond to the prompts that PWRK$CONFIG displays.

Note

Table 3-1 shows only the prompts PWRK$CONFIG displays; it does not show any informational messages. For a complete sample configuration script, see Appendix B, Sample PATHWORKS Advanced Server Installation and Configuration Procedure.

Table 3-1 PATHWORKS Advanced Server Configuration Prompts
At this prompt... If you want the configuration procedure to... Enter...
Do you want to continue with configuration [YES]: 1 Shut down the server or, if your server is part of an OpenVMS cluster, all servers in the cluster [Return]
  Abort the configuration procedure NO
     
Enter disk device name where PATHWORKS data files will be stored [ default_device]: Copy the PATHWORKS on-disk structure to the default OpenVMS disk device displayed

If you ran PWRK$CONFIG previously, the default disk device is the one you specified the last time you configured the server.

[Return]
  Copy the PATHWORKS on-disk structure to an OpenVMS disk device different from the default displayed device_name
     
Do you want to change the server configuration parameters now? [YES]: Enter the Configuration Manager tool [Return]

For detailed information about using the Configuration Manager, refer to the PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Administrator's Guide.

  Continue the configuration procedure without entering the Configuration Manager NO
     
Enter item number, or RETURN to use these values [DONE]: Accept the configuration parameters displayed [Return]
  Change the configuration settings displayed The number associated with a setting you want to change.

For detailed information on changing these default configuration settings, see Section 3.5, How to Change Default Configuration Settings.

     
Do you want to enter a new Administrator account password [NO]: 2,3 Keep the existing Administrator account password [Return]
  Prompt you to enter a new Administrator account password YES
     
Enter Administrator network account password: 3 Associate a password with the Administrator account password

If your server will be part of an existing domain, enter the password to the existing domain's Administrator account.

Re-enter to verify password: 3   password
     
Do you want to start PATHWORKS V6.0B for OpenVMS on node node_name now [YES]: 3 Start the server automatically after the installation procedure completes [Return]
  Not start the server NO


1This prompt is displayed only if the server is running.
2This prompt is displayed if you ran PWRK$CONFIG previously.
3This prompt is displayed only if you are configuring a primary domain controller.

3.5 How to Change Default Configuration Settings

After you exit the Configuration Manager, the configuration procedure displays a list of server configuration settings and a prompt that lets you change them. For example:


  PATHWORKS V6.0B for OpenVMS is presently configured to run as follows: 
 
   1.  Run the license server:          NO 
   2.  Enable Timesource service:       NO 
   3.  Enable Alerter service:          YES 
   3a. Alert user names:                Administrator 
   4.  Enable Netlogon service:         YES 
   5.  Advanced Server domain:          LANGROUP 
   6.  Advanced Server role:            PRIMARY 
   7.  Advanced Server computer name:   COBRAZ 
   7a. PATHWORKS OpenVMS cluster alias: COBRAZ_ALIAS 
   8.  Server announce comment:   PATHWORKS V6.0B for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) 
Enter item number, or RETURN to use these values [DONE]: 

For a description of each server configuration setting, see Section 3.2, Before You Start the PATHWORKS Advanced Server Configuration Procedure.

Table 3-2 Configuration Settings
Setting Possible Values
1. Run the license server: YES, to run the license server.
NO, to use the default and not run the license server.
2. Enable Timesource service: YES, to enable the Timesource service.
NO, to use the default and not enable the Timesource service.
3. Enable Alerter service: YES, to accept the default and enable the Alerter service.
NO, to disable the Alerter service.
3a. Alert user names: 1 A comma-delimited list of user names (each containing up to 20 characters), who can receive alert messages.
4. Enable Netlogon service: YES, to accept the default and enable the Netlogon service.
NO, to disable the Netlogon service.
5. Advanced Server domain: A domain name of up to 15 characters.
Press [Return] to use the default. The default domain name is LANGROUP. Compaq recommends that you specify another name for the domain.
6. Advanced Server role: PRIMARY, to designate the server as the primary domain controller
BACKUP, to designate the server as a backup domain controller.
7. Advanced Server computer name: A computer name of up to 15 characters.
Press [Return] to use the default. If this is the first time running the configuration procedure, the default is your system's SCSNODE name.
7a. PATHWORKS OpenVMS cluster alias: 2 The PATHWORKS cluster alias for the OpenVMS cluster to which your server belongs.
Press [Return] to use the default. If DECnet is configured to run, the default is the DECnet cluster alias. If DECnet is not configured to run, the default is nodename_alias.
8. Server announce comment: A text string of up to 48 characters that the server uses to announce its presence on the network.
Press [Return] to use the default.


1Displayed only if Alerter service is enabled.
2Displayed only in an OpenVMS cluster.


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