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ND-210166F02 — SIBAS II for ND-100, version F (rev 02)

Status: VERIFIED (transcribed from a complete, 17-page real PD sheet; not yet run live) · Install source: [PD]

Field Value
Part number 210166F02 (source article: 210308F)
Base product ND-210166
Version F, revision 02
Release date 86.09.25
CPU target ND-100
OS requirement SINTRAN III version I or newer; version K if more than 12 SIBAS processes are wanted

Description

The F revision — mostly bug fixes and capacity increases over E (max realms per database raised to ~100 on SIBAS-100/254 on SIBAS-500, max 2GB per realm, more concurrent users, R-log/BIM-log size raised to 65000 pages, SIBAS libraries rewritten in PLANC and consolidated to 3 variants). Databases defined with SIBAS-E or earlier must be converted before use with SIBAS-F — see the conversion procedure below. [PD]

Prerequisites

  • Hardware/OS: ND-100, SINTRAN III version >= I (>= K for > 12 processes). [PD]
  • Mass storage for install: SYSTEM needs 60 pages / 2 files; DIALOG-SYS needs 1100 pages / 16 files (both install and permanent — nothing shrinks after install). [PD]
  • RT-descriptions/segments: max 13, min 2. Segment-file space: 64 + ((no. of SIBAS processes) × 56) pages. [PD]
  • User DIALOG-SYS must exist with exactly that name (not DIALOGUE-SYS or DIALOG-SYSTEM — the installer will not recognize an abbreviation). [PD]
  • All SIBAS processes must be passive; the RT-LOADER must be free.

Distribution media

Floppy volume(s) Density Key contents
210166F02-XX-01D + -02D Double (2 disks) Installer (INST-SIB-100-F02:PROG), program/data segment MODE+BPUN pairs, DBM, DRL, LOOKLOG, service program, SIBLIB 1-bank/2-bank, SIBINTER, error messages, DBCONV
210166F<rev>-XX-01S through -10S Single (10 disks) Same content split across 10 disks — disk 4/5 need the MAKEDRL two-step copy (see below)

Confirmed by downloading the double-density images and reading with ndtool -t — matches the PD sheet's own diskette listing exactly (17 files total across the two double-density disks).

Single-density set also confirmed — disks -02S through -10S (downloaded via NDwiki, imaged by Torfinn "Tingo" Ingolfsen; -01S was not imaged) mount cleanly and match the PD sheet: SIB2-PROG-F02:BPUN/SIB2-DATA-F02:BPUN (02S), SIBAS-SERV-F02:PROG + SIBLIB-1BANK-F02:BRF/ SIBLIB-2BANK-F02:BRF (03S), MAKEDRL-F02:PROG + SIB2-DRL-A-F02:PROG (04S), SIB2-DRL-B-F02:PROG (05S — confirms the two-part DRL split the MAKEDRL two-step process reassembles), SIB2-DBM-100-F02:PROG (06S), SIBINTER-F00:PROG (07S), UE-ERMSG-EN-B04:ERR/UE-ERMSG-NO-B04:ERR (08S), SIB2-LOOKLOG-F00:PROG/ SIB2-DBCONV-F02:PROG (09S), SIB2-DPA-F00:PROG (10S, not previously listed on this page — a "Data Page Analysis" or similar utility, not covered by the PD sheet's own text, name only).

Installation procedure — installer-driven (recommended path)

Source: PD sheet §6 "Installation Using the Installation Program", verbatim. [PD]

  1. Log in as SYSTEM, insert the first floppy, and set it as the default directory: 
    %ENTER-DIRECTORY,210166F
:DISK-DIRECTORY
%SET-DEF-DIR 210166F
  2. Run the installer: 
    @(210166F:FL-U)INST-SIB-100-F
  3. Answer its questions (real text from the PD sheet):
    • "What do you want to do, Install or Change (type I or C)?" — Install reads all SIBAS files from the diskettes and defines the SIBAS-F processes; Change reloads/reconfigures an existing install (an Install must already have been done).
    • "How many SIBAS processes do you want (1 to 12)?"
    • "Which process do you want to be the first (0 to nn)?"
    • "On which seg-file is SIBAS to be loaded (default: 0)?" — CR usually works; if a later mode-file run reports the seg-file full, re-run the installer with "Change" and pick another (list defined seg-files with @LIST-FILES SEGFILE from SYSTEM).
    • "On which directory do you want to give user DIALOG-SYS space?" — CR if DIALOG-SYS already exists with enough free space; otherwise name a directory with enough space.
    • "Which floppy station and unit are you going to use?"
    • "Do you want to copy SIBAS library-files to user SYSTEM?" — YES copies SIBLIB-1BANK-Fxx/SIBLIB-2BANK-Fxx to SYSTEM.
    • "Do you want to dump <file> reentrant (default YES/NO)?" — CR lets the installer decide if unsure.
    • "Do you want to copy <file> to user SYSTEM (default YES/NO)?"
    • "Do you want to run the mode files SIB2-PROG-F:MODE and SIB2-DATA-F:MODE?" — YES installs with default system locations; NO if you need to edit system locations first (see "Configuration" below), then run SIB2-PROG-Fxx:MODE yourself from RT or SYSTEM afterward.
  4. Critical reminder, applies regardless of path chosen: a copy of SIB2-DRL-100-F:PROG must always reside on user DIALOG-SYS.

Installation procedure — manual path (no installer)

Source: PD sheet §7, verbatim. [PD]

  1. Checking: DIALOG-SYS exists with >= 1100 free pages (create it if not); SIBAS-F may coexist with SIBAS-E processes; all target SIBAS processes are passive (use SET-PASSIVE in SIBAS-SERVICE if not); RT-LOADER is free; enough free segments (one data segment per SIBAS process, plus one shared program segment); RT-common has >= 1/2 Kword per process; seg-file has enough space.
  2. Copy all floppy files to DIALOG-SYS. On single-density media, SIB2-DRL-100-F<rev> must instead be reconstructed via the MAKEDRL two-step process: 
    (mount disk 4, directory 210166F<rev>-XX-04S)
copy MAKEDRL-F<rev>:PROG to (DIALOG-SYS)
ØMAKEDRL-F 1
(release disk 4; mount disk 5, directory 210166F<rev>-XX-05S)
ØMAKEDRL-F 2
(delete MAKEDRL-F<rev>:PROG; release disk 5)
  3. Edit SIB2-DATA-F<rev>:MODE if any system location needs changing (I/O device numbers, RT-common index, restart-area size, max calls/security-breaks/remembered-records limits, LAMU page/size, direct-transfer flag — the PD sheet gives the full symbol table with default octal values, e.g. Y.IUTDV = input device for the error device, Y.MYSIFLG = SIBAS process number). Then run SIB2-PROG-F:MODE from SYSTEM or RT to load the process.

Configuration / post-install

  • Add MODE SIB2-PROG:MODE to (SYSTEM)HENT-MODE:MODE so SIBAS reloads on every cold start — see ../../../OS/SINTRAN-BOOT-AND-MODE-FILES-GUIDE.md for the general cold-start pattern this plugs into.
  • Update the DUMP-PROGRAM-REENTRANT entries for the SIBAS utility programs in the same cold-start chain.

Converting an older (SIBAS-E or earlier) database to F

Source: PD sheet, verbatim. [PD]

  1. Verify the database is consistent first (SIB2-DBM-Exx, VERIFY mode).
  2. Take a full backup.
  3. From the user owning the database (or a user with RWC access), run (DIALOG-SYS)SIB2-DBCONV-F<rev>:PROG, driven from a mode file so output can be checked: 
    (DIALOG-SYS)SIB2-DBCONV-F
FUNCTEST        <- name of DB owner (required)
FUNCBASE        <- name of database (required)
SCRATCH:SYMB    <- scratch file name; CR gives a default; must be an INDEXED file, not contiguous
    run as MODE CONVDB:MODE,"CONVDB:OUT".
  4. Conversion runs at roughly 20-100 MB/hour (slower with more defined sets) and removes any defined R-LOG and/or BIM-LOG — reinitialize both after conversion.
  5. Re-verify with SIB2-DBM-F<rev> and take a fresh full backup.

Documentation

Provenance & open items

  • Source: single, complete 17-page OCR'd PD-sheet scan.
  • TODO: this install has not been run live in the emulator.

Parent: ../README.md (ND-210166 product overview)