VAX DATATRIEVE Installation Guide (Ver 4.2)

This document is the VAX DATATRIEVE Installation Guide, Version 4.2, published in July 1988 by Digital Equipment Corporation.

Its primary purpose is to provide a comprehensive procedure for installing and maintaining VAX DATATRIEVE software on VMS operating systems.

The guide covers four main areas:

1. Preinstallation Considerations: Details necessary system requirements (disk space, compatible VMS and VAX CDD/Plus versions), VMS Licensing Management Facility (LMF) procedures, and crucial system parameter adjustments (e.g., open file limits, enqueue quota limits, global pages, command line interpreter symbol table). It also outlines the recommended installation order for optional software products like VAX DBMS, Rdb/VMS, and Forms Management Systems, and considerations for VAXcluster environments and CDD directory management.
2. VAX DATATRIEVE Installation Procedure: Guides the user through the interactive VMSINSTAL command procedure, explaining how to answer questions regarding release notes, LMF authorization, default installation options, support for VAX Language-Sensitive Editor (LSE) and forms products, handling multiple installations with unique suffixes, managing the object library, remote server setup, new user file creation, DCL help integration, shared images, and optional material.
3. Postinstallation Considerations: Describes essential tasks after installation, such as updating system startup files (SYSTARTUP.COM), configuring DECnet objects and default accounts for distributed access, and re-enabling site-specific user-defined functions.
4. User Environment Test Packages (UETPs): Explains how to run a series of test packages to verify successful installation and demonstrate the functionality of VAX DATATRIEVE, including its graphics capabilities and interfaces with VAX DBMS, Rdb/VMS, and forms. The general DATATRIEVE UETP must be run first as it sets up data definitions used by the other tests.

The manual is intended for individuals responsible for installing and maintaining VAX DATATRIEVE and assumes familiarity with the VMSINSTAL command procedure.