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<LI>The Perl module IMS::ReleaseMgr and all the associated pieces are now installed where Perl scripts can readily find them.</LI></UL>

<LI>Compression for Release Manager depends on the availability of the zlib compression library.  Be sure this is installed and the </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>Compress-Zlib</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> module is installed.</LI>
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<LI>Now build the install the ReleaseManager package itself:</LI>


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<LI>Use the command &quot;gzip&nbsp;ReleaseManager</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>-X.YY.tar.gz&nbsp;|&nbsp;tar&nbsp;xvf&nbsp;–</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&quot; to uncompress and unpack the archive. The &quot;X.YY&quot; represents the version number o...
<LI>Change into the newly created directory: &quot;</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>cd ReleaseManager-X.YY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&quot;.</LI>
<LI>Create the Makefile: &quot;</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>perl Makefile.PL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&quot;.</LI>
<LI>Build the package:  &quot;</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>make</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&quot;.</LI>
<LI>Install the package: &quot;</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>make install</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&quot;.</LI>
<LI>The tools that make up the Release Manager are now installed in </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>/opt/ims/ahp-bin</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>.</LI></UL>


<LI>Make sure Oracle is installed and configured correctly on target server</LI>
<LI>Make sure all firewall punchthroughs for connecting to mirror database exist. (if needed) </LI></OL>


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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><LI>Configuration</LI></UL>

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<LI>Verify that </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>/opt/ims/repository</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> is a symlink to the nfs-mounted repository.  (probably </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>/nfs/repository</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>)</LI>
<LI>If there are Oracle connection problems:</LI>


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<LI>Make sure that DBD::Oracle for perl was built with the same version of oracle on the target host.</LI></UL>


<LI>If error "read_hostconfig: Error getting full mirror data table: Error initializing database connect to DATABASE"</LI>


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<LI>This is an oracle related problem.  Try connecting directly with sqlplus.  Perhaps tnsnames file is not configured?</LI></UL>

<LI>Currently:</LI>



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<LI>Make sure idsweb user is mounted on target machine as necessary files are located there:</LI>

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<LI>~idsweb/etc/acl</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> directory</LI></UL>
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<LI>Future:</LI> 
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<UL>
<FONT SIZE=2><LI>the </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>acl</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> (access control list) directory is specified in the global config file at </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>/opt/ims/local/dev_release.cfg</LI>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><LI>the </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>acl</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> directory should be relocated to some common nfs mounted location such as </FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>/opt/ims/local/acl</LI></UL>
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</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P>There is now a tool for editing the mirror specification database. It operates on a CGI/HTTP model, and is as secure as can be without using SSL directly. A manual page for the tool is part of the </FONT><FONT FACE="Cou...
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