CommandPoint Base V4.6.0 Release Notes


Introduction

These release notes support CommandPointTM Base V4.6.0 on systems running DYNIX/ptx® V4.6.0 or later maintenance releases. CommandPoint Base provides a common infrastructure that is required for CommandPoint ADMIN and CommandPoint SVM, and is optional for CommandPoint Clusters and ptx®/Configuration Assistant.

If CommandPoint Base V4.6.0 is not installed, you cannot run the CommandPoint Clusters client GUI on DYNIX/ptx or the JavaTM version of ptx/Configuration Assistant. However, you will still be able to run the CommandPoint Clusters server, the CommandPoint Clusters client GUI on Windows NT®, and the ASCII version of ptx/Configuration Assistant.

CommandPoint Base V4.6.0 provides the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from ptx/JSE V3.0.2, which is based on the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, V1.2.2 from Sun Microsystems®.


System Requirements


Software Requirements

CommandPoint Base V4.6.0 requires the following DYNIX/ptx software. Note that this list includes the minimum versions required; later versions will work as long as they are compatible with the version of DYNIX/ptx on your system.


Disk Space Requirements

Installing CommandPoint Base requires approximately 56 MB.


Install CommandPoint Base

CommandPoint Base is provided on the DYNIX/ptx V4.6.0 Layered Products Software, Volume 2 CD. Other required software for CommandPoint Base (DYNIX/ptx and ptx/XWM) is located on the DYNIX/ptx V4.6.0 and Layered Products Software, Volume 1 CD. CommandPoint Base is installed with the standard ptx/INSTALL installation process. The DYNIX/ptx V4.6.0 and Layered Products Software Installation Release Notes tell how to use ptx/INSTALL to install software on a host running DYNIX/ptx V4.6.0.


Problem Report Summary

There are no open problem reports against CommandPoint Base and no problems existed in CommandPoint Base V4.6.0. If you are having graphical user interface display issues with a Java application supported by CommandPoint Base, refer to the "Common Questions and Answers" section of the ptx/JSE V3.0.2 Release Notes. The subsection "Graphical User Interface Display Issues" provides general information on this topic that may be helpful.