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Chapter
Installation and Initial
Configuration
In This Chapter .................... 1-5
Define Your Starting Point ................ 1-6
Upgrade an Earlier Version of OnLine ........... 1-7
Compare Your Current Configuration to OnLine 5.x .... 1-7
Create a Level-0 Archive .............. 1-8
Load the Software and Execute the install Script ...... 1-8
Initialize Shared Memory .............. 1-8
Run tbcheck .................. 1-9
Create a New Level-0 Archive ............ 1-9
Overview of OnLine Installation Steps........... 1-10
Overview of OnLine Initial Configuration Tasks......... 1-10
OnLine Configuration Files .............. 1-11
Contents of tbconfig.std ................ 1-13
Set Up Your Initial Configuration .............. 1-20
Root Dbspace Configuration Guidelines .......... 1-21
ROOTNAME .................. 1-21
ROOTPATH .................. 1-22
ROOTOFFSET.................. 1-22
ROOTSIZE ................... 1-23
Mirroring Configuration Guidelines ........... 1-24
MIRROR.................... 1-24
MIRRORPATH ................. 1-24
MIRROROFFSET ................. 1-25
Physical Log Configuration Guidelines .......... 1-25
PHYSDBS ................... 1-25
PHYSFILE ................... 1-25
Logical Log Configuration Guidelines ........... 1-26
LOGFILES ................... 1-27
LOGSIZE ................... 1-27