Installation

Overview

It is recommended that the XP2 interface tools be installed in /ops/bin. The distribution file is named XPApplications.tar.

Installation Steps

1. FTP the tar file to the AIX platform in binary. It is recommended to place the tar file in the /tmp directory.
2. Create the installation directory by entering:

mkdir /ops
mkdir /ops/bin

3. Change directories to the installation directory by entering:

cd /ops/bin

4. Untar the distribution file.

tar xvf /tmp/XPApplications.tar

5. Under the installation directory, create a “locks” directory.

mkdir /ops/bin/locks

6. Check the values in the following configuration files to make sure that the appropriate values are being used.

• Run XP Job INI
• SMAFetchControlNumber INI
• MSGIN File

info

If the installation in done in a non-standerd directory, edit the file named CreateXPEnvForPerl.ksh. Change the following line to reflect the appropriate directory name:

INSTALL_DIR=/ops/bin

OpCon Property

It will greatly simplify job definition if a property is defined that points to the script used to initialize the perl environment.

Example

During installation a Globab Property with the following Name and Value is created.

Name: SMAXPSetup

Value: /ops/bin/CreateXPEnvForPerl.ksh