PRODUCT INSTALL T4 fails...

[Steve Watts_1]

Has anybody installed this version of T4 on this version of VMS?

$ set file/att=(rfm:fix,lrl:512) HP-VMS-T4-V0400--1.pcsi$compressed
$ PRODUCT INSTALL T4
%PCSIUI-I-NOMATCH, no products were found matching: T4
%PCSIUI-E-NOPROD, no products were found on which to perform this operation
%PCSIUI-E-ABORT, operation terminated due to an unrecoverable error condition
$ SH SYS/NOPROD
$ SH SYS/NOPROC
OpenVMS V7.2-1 on node RDAXPC 26-AUG-2005 10:46:53.16 Uptime 191 00:39:55

[Ian Miller.]

Try
$ PRODUCT INSTALL T4/PRODUCER=HP/BASE=VMS

[Antoniov.]

Steve,
Welcome to VMS forum!

I don't know T4 but I can guess you have downloaded autoextract file. If yes, before PROD INSTALL you must execute autoextract file. Try with follow commands:
$ RUN HP-VMS-T4-V0400--1.pcsi$compressed
Then you can install .PCSI created by extractor.

Hope to see you later.

Antonio Vigliotti

[Bojan Nemec]

Steve,

I think that yours VMS version (and PCSI version) does not handle compressed files. I dont remember in which version the compression was enabled, but I think that was after 7.3.
Try:

$ HELP PRODUCT COPY /FORMAT

and see if you have the COMPRESSED keyword.

Bojan

[Steve Watts_1]

Thanks for the message of welcome. Unfortunately, your proposed solution did not work...

$ RUN HP-VMS-T4-V0400--1.pcsi$compressed
%DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image HP-VMS-T4-V0400--1.PCSI$COMPRESSED
-CLI-E-IMGNAME, image file $1$DUA400:[USER.][WATTS.T4]HP-VMS-T4-V0400--1.PCSI$CO
MPRESSED;1
-IMGACT-F-NOTNATIVE, image is not an OpenVMS Alpha image

I'm a bit rusty on product installs, as I have been in the UNIX & Windows wilderness for the last few years. Isn't there a VMS GZIP.exe or something like that?

[Ian Miller.]

Antonio - recent versions of PCSI support the PCSI$COMPRESSED filetype (compressed sequential kit format). They are not to be run.

I don't know if there is a PCSI kit for VMS V7.2-1 that will support this.

The T4 V4.0 kit is described as being for VMS V7.3-1 and later. You may need the earlier V3.2 kit

[Antoniov.]

Sorry,
it's late friday in Italy and I'm tired :-(
Steve,
did you try
$ PROD INSTALL T4 /KIT=(FORMAT=COMPRESSED)

Antonio Vigliotti

[Steve Watts_1]

Thanks, folks. It looks like I need an upgrade, which is on the cards anyway. Don't know why HP can't put a minimum equirments bit at the start of the release note.

RDAXPC >> $ PROD INSTALL T4 /KIT=(FORMAT=COMPRESSED)
%DCL-W-IVKEYW, unrecognized keyword - check validity and spelling
\COMPRESSED\

All the best for the w/e one and all.

[Antoniov.]

Steve,
you have old version of INSTALL and you can't install from compressed file. Type
$ HELP PROD INSTALL /KIT
I guess you can't find information about compression.
May you report the result of
$ PROD SHOW UTIL

Antonio Vigliotti

[Antoniov.]

Steve,
I can't understand when compressed kit are introduced in vms.
However if PROD SHOW UTIL displays a version prior of V7.2-108 you can download new polycenter upgrade form here http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?BC=patch.breadcrumb.main|patch.breadcrumb.search|&patchid=VMS721_PCSI-V0100&context=openvms:alpha:7.2-1

I'm not sure if it contains compressed feature, but you can try.

Good Luck!

Antonio Vigliotti

[Jiri_5]

How did you transfer instalation kit prom PC to VMS server?
When I transfer kit with using share (PWRK), I have problem with instalation. When I transfer kit from PC using FTP, instalation was OK.

[Ian Miller.]

Jiri,
"When I transfer kit with using share (PWRK), I have problem with instalation."
I expect thats pathworks messing with the file attribues. If you have a problem then start a new topic.