Installation Procedures

The procedures that follow will provide you with a road map of the installation process. This installation procedure is for installing tableBASE from scratch. Use this procedure if you are installing tableBASE for the first time or if you are installing a new version of tableBASE. If you are upgrading from a previous release, within the same version, a simpler upgrade procedure can be found in the tableBASE Release Notes.

Your installation media contains the required load modules and datasets. The following describes the process of installing these files.

Step 1—Prepare for installation

Before you begin the installation process, you should understand the required tasks, and plan your dataset naming conventions. For more information, see Step 1: Prepare for tableBASE installation.

Step 2—Obtain installation files from installation media

The product can be provided on CD or via FTP.

Step 3—Install the tableBASE PC Server (required)

Go to the tableBASE PC Server installation procedure: Steps to install the tableBASE PC Server.

Step 4—Install the tableBASE Batch Interface (required)

Go to the MVS Batch Interface installation procedure: Steps to install tableBASE Batch.

Step 5—Install the VTS product (optional)

Go to the tableBASE Installation procedure: Steps to install the VTS product.

Step 6—Install the VTS Gate product (optional)

Go to the tableBASE Installation procedure: Steps to install and validate the VTS Gate product.

Step 7—Install the tableBASE CICS Interface (optional)

Go to the optional interface installation procedure: Steps to install the CICS Interface product.

Step 8—Install the tableBASE IMS TM Interface (optional)

Go to the optional interface installation procedure: Steps to install the IMS/TM Interface product.

Step 9—Modify tableBASE parameters for DB2 stored procedures (optional)

Go to the optional interface installation procedure: Steps for DB2 Stored Procedure support.

Step 10—Install the tablesONLINE/CICS application (optional)

Go to the optional applications installation procedure: Steps to install tablesONLINE/CICS.

Step 11—Install the tablesONLINE/ISPF application (optional)

Go to the optional applications installation procedure: Steps to install tablesONLINE/ISPF.

Step 12—Post-installation

At this point, all installation steps have been completed.

Your next step is to perform configuration, initialization and administration tasks. See the tableBASE Administration Guide for further information.