IBM Infoprint Manager for AIX README

11 Dec 2003


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IBM Infoprint Manager for AIX 4.1.0 README

  • General release notes for Infoprint Manager for AIX Version 4 Release 1
  • Restarting secondary servers
  • Infoprint Manager server restriction
  • Server software prerequisites
  • |Accessing the Publications CD-ROM
  • Viewing the Publications CD-ROM
  • Creating AFP Upload actual destinations from the command line
  • Close both Infoprint Manager Administration GUI and Infoprint Manager Operations GUI before installing any Infoprint Manager PTF
  • Ensure that the Infoprint Manager server and the Infoprint Manager Administration and Operations GUIs are at the same level
  • |Limited user-exit support for Fax and Email DSS
  • |Ensure Infoprint Manager for AIX runs with ksh88
  • |Release Notes for Version 4.1.0 PTF U483536 (December 2003)
  • |Infoprint Manager documentation updates
  • |Select packaging
  • |Functional enhancements
  • Release Notes for Version 4.1.0 PTF U486582 (April 2003)
  • Number of error logs reduced
  • Enhanced performance of Infoprint Manager Server in a distributed environment
  • Functional enhancements
  • Release Notes for Version 4.1.0 PTF U484268 (November 2002)
  • Functional enhancements
  • Release Notes for Version 4.1.0 PTF U483882 (August 2002)
  • Release notes for Version 4.1 NLV Refresh
  • Japanese Common Client CD "Contact Us" title garbled
  • How to access the Font Download Feature user's guide
  • Release notes for Version 4.1.0
  • README links
  • Functional enhancements

  • IBM Infoprint Manager for AIX 4.1.0 README

    This README contains the following information:


    General release notes for Infoprint Manager for AIX Version 4 Release 1

    |The following topics have been removed from this file either because |they are now available in another book in the library or because they no |longer apply to the current level of the product.

    |The following information is available in Infoprint Manager for |AIX: Installation Instructions.

    |Note:
    These notes had also been added to the Infoprint Manager for AIX: |Getting Started manual. |
    |

    |The following information is available in Infoprint Manager for |AIX: Getting Started: |

    |"Customizing error logs in the Infoprint Manager server" is |available in IBM Infoprint Manager: Update Guide for PTF U483536 |and PTF UR54088.

    |The following topics have been removed because they no longer apply |to the current level of the product: |

    Restarting secondary servers

    If you are running Infoprint Manager for AIX 4.1 on servers running the AIX 5.x operating system, you must manually restart any Infoprint Manager AIX secondary servers. This situation occurs whenever a secondary AIX server system shuts down, whether because of system failure or planned maintenance.

    If you are migrating to AIX 5.x systems from an earlier level of AIX, you may not need to perform this task. You can check by viewing the /etc/rc.nfs file and checking to see if the line /usr/sbin/mount all appears towards the bottom of the file. If it is not there, you do the following to restart your secondary servers:

    1. On each secondary server, specify the following at an AIX command line: /usr/sbin/mount all
    2. Manually restart each of the secondary servers.

    Infoprint Manager server restriction

    You cannot run Infoprint Manager server (pdserver) processes within the same Infoprint Manager system (namespace) if they are at different levels. This restriction means that Infoprint Manager server processes must be at the same PTF level (for example, 4.1.0.40). If they are at different levels, they are not likely to function properly.

    Server software prerequisites

    You are required to have installed AIX Version 4.3.3 ML009 or higher.

    To ensure correct operation, Infoprint Manager requires that certain components of the AIX operating system be installed on your RS/6000 system. It is up to you to install the base level of these components from your AIX product CD-ROMs before starting the Infoprint Installer for Version 4.1 to add service updates.

    If you want to install the non-DCE version of the Infoprint Manager base, we recommend that you simply run the Infoprint Installer. If you are missing any of the required base AIX filesets for Version 4.1.0, the Installer will list them and direct you to install them from your AIX product CD-ROMs.

    If you want to install the Advanced Security/Scalability feature of the Infoprint Manager base, there are additional requirements. We strongly recommend that you install all the DCE filesets that are required for Infoprint Manager Version 4.1.0 prior to running the Infoprint Installer. You can find a list of the required DCE filesets in the |Infoprint Manager for AIX: Introduction and Planning |Guide.

    To make the installation as easy as possible, the Infoprint Installer will automatically apply service to your AIX software to meet Infoprint Manager prerequisites. This service is needed to ensure that Infoprint Manager will function properly. Be advised, however, that the Installer will not automatically apply service that is hardware specific.

    |Accessing the Publications CD-ROM

    |Use the following procedure to access the publications CD-ROM: |

    1. |Insert the Publications CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. It starts |automatically.
    2. |From the pulldowns for all choices, select Open the collection |index.
    3. |Click OK.
    4. |Because this change does not take effect until you re-insert the CD-ROM, |open the CD-ROM drive and then close it.
    5. |The CD-ROM now opens to the opening page of the publications in |pdf format.
    6. |Scroll down the list of publications, and select the one you want to |view. |

    Viewing the Publications CD-ROM

    The contents of the publications CD are best viewed using Netscape Navigator Version 4.7 or higher, or Internet Explorer Version 5.0 or higher. Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 3.0 can be used to view most PDF files on the CD; however, for larger files, such as the Infoprint Manager: Reference, Acrobat Reader Version 4.0 or higher is required. To download Acrobat Reader, visit the Adobe Web site at http://www.adobe.com.

    Creating AFP Upload actual destinations from the command line

    If you are creating actual destinations for AFP Upload printers, use the "Creating a PSF upload-SNA-attached actual destination" and the "Creating a PSF upload-TCP/IP-attached actual destination" topics in "Chapter 9. Creating and managing actual destinations" of the Infoprint Manager for AIX: Getting Started manual. |The current version of the Infoprint Manager for AIX: |Procedures, (G544-5813-01) manual's "Creating an actual |destination for AFP Upload and print" topic will point to the Infoprint |Manager for AIX: Getting Started manual the next time that book is |published.

    Close both Infoprint Manager Administration GUI and Infoprint Manager Operations GUI before installing any Infoprint Manager PTF

    Be sure to close the Infoprint Manager Administration GUI and the Infoprint Manager Operations GUI before installing any Infoprint Manager PTF to avoid problems with files that need to be replaced.

    Ensure that the Infoprint Manager server and the Infoprint Manager Administration and Operations GUIs are at the same level

    Ensure that the Infoprint Manager server is at the same level or at a higher level of service than the Infoprint Manager Administration GUI or the Infoprint Manager Operations GUI. Otherwise, you may receive error messages like:

    5010-625 Cannot recognize attribute...
    
    Note:
    For this to occur, the Infoprint Manager Administration GUI or the Infoprint Manager Operations GUI would have to be running on a different workstation than the Infoprint AIX server. This situation might occur if you install a new version of a GUI on a workstation and point to a downlevel Infoprint AIX server.

    |Limited user-exit support for Fax and Email DSS

    |Fax and Email destinations support only the input data stream and output |data stream user exits.

    |Ensure Infoprint Manager for AIX runs with ksh88

    |The core of the AIX system is designed to run with ksh88. |The Infoprint Manager server runs as root. While you can have users |running with ksh93, you should not change the shell for root; |it needs to be ksh88.


    |Release Notes for Version 4.1.0 PTF U483536 (December 2003)

    |PTF U483536 (APAR IY31515) contains several enhancements to function, |usability, and reliability. Refer to the "Functional Enhancements" |section for more information. For a summary of the fixes provided with |this PTF, refer to the Service Page of the Infoprint Manager for AIX |4.1 Web site at |http://www.printers.ibm.com/R5PSC.NSF/Web/ip410ser. |To apply this service update, refer to the relevant topic in the | Infoprint Manager for AIX: Installation |Instructions .

    |Infoprint Manager documentation updates

    |With this service update, you will notice the following changes: |

    |Select packaging

    |The Infoprint Select install package has been separated into three smaller, |independent parts, so that you can install only the parts that you |need. This new packaging creates smaller parts that are easier to move |around a network. With this change, you can install the Infoprint |Manager commands and the PSF PPDs independent of Infoprint Select. The |Infoprint Manager commands are also called the pd commands, such as |pdcreate and pdset.

    |Options have been added to the installation portion on the Common Client |CD-ROM, so that you can choose to install each of the packages |separately.

    |The three packages are: |

    |Note:
    If you have a previous version of Infoprint Select that you want to update, |you must install all three packages. |

    |Functional enhancements

    |The following enhancements in function and usability are available with the |December 2003 Infoprint Manager for AIX PTF: |


    Release Notes for Version 4.1.0 PTF U486582 (April 2003)

    PTF U486582 (APAR IY38416) contains several enhancements to function, usability, and reliability. Refer to the "Functional Enhancements" section for more information. For a summary of the fixes provided with this PTF, refer to the Service Page of the Infoprint Manager for AIX 4.1 Web site at http://www.printers.ibm.com/R5PSC.NSF/Web/ip410ser. To apply this service update, refer to Infoprint Manager for AIX: Getting Started.

    Number of error logs reduced

    If you apply PTF U53923, the default number of error logs retained for your Infoprint Manager server, Notification server, and SAP daemons decreases to ten. You can increase or decrease the number of error logs that Infoprint Manager saves, but will need to follow the directions provided | in "Customizing error logs in the Infoprint Manager server" in |IBM Infoprint Manager: Update Guide for PTF U483536 and PTF |UR54088 .

    Enhanced performance of Infoprint Manager Server in a distributed environment

    A distributed environment consists of many Infoprint actual destinations for each print queue. As a general rule, as the number of jobs in a queue or the number of actual destinations on a queue grows, job throughput can slow. Infoprint Manager server (pdserver) has been enhanced in PTF U486582 so that it processes jobs more quickly in a distributed environment if the jobs have a value for the actual-destinations-requested job attribute.

    Functional enhancements

    The following enhancements in function and usability are available with the April 2003 Infoprint Manager for AIX PTF:


    Release Notes for Version 4.1.0 PTF U484268 (November 2002)

    To apply this service update, refer to the Infoprint Manager for AIX: Getting Started manual.

    Functional enhancements

    The following enhancements in function and usability are available with the November 2002 Infoprint Manager for AIX PTF:


    Release Notes for Version 4.1.0 PTF U483882 (August 2002)

    PTF U483882 (APAR IY32135) contains no new functional enhancements. For a summary of the fixes provided with this PTF, refer to the Products Update page of the Infoprint Manager for AIX 4.1 Web site at http://www.printers.ibm.com/R5PSC.NSF/Web/ip410ser.

    To apply this service update, refer to the Infoprint Manager for AIX: Getting Started.


    Release notes for Version 4.1 NLV Refresh

    This update includes translations of the product.

    Japanese Common Client CD "Contact Us" title garbled

    On the Japanese NLV version of the Common Client CD, the title of the "Contact Us" page is not translated, and contains garbled English characters. This will be fixed in a future update of the Common Client CD.

    How to access the Font Download Feature user's guide

    On the Infoprint Manager DBCS Font Downloader Feature, LCD4-5584, access the User's Guide by viewing the CD-ROM contents and clicking on usersguide.pdf. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file.


    Release notes for Version 4.1.0

    Note:
    With the release of the NLV Refresh, the Infoprint Manager for AIX Version 4 Release 1 that was provided on the base CD-ROMs on May 31, 2002 is no longer available; however, these release notes still apply to the Version 4.1 NLV Refresh.

    README links

    On the Infoprint Manager for AIX Page Printer Formatting Feature CD-ROM, access the IBM Page Printer Formatting Aid: User's Guide by viewing the CD-ROM contents and clicking on "usersguide.pdf". You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file.

    Functional enhancements

    Many enhancements in function and usability were made between Version 3.2.0 and Version 4.1.0. Here are the highlights:

    For more information on Infoprint Manager for AIX Version 4.1.0, refer to the Infoprint Manager for AIX: Getting Started and the Infoprint Manager for AIX: Procedures.