HPUX - Server Setup Guide

Step 2: Restore the Software

Now that you have created a user and directory for the Omnidex software, you can restore it from the CD you received.

1. The UNIX directory contains 5 tar files that need to be ftp'd with a binary transfer to the Omnidex Home directory on the appropriate host, and untarred There is only one tar needed per server. The supported UNIX servers are HP-UX , Linux, SunOS, HP Tru64 (OSF), and IBM AIX.

2. The following steps may be followed to ftp the files from the CD drive to the appropriate host:

a. Log on to the machine and directory in which the procedure should install

b. Open a DOS window and be in the directory in which you want the file to reside.

c. Switch to the CD drive (example - R:)

R:>ftp
ftp> open your_host_box
ftp> binary
ftp> put odxversionhost (example - odx30802_HP-UX11.tar)

d. Back on the host machine, use the command tar -xvf odx30802_hostOS.tar to unload the files

3. Review this install guide, also provided in the DOCS directory of this CD, for further assistance

4. Proceed to step 3.

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