Dear OpenVMS Customer, Congratulations on acquiring the HP OpenView Smart Plug-In (DB-SPI) for Rdb on OpenVMS. This product integrates new Rdb database monitoring capabilities into the highly successful OpenView product family. From a single console it can increase Rdb availability and performance and, at the same time, lower the cost of managing single or distributed databases. The OpenVMS group hopes that you will have many rewarding years with this product. The DB-SPI for Rdb is not installed directly on an OpenVMS system. Instead, the product is installed on the OpenView Management Server -- either HP-UX or Windows -- and delivered to the managed OpenVMS node using the traditional OpenView distribution methods. To retrieve the software from the OpenVMS Quarterly distribution media and ready it for installation on the OpenView Management Server, follow these steps: 1) Mount the DVD/CD-ROM by entering the MOUNT command in the following format: $ MOUNT/SYSTEM device volumelabel Where: device is the name of the media device volumelabel is the 12-character volume label located on the face of the disc. Some of the steps differ depending on whether your Management Server is running on a UNIX or a Windows system. Please follow the directions in the relevant section. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transfer Steps for a UNIX Management Server (OVOU) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Transfer the file DBSPI_HPUX_08_20_00.GZ from the CD to your UNIX Management Server using the mechanism appropriate for the target platform and your environment. The file is found on the CD in the directory [OVORDBSPI.KIT]. If you are using FTP to transfer the files between systems, you must use a binary mode transfer; for example: # cd /kits # change to a temporary directory # ftp vms.zko.hp.com # connect to your OpenVMS system Connected to vms.zko.hp.com. 220 vms.zko.hp.com FTP Server (Version 5.5) Ready. Name (vms.zko.hp.com:root): system 331 Username system requires a Password Password: 230 User logged in. Remote system type is VMS. ftp> cd VMS$DQA0:[OVORDBSPI.KIT] # change to DBSPI kit directory on CD 250-CWD command successful. 250 New default directory is VMS$DQA0:[OVORDBSPI.KIT] ftp> ls # list the files in the directory 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for VMS$DQA0:[OVORDBSPI.KIT]*.*;* Directory VMS$DQA0:[OVORDBSPI.KIT] DBSPI_CONSOLE_08_30_00.ZIP;1 2517/2520 11-MAY-2007 09:48:24 [SYSTEM] (RE,RE,RE,RE) DBSPI_HPUX_08_20_00.GZ;1 2028/2032 11-MAY-2007 10:04:12 [SYSTEM] (RE,RE,RE,RE) Total of 2 files, 4545/4552 blocks 226 LIST Directory transfer complete. ftp> binary # set the transfer mode to binary 200 TYPE set to IMAGE. ftp> get DBSPI_HPUX_08_20_00.GZ # get the file 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for VMS$DQA0:[OVORDBSPI.KIT]DBSPI_HPUX_08_20_00.GZ;1 226 Transfer complete. 1038240 bytes received in 1.28 seconds (794.06 Kbytes/s) ftp> bye # exit from ftp 221 Goodbye. 3) Unzip the files on the Management Server using the gunzip command: # gunzip DBSPI_HPUX_08_20_00.GZ This results in the file: DBSPI_HPUX_08_20_00 4) Rename the resulting file to DBSPI_HPUX_08_20_00.sdtape: # mv DBSPI_HPUX_08_20_00 DBSPI_HPUX_08_20_00.sdtape ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transfer Steps for a Windows Management Server (OVOW) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Transfer the file DBSPI_CONSOLE_08_30_00.ZIP from the CD to your Windows Management Server using the mechanism appropriate for the target platform and your environment. The file is found on the CD in the directory [OVORDBSPI.KIT]. If you are using FTP to transfer the files between systems, you must use a binary mode transfer. C:\>cd C:\temp # change to a temporary directory C:\temp>ftp vms.zko.hp.com # connect to your OpenVMS system Connected to vms.zko.hp.com. 220 vms.zko.hp.com FTP Server (Version 5.5) Ready. Name (vms.zko.hp.com:root): system 331 Username system requires a Password Password: 230 User logged in. ftp> cd VMS$DQA0:[OVORDBSPI.KIT] # change to DBSPI kit directory on CD 250-CWD command successful. 250 New default directory is VMS$DQA0:[OVORDBSPI.KIT] ftp> dir # list the files in the directory 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for VMS$DQA0:[OVORDBSPI.KIT]*.*;* Directory VMS$DQA0:[OVORDBSPI.KIT] DBSPI_CONSOLE_08_30_00.ZIP;1 2517/2520 11-MAY-2007 09:48:24 [SYSTEM] (RE,RE,RE,RE) DBSPI_HPUX_08_20_00.GZ;1 2028/2032 11-MAY-2007 10:04:12 [SYSTEM] (RE,RE,RE,RE) Total of 2 files, 4545/4552 blocks 226 LIST Directory transfer complete. ftp: 330 bytes received in 2.14Seconds 0.15Kbytes/sec. ftp> binary # set the transfer mode to binary 200 TYPE set to IMAGE. ftp> get DBSPI_CONSOLE_08_30_00.ZIP # get the file 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for VMS$DQA0:[OVORDBSPI.KIT]DBSPI_CONSOLE_08_30_00.ZIP 226 Transfer complete. 1288643 bytes received in 1.61Seconds 800.40Kbytes/sec. ftp> bye # exit from ftp 221 Goodbye. 3) Unzip the files on the Management Server using any Windows-based ZIP program. This results in the file: DBSPI_Console_08_30_00.msi ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installing the DBSPI on the Management Server ------------------------------------------------------------------------- When these steps are complete, follow the instructions for installing the DBSPI on the OpenView Management Server. This is documented in the HP OpenView Smart Plug-in for Databases Supplemental Configuration Guide. The product documentation consists of the following manuals, which are found on the Online Documentation Library: Title File Names Description ------ ---------- ---------- HP OpenView Smart Plug-in config_guide.pdf Supplement to configuration for Databases - Supplemental guides for UNIX and Windows Configuration Guide HP OpenView Smart Plug-in rdb_ref.pdf DB-SPI Metrics for Rdb: for Databases - Rdb Summary, Description, and Reference Manual Individual Specifications Release Notes for HP OpenView release_notes.pdf Late-breaking news about Smart Plug-in for Databases - the 2007 release of the DB-SPI for Rdb on OpenVMS product