• Installation Guide
• Preface
• Notices
  • Trademarks
• About this book
  • Who this book is for
  • What's new?
    • VAST Platform 2022 (version 11.0.0)
  • Conventions used in this book
  • Tell us what you think
• Installing VAST Platform
  • Overview of installation
    • Installation Configurations
    • Installation Preparation
  • Installing VAST Platform on Windows
    • Windows Installation Preparation
      • Library Upgrade
    • File Locations
      • Program Files
      • Shareable Files
        • 32bit/64bit Considerations:
      • Private Files
        • 32bit/64bit Considerations:
    • Installing the Documentation
      • Setting up Local Help
    • Installing a Team Development Library and Admin Tools
      • Library Permissions
      • EMSRV Requirement
    • Installing a Team Development Client
    • Installing Standalone aka Typical
    • Windows Reconfiguration and Startup
      • Reconfiguring an Environment
        • Standalone Configuration
        • Team Configuration
    • Uninstalling VASTPlatform on Windows
      • What Files Will Not be Uninstalled
      • How to Uninstall
    • Repairing a VAST Platform Installation on Windows
      • Restore Missing or Corrupted Files
      • Get a New Copy of the Library
    • Headless Installer and Uninstaller
      • Complete Install
      • Client Only Install
      • Manager Only Install
      • Headless Uninstall
    • Installation Difficulties
      • Do you have VAST Platform on your Machine?
        • Environments Tool Upgrade
        • If you use environments, register the new installation
      • Windows 32bit/64bit Considerations
        • Environments Desktop Shortcut
        • Library
      • Log file
  • Installing VAST Platform on UNIX
    • UNIX Installation Preparation
      • Library Upgrade
    • File Locations
      • Program Files
      • Shareable Files
        • 32bit/64bit Considerations:
      • Private Files
        • 32bit/64bit Considerations:
    • Installing the Documentation
      • Setting up Local Help
    • Installing a Team Development Library and Admin Tools
      • Library Permissions
      • Alternate Locations
      • EMSRV Requirement
    • Installing a Team Development Client
    • Installing Standalone aka Typical
    • Unix Reconfiguration and Startup
      • VAST Client
      • VAST Manager
      • VAST developer environment
      • Settings for developer's .Xdefaults configuration file
      • X-Windows directory structure
      • Linux - UTF-8 default locale
    • Uninstalling VAST Platform on Unix
      • What Files Will Not be Uninstalled
      • How to Uninstall
    • Installation Difficulties
      • UNIX Rpm
        • Not enough disk space for Installation
          • Solution:
      • Why won't my image open in Environments?
        • VAST requires GLIBC 2.28 or above
        • VAST requires xterm
      • Do you have VAST Platform on your Machine?
        • Environments Tool Upgrade
        • If you use environments, register the new installation
      • 32bit/64bit considerations
      • Log Files
• Launching VAST Platform with Environments
  • Launch
    • First Time Launch
  • Creating a New Environment
    • Setting Environment Options
  • Editing an Environment
  • Working with an Existing Environment in the List
  • Advanced Topics and Trouble Shooting
    • Multiple Installations
    • Working with Pre-8.6.0 Installations
    • Why won’t Environments recognize my new installation?
    • Why are my Installations invalid?
    • Overriding Environments Settings
      • Managing Envy Libraries
        • Adding and Editing Envy Libraries
        • Removing Envy Libraries
      • Managing VAST Platform Installations
      • Moving an Environment
• Setting up team programming with EMSRV
  • Server Considerations in Team Development
    • Server capacity and availability
    • Library size
    • Versions of EMSRV
      • Changes in EMSRV 7.1
      • Changes in EMSRV 7.1a
      • Changes in EMSRV 7.2
    • Threads and performance
    • TCP/IP connections
    • Server files
    • Installation
    • File access rights
    • Planning for library growth
    • Password validation
      • Using a passwd.dat file
      • Connecting client to server when EMSRV uses native passwords
    • Authentication on UNIX Platforms
      • PAM
      • Authentication on Linux platforms
      • Usage of Root Access for Authentication
    • Authentication on Windows platforms
      • Authentication Procedure using Windows Non-Domain Controllers
      • Authentication Procedure Using Windows Domain Controllers
      • Advanced User Rights Required for Authentication
    • Library path names
    • File access rights
    • File creation and ownership
• The EMADMIN utility
  • Using EMADMIN
  • Copying files (copy command)
  • Listing current connections (list command)
  • Displaying EMSRV options (opts command)
  • Displaying current EMSRV statistics (stat command)
  • Shutting down EMSRV stopping connections (stop command)
• EMSRV for Windows
  • Setting up EMSRV for Windows
  • Authorizing the EMSRV User on Windows
  • Starting EMSRV for Windows from the command line
  • Starting EMSRV as a Windows service
    • Guidelines for running EMSRV as a Windows service
  • Troubleshooting EMSRV as a Windows service
• EMSRV for UNIX operating systems
  • Setting up EMSRV for UNIX operating systems
    • Setting up EMRSV for Linux
  • Starting EMSRV for UNIX operating systems
• EMSRV Startup options
• EMSRV messages and reporting

Installation Guide

EMSRV messages and reporting