HP MAILbus 400
Message Transfer Agent
Installing on an OpenVMS Alpha
System
October 2006
This card contains the information that you need to install the MAILbus
400 MTA on an OpenVMS Alpha system.
Use this card in conjunction with Part III of HP MAILbus 400 MTA
Planning and Setup.
Revision/Update Information:
This is a revised manual.
Operating System and Version: OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2 and above
OpenVMS VAX Version 7.3
Software Version:
HP Mailbus 400 Message Transfer Agent
V3.2-12 for OpenVMS
Hewlett-Packard Company
Palo Alto, California
Installation Prerequisites
Before you install the HP MAILbus 400 MTA:
1. Ensure the following software is installed on your system:
OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2, 8.2, or 8.3
HP DECnet-Plus/OSI for OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2, 8.2, or 8.3
including the OSI Applications Kernel (OSAK) component.
HP Enterprise Directory Service for OpenVMS V5.3 or later
2. Ensure you have access to the SYSTEM account.
3. Back up your system disk using the OpenVMS Backup Utility.
4. Register a valid MTA license, MAILBUS-400-MTA or
MAILBUS-400-USER, where you install the MAILbus 400 MTA Server
component. Use the OpenVMS License Management Facility (LMF) to do
this.
5. Make sure that the MAILbus 400 MTA, and any applications that use the
MAILbus 400 MTA, are shut down before installing the new version of the
MAILbus 400 MTA.
See the OpenVMS system management documentation for information about
the OpenVMS Backup Utility and the OpenVMS License Management
Facility.
Information Required
To install the MAILbus 400 MTA, you need to know the name of the device
from which the installation kit will be loaded.
Time Required
The time it takes to install the MAILbus 400 MTA depends on the resources
available on your system. The installation takes approximately 3 minutes on a
DEC 2000 Model 300.
Disk Space Required
The following table shows the approximate amount of disk space required
on the system disk (in blocks) during and after installation for the different
components.
1
Additional disk space is required after installation for a MAILbus 400 MTA to
be able to handle message traffic.
Component Title
Space Required (in blocks)
During
After
MAILbus 400 MTA Mgt
MAILbus 400 MTA Base
3200
5700
1400
5000
MAILbus 400 MTA Server, Mgt and Base
22900
20700
Installing the MAILbus 400 MTA
From the SYSTEM account on the node, or cluster, where you want to install a
MAILbus 400 MTA component, complete the following steps:
•
Mount the CD–ROM as follows:
MOUNT device-name: volume-label
where device-name and volume-label are as specified in the OpenVMS
Alpha Layered Products Compact Disk User’s Guide. The MTA files are
located on the CD–ROM in the directory named MTA032.
•
Install the MTA using the following command:
@SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL MTA032 device-name:[MTA032]
OPTIONS N
The installation procedure starts and prompts you to select the components
you want to install. To specify more than one of the components offered, enter
the number associated with each component, with a comma between numbers.
Installing Components for the MTA
On each single node, or on one node in a cluster, where you want to have an
MTA, select the options to install the following components: MAILbus 400
MTA Mgt, MAILbus 400 MTA Server, and MAILbus 400 MTA Base.
Installing Component for Remote Management
Select the option to install the MAILbus 400 MTA Mgt component on each
single node, or on one node in each other cluster, where you want to remotely
manage MTAs and the MTAs’ routing information in the directory.
2
Installing Component for Remote Access by XAPI Agents
Where an XAPI Agent (that is, an Agent using the MAILbus 400 Application
Program Interface) is to be installed on a system remote from the MTA, select
the option to install the MAILbus 400 MTA Base component on the single
node, or on one node in the cluster, where the Agent is to be installed.
After the Installation
The set-up tasks required after installation, and the MTA verification
procedure are described in Part III of HP MAILbus 400 MTA Planning and
Setup.
Before you set up each MAILbus 400 MTA that you have installed, make sure
that the Base component of the HP Enterprise Directory Service is installed on
each node or cluster where you intend to operate a MAILbus 400 MTA.
Refer to the HP Enterprise Directory Service documentation for details of how
to install the Base component of the HP Enterprise Directory Service.
Release Notes and Further Information
After installation, the release notes are kept in
SYS$COMMON:[SYSHLP]MAILBUS400_MTA.RELEASE_NOTES.
HP MAILbus 400 MTA Tuning and Problem Solving contains a list of the files
that should be present on your system after installation, and information about
how to contact HP if the installation fails.
3
|