Last Update: 22/12/98

                  VLT-SW-OCT98 - INSTALLATION 
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The following remarks came from the installation performed in Paranal 
and on other ESO and non-ESO sites. They are mainly typos or minor errors. 
The required ones are labeled * * * MANDATORY * * *.

They will be fixed with the next release. When relevant, patched files are 
provided under "patched files"


VLT-MAN-ESO-17200-0642, issue 1.10 - VLT Common Software Installation Manual

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p.21 3.3.2 Add users and Group

USER EXISTENCE:
 The proper behavior of the message system (valid for full CCS & CCS_Lite) 
 requires that the owners of the processes sending and receiving commands & 
 replies are both existing as Unix users (entry in /etc/passwd) on both
 sides of the communication channel. 

If you have more than one machine, please define ALL users on i
ALL machines.
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p.25 3.5.1 last sentence: "Please refere to ... for more.

In the hurry of completing the release, a Release Note concerning
the Standard Environment was forgotten. Il will be made available 
in January99.
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p.26 3.6.2 Populate ...

Please remove this section. It is a left over from a cut&paste.
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p.27 3.6.6 RTAP

NOV97: add the following:
 - reinstall the RtapLicServer, now extended until 2000/01/31
   If any, kill existing RtapLicServer, to be sure that is the new one 
   running.
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p.28 3.6.9

Add the following at the end of the section:

NOV97: remove the current /midas and regenerate.
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p.28 3.7

in   "2. login again"    remove "(if not.....)"
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p.32 3.8.3   click "Quit" (lower left) --> (lover right)

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p.34 3.9  2.Check ....

Remove from "To use it: $ cd ....   $ compat"
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p.34 3.9  3.regenerate existing environments
Because /vlt/data has been changed into /vltdata, please:
  - update RtapEnvList
  - update /etc/syslog.conf
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p.35 4. last paragraph:

user called "ccsuser"   --->  user called "vlt"
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p.38 4.3 last paragraph:

user called "ccsuser"   --->  user called "vlt"
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p.40 INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING ACC DATABASE
		       
With NOV97 the internal format of some table has been changed.
The procedure is correct for a new installation, but use the patched
file: accData.sql  that replaces    <VLTSW>/examples/accData.sql

If you are already using the VLTSW, please convert the old SQL data sources
by adding three empty fields to each prog_environment record:

   from: INSERT INTO prog_environment VALUES (.....,0 ) \g
     to: INSERT INTO prog_environment VALUES (.....,'','','',0 ) \g

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p.42 4.4.1 
CCS(RTAP) --->  CCS (both RTAP and Lite)
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p.43 4.4.2 3.b.
Add the following: set file ownership and protection:
	    chown vlt /vltdata/tmp/logFile  /vltdata/tmp/logAuto
	    chgrp vlt /vltdata/tmp/logFile  /vltdata/tmp/logAuto
	    chmod 666 /vltdata/tmp/logFile  /vltdata/tmp/logAuto
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p.43 4.4.2 4.a. 

NOV97: before configuring crontab for "vlt", remove the logVLTBackup 
       from "vltmgr" crontab  

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p.44 4.4.3 1. remove "(e.g., added to vlt.cshrc)"
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p.44 4.4.3 3. execute this step as "vlt"
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p.45 4.4.4 8   windoes --> windowes
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p.47  ".... ....  2226"  ---> " ....  ...  2301"
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p.49 4.4.9
"The scenario ......... WS application..." --->
"In the next scenario a WS application..."
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p.52  " RtapShutDown -e <wsenv>"  ---> " vccEnvStop -e <wsenv>"
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