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Installing Entire Net-Work Clients

The Entire Net-Work Client installation includes only the components required to run Software AG client applications (Natural and Tamino, for example) that access Adabas databases.

This document covers the following topics:


Installing Clients on Windows Platforms

This section describes how to install Entire Net-Work Clients on Windows systems. Prior to attempting the installation, verify that you have met all of the requirements described in Platform Coverage and Requirements.

Notes:

  1. Ideally, the installation of the Entire Net-Work Client should be performed by a system administrator or someone with administrator privileges.
  2. The steps provided in this section will install only an Entire Net-Work Client on the machine. Be aware that the sequence of steps will vary if you are installing another Entire Net-Work component as well.

Start of instruction setTo install an Entire Net-Work Client on Windows:

Shut down all open applications, especially those applications interacting with or depending on your Adabas databases. This includes Natural, the Adabas DBA Workbench, and prior releases of Entire Net-Work.

  1. Insert the Entire Net-Work Client installation CD into your CD-ROM drive.

  2. Locate and run the setup.exe file found in the root directory on the CD-ROM.

    A Welcome panel appears. The appearance of this panel varies depending on whether this is the first time you have installed an Entire Net-Work component on this machine.

  3. Follow the prompts on the installation panels. The following panels should be noted:

This installation is complete.

If the installation is not successful, you will receive one of several possible error messages. Contact your local distributor for information about customer support services. If the installation fails, it is likely that some parts of the product will have been installed. Therefore, before you attempt to install the Entire Net-Work Client again, run the installation program to remove it. See Uninstalling Entire Net-Work Client for instructions on removing the product.

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Installing Clients on UNIX Platforms

This section describes how to install Entire Net-Work Clients on UNIX systems. Prior to attempting the installation, verify that you have met all of the requirements described in Platform Coverage and Requirements and UNIX Installation Considerations.

Notes:

  1. The installation of Entire Net-Work Client on UNIX systems should be performed by a system administrator or someone with administrator privileges.
  2. The steps provided in this section will install only an Entire Net-Work Client on the machine. Be aware that the sequence of steps will vary if you are installing another Entire Net-Work Client component as well.

Start of instruction setTo install an Entire Net-Work Client on UNIX:

Shut down all open applications, especially those applications interacting with or depending on your Adabas databases. This includes Natural, the Adabas DBA Workbench, and prior releases of Entire Net-Work Client.

  1. Mount the Entire Net-Work CD as described in UNIX Installation Considerations.

  2. Run the setup.ux command:

    sh <cd mount dir>/setup.ux

    where <cd mount dir> is the directory where the CD is mounted.

    A Welcome panel appears.

  3. Follow the prompts on the installation panels. The following areas should be noted:

  4. Change to the Software AG installation directory and run sagenv.new to set up the environment for Software AG products.

    . sagenv.new

    The installation and deployment of Entire Net-Work management components in UNIX is complete.

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