This document covers the following topics:
If you installed Natural on a UNIX system and did not use sudo, the installer was not able to register daemons and set file permissions for the affected products. Also the runpath directory /opt/softwareag/Natural/v<version>/lib may not have been created if the user that you are using to install does not have full read and write permissions to the runpath directory. Note that the runpath directory may have been created by a previous Natural installation. Perform these tasks now by executing the script afterInstallAsRoot.sh as the root user. You can find this script in the bin directory of your main installation directory. It contains actions for all installed Software AG products.
Important:
If you did not use sudo during the installation, you must
run the script afterInstallAsRoot.sh or some products
might not work correctly.
If you do not want to register daemons for Natural, set file permissions or create the runpath directory, proceed as follows:
Remove the commands to start the setup scripts in the afterInstallAsRoot.sh script before you execute it. The script to register daemons is called daemon.sh. The script to set up the run path library is called install_lib_to_runpath. All these scripts are located in the <install-dir>/Natural/INSTALL directory.
For the daemons, uninstall scripts are available. Therefore, if you do not want to register the daemons, you can also proceed as follows:
Install all daemons (either automatically with the installation when sudo is used, or manually by executing the afterInstallAsRoot.sh script when sudo is not used) and then uninstall the Natural daemons using the following commands:
<install-dir>/common/bin/daemon.sh
-r -f
<install-dir>/Natural/INSTALL/sys/natbpsrv_sys
<install-dir>/common/bin/daemon.sh
-r -f
<install-dir>/Natural/INSTALL/sys/natdvsrv_sys
<install-dir>/common/bin/daemon.sh
-r -f
<install-dir>/Natural/INSTALL/sys/nwosrvd_sys
Refer to the documentation Installing Software AG Products, section Register Daemons to Automatically Start and Shut Down Products on UNIX Systems for further details on the daemon.sh script.
Before you start your product, it is recommended that you run (source) the sagenv.new script in the <install-dir>/bin directory. This sets the environment variables needed to run your product and other Software AG products.
Important:
The sagenv.new file is replaced with every
new installation. If you have set up your own environment settings file (for
example, with the name sagenv), replace only the modified
product-specific part in your existing sagenv
file.
Running the sagenv.new script is also recommended before configuring the installed products with the SYSPCI utility.
Important:
It is recommended that you start a new shell before switching to a
different installation directory and running the
sagenv.new script (for example, when switching from the
directory for a test environment to the directory for a production
environment).
After you have installed your product, you need to set up a number of files, parameters and individual settings depending on your environment. These are described below. To set them up, you use the SYSPCI utility. For detailed information on this utility, see SYSPCI Utility - Product Configuration and Initialization in Natural's Tools and Utilities documentation.
The Natural Command Processor requires an NCP file.
Natural Security requires an Adabas FSEC system file.
Natural Security provides the function Logging of
Maintenance Functions. If logging is activated, a Natural Security
log file (NSL) is required in Adabas and needs to be set up with
the SYSPCI utility. With this version, you can continue to use your existing
Natural Security log file. If you want to set up a Natural Security log file,
it is recommended that you do this before setting up an FSEC file
for Natural Security. In this order, both files can be set up by starting the
SYSPCI utility only once.
Natural Development Server requires an Adabas
FDIC system file. After the installation of Natural Development
Server, the FDIC parameter is not set automatically. If you start
Natural without setting the FDIC parameter and then use the
Natural editor, the Natural error NAT7399 will occur because the
FDIC file is not available for locking.
If you want to use an FDIC file and you use
Natural Security, configure the FDIC file first. When an
FDIC file is configured, additional FDIC information
will be written to the FSEC file when it is initialized. It is
thus recommended that you set up the files for Natural Development Server and
Natural Security in the following order:
FDIC
NSL
FSEC
The database IDs and file numbers of the new or existing files
(FSEC, FDIC or
NCP) that you specify using the SYSPCI utility are entered into
the default parameter files for Natural Security (NSCPARM), Natural Development Server (NDVPARM) and
Natural (NATPARM).
Note:
If Natural Security is already active and you use the SYSPCI
utility to create a new FSEC file, database ID and file number are
not entered into the current
NSCPARM file.
The FSEC definition will also be written to the
NDVPARM parameter file.
When you initialize (activate) Natural Security using the SYSPCI
utility or when you start Natural Development Server,
the default FNAT system file from the installation must be used
(that is,
<install-dir>/Natural/fnat).
Otherwise, a subsequent update installation will not be possible.
Note:
If you want to use the same FDIC file in both
Natural Development Server and Predict (which is not the recommended way), it
is recommended that you install Natural Development Server without initializing
an FDIC file. Then install Predict and do the initialization
there. Afterwards, run the SYSPCI utility, process the Predict
FDIC file and deactivate the Initialize
product option. You can then also use the newly created
FDIC file in Natural Development Server. When you set up a Predict
FDIC file after setting up a Natural Development Server
FDIC file, an inconsistency problem will occur because Predict
always delivers the very latest FDIC file.
The required Adabas files can either be local or remote.
Remote Access
If the file is located in a remote database, Entire Net-Work must
be active and the database must be accessible.
Note:
For Natural Security, see also
Using
Natural Security on Multiple Platforms in the
Natural Security documentation.
Existing Local File
Before you start the SYSPCI utility, make sure that the Adabas
database containing the required files is active. With this version, you can
continue to use your existing files. No migration
of data from the previous version to the current version is
necessary.
New File
Before you start the SYSPCI utility, make sure that the Adabas
database which will contain the required files is active. The SYSPCI utility
will load and initialize these files. This should be also done if another file
is required for your product.
Before you create new files with the SYSPCI utility, make sure that the ASSO and DATA sizes of your Adabas database are appropriate for these files. It is therefore recommended that you check the Adabas .fdu files in the <install-dir>/<product>/INSTALL/<product-code> directory for the used sizes. If required, change your database setup so that the files can be created.
For Natural Security, for example, the ASSO and DATA sizes are not appropriate if you are using the default database. The .fdu files for Natural Security can be found in the <install-dir>/Natural/INSTALL/nsc directory.
In addition, make sure that the Adabas nucleus parameters listed in the following table are set for the database you want to use at database startup. They are not appropriate if you are using the default nucleus parameters.
LWP
|
Must be at least 1,000,000. |
OPTIONS |
The option TRUNCATION must be
set in the OPTIONS parameter.
|
Notes:
natsec parm=NSCPARM.
Alternatively, you can back up the nucleus called
"natural" and rename
"natsec" to "natural".
natdvsrv –s=natsec).
In order to invoke the SYSPCI utility, you must first invoke Natural. You can then invoke the SYSPCI utility using the Direct Command window.
To invoke the SYSPCI utility
Enter the following command at the UNIX system prompt to invoke Natural:
natural
Select the menu and press ENTER to invoke the Direct Command window.
Enter the following command in the Direct Command window:
SYSPCI
For more information, see SYSPCI Utility - Product Configuration and Initialization in Natural's Tools and Utilities documentation.
It is possible to execute certain functions of the SYSPCI utility with a UNIX shell script. Two shell scripts are available in <install-dir>/Natural/INSTALL directory. They are called syspci_reuse.sh and syspci_create.sh. These scripts can be used to automatically call SYSPCI for each installed product to intialize the product.
The scripts can be used for the following tasks:
syspci_reuse.sh
This script executes the SYSPCI utility to initialize installed Natural
products with already existing Adabas files.
Note:
The necessary conversion of Adabas files to the new version has to be
done before starting this script.
syspci_create.sh
This script executes the SYSPCI utility to initialize installed Natural
products and create the required Adabas files.
For more information, see SYSPCI Utility - Product Configuration and Initialization in Natural's Tools and Utilities documentation.
The Natural installation delivers two standard Natural nuclei in the <install-dir>/Natural/bin directory. One nucleus is linked with a classic Adabas control block (ACB), but without Natural Security. This nucleus is called "natural". The other nucleus is also linked with a classic Adabas control block (ACB) and with Natural Security. This nucleus is called "natsec".
If you want to link a modified Natural nucleus with the necessary drivers appropriate to your needs, you have to proceed as described below.
Note:
If Natural Security is installed and you link a modified Natural
nucleus, the Natural Security interface is automatically linked. The name of
the nucleus containing Natural Security is then
"natural" (not
"natsec").
To link a modified Natural nucleus
Set the environment variables for your Adabas (see also the information in the table below).
Run the natenv script in the <install-dir>/Natural/INSTALL directory to set the environment variables for Natural.
Run the makefile located in the <install-dir>/Natural/bin/build directory with the following command:
make natural {flags}
This make generates a program with the name natural which is placed in the current directory (<install-dir>/Natural/bin/build).
The following flags are available:
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
ada=yes |
Link with classic Adabas control
block (ACB). When executing the makefile, the following environment variables
must be set:
|
ada2=yes |
Link with extended Adabas control
block (ACBX). When executing the makefile, the following environment variables
must be set:
The |
osx=yes |
Link with SQL interface (OSX). When
executing the makefile, the SQL interface libraries must be accessible in the
<install-dir>/Natural/bin/build
directory. In addition, the following environment variables must be set:
|
ascii=yes |
Link with former ASCII interface of Natural (instead of the new binary interface). |
sax2=yes |
Link with XML SAX parser. Required
for the PARSE XML statement, for Tamino access, and for the
application programming interface USR6001N (call external XSLT
processor) in the library SYSEXT.
|
xslt=yes |
Link with XSLT processor. Required
for USR6001N.
|
ins=yes |
Link with Tamino interface. The XML
SAX parser is implicitely used. Therefore, do not specify sax2=yes
in addition to ins=yes.
|
apx=yes |
Link with ApplinX interface. |
shlib=yes |
Link Natural shared library
(libnatural.so or libnatural.sl,
depending on the UNIX platform). Required for the Natural Native Interface.
Non-Natural applications can load this shared library dynamically and access
Natural code through the exported interface functions.
Do not use |
sync=<your-libsyncsort-path> |
Link with DMExpress Syncsort library (libsyncsort.so). Where <your-libsyncsort-path> represents the path containing the libsyncsort.so library (i.e. /opt/dmexpress/lib). |
Use the following command to copy the generated natural program from <install-dir>/Natural/bin/build to <install-dir>/Natural/bin:
make install
The original natural program in <install-dir>/Natural/bin is then renamed to natural.old.
If you have specified shlib=yes, use the
following command to copy the generated libnatural.so or
libnatural.sl program from
<install-dir>/Natural/bin/build
to
<install-dir>/Natural/bin:
make install shlib=yes
The original libnatural.so or libnatural.sl program in <install-dir>/Natural/bin is then renamed to libnatural.so.old or libnatural.sl.old.
See the source of the makefile for more information.
After Natural has been installed for the first time, additional configuration steps are required in the following cases:
Natural Development Server
If you want to get information about the startup parameters for
the Natural Development Server, enter the following command in the
Natural/bin directory:
natdvsrv -help
The possible startup parameters are then shown with explanations.
Natural Web I/O Interface
If you have installed the Natural Web I/O Interface, see the
Natural Web I/O
Interface documentation for information on how to
configure the server part (that is, the daemon), and how to install
and configure the Natural Web I/O Interface client. If you want to use Natural
for Ajax as the client, see the Natural for Ajax documentation. This
documentation is available separately.
ApplinX Interface
If you have installed the ApplinX interface, see the ApplinX
documentation for information on how to replace the Natural character-based
user interface by the ApplinX GUI facilities. This documentation is available
separately.
The initial installation of Natural Security results in the creation of the following security profiles and relationships:
A library security profile with library ID SYSSEC.
The library is people-protected (People-protected set to
"Y" and Terminal-protected set
to "N").
A user security profile with user ID "DBA", user type "ADMINISTRATOR", and password set to "DBA".
User "DBA" is linked to library
SYSSEC (ordinary link, no special link).
If there is a previously installed version of Natural Security, these two security profiles will not be modified by a subsequent installation, nor will any objects or relationships already defined be affected.
If you have installed Natural Security for the very first
time (that is, if the version you have installed is your first version of
Natural Security on this FSEC system file), proceed as described
in the Natural Security documentation under the heading
First Steps After the
Installation. Do this immediately after a successful
installation of Natural Security.
After setting up Natural and the add-ons, Natural can easily be configured using the Configuration Utility. See the Configuration Utility documentation for further details, especially the Overview of Configuration File Parameters.