Catalyst Installation Guide

Release notes

1. System Requirements

Operating environment

Workstation requirements (to run interactive products)

Silicon Graphics

Memory

Physical swap space

Media for distribution

Graphics boards

System libraries

Disk space

2. Installing Catalyst

Preparing to install the software

Installing the software

Setting up the chemical database server

Method 1 (configuration without changing system files)

Method 2 (changing system files)

Setting up users and finishing up

Running Catalyst

Starting Catalyst

Miscellaneous setup

Printing graphics

Using online help

Using HipHop and ConFirm

3. Instructions for Installing Catalyst Databases

Extracting databases from media

Installing licensing information

Installing relational data

Configuring the database and finishing up

4. Using Oracle from Catalyst

Requirements

User authentication

Environment variables for user and password

Configuring Oracle

Creating table space in Oracle

CATALYST tablespace

CATUSER tablespace

Create CATALYST_REGISTER table

Setting up users

Modifying Catalyst to use Oracle

Using relational data with purchased databases

Converting locally built databases

Converting StockroomDB from Orion to Oracle

Converting databases from Orion to Oracle

Troubleshooting Oracle

Common errors

Installation tips

Definition of ORACLE_SID

Special Oracle configuration

5. Installing the License File

Introduction

The license file

Starting the license installation menu

Search for licenses on media

Install emailed license

Install previously unselected license

View installed licenses (LM_LICENSE_FILE)

View license verifier results

Turn OFF/ON licensing automation

Frequently asked questions

Bring license daemons up (lmup)

View lmstat -a output

License behavior after installation

Explore unlicensed software programs on an informal trial basis

Additional information on license management