Installing Vital Signs on HPUX

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Download the latest Stable Release

  • Transfer VSIGNS-HPUX-1706.gz binary to /ASKPLUS
  • Check File Integrity Sum
md5sum VSIGNS-HPUX-1706.gz
5c9751eec69924ee8e488290bb2d0131 VSIGNS-UNIX-1706.gz

cksum VSIGNS-HPUX-1706.gz
2795608035 53260 VSIGNS-UNIX-1706.gz

Installing Vital Signs on HPUX

  • Login to HPUX as askplus and unzip/untar VSIGNS-HPUX-1601.gz
gunzip VSIGNS-HPUX-1706.gz
tar -xvf VSIGNS-HPUX-1706


  • Run vsinstall
 cd /ASKPLUS/vsdata
 ./vsinstall
  • Example output :
 Copying sample files ...
 vitalsigns.ini
 vsreload.ini
 Adding vsdata_test to vsrvtcp.ini ...
 Adding vsdata_live to vsrvtcp.ini ...
 Adding vsdata_test_eom to vsrvtcp.ini ...
 Adding vsdata_live_eom to vsrvtcp.ini ...
 Adding vsdata_test_restore to vsrvtcp.ini ...
 Adding vsdata_live_restore to vsrvtcp.ini ...


Copy custom/live files

 cp /ASKPLUS/vsdata/custom/test/* /ASKPLUS/vsdata/custom/live/


Verify Permissions

 chmod 750 /ASKPLUS/vsdata/jobs/*
 chmod 750 /ASKPLUS/vsdata/scripts/vsftp
 chmod 750 /ASKPLUS/vsdata/scripts/vsreload


Setup datachng.sl (.so Itanium)

cp /ASKPLUS/vsdata/datachng.so /ASKPLUS/
chmod 750 /ASKPLUS/datachng.so


Setup Symbolic Link

 login root
 ln -fs /ASKPLUS/vsdata/jobs /VSJOBS
 ls -l /VSJOBS/

Example of output:

 -rwxr-x---   1 askplus    users        11744 Dec 18 16:33 JVSLOAD_GLDATA
 -rwxr-x---   1 askplus    users        21619 Dec 18 16:33 JVSLOAD_HIST
 -rwxr-x---   1 askplus    users        16834 Dec 18 16:33 JVSLOAD_MBRSHLN
 -rwxr-x---   1 askplus    users         6310 Dec 18 16:33 JVSLOAD_OANR
 -rwxr-x---   1 askplus    users        11673 Dec 18 16:33 JVSRELOAD


Initial Configuration

  • Configure the /ASKPLUS/vsdata/vitalsigns.ini with the appropriate entries for your setup

Example :

 FTP_USER=WINDOWSFTPUSER
 FTP_PASSWD=WINDOWSFTPUSERPASSWORD
 FTP_PORT=30600
 VS_PID=`VS_$$`
 VS_HOSTIP=172.17.2.10
 VS_HOSTPORT=30601
 VS_PATH=/YOURCU
 VS_WORKPATH=/var/summit/spectrum/LIVE


  • Review criteria in /ASKPLUS/vsdata/custom/live/vsmacdef


Initial Test Run

  • After installing Vital Signs confirm that there are no issues with the server side extracts
 login bolive
 /VSJOBS/JVSLOAD_HIST CMNDFILE=1
 /VSJOBS/JVSLOAD_HIST
 /VSJOBS/JVSLOAD_MBRSHLN
  • If the extract is successful, you should see the following errors as the Vital Signs Windows server has not been configured yet
 VSFTP INFO - version 1.6
 VSFTP ERROR - VS_HOSTIP is empty or not set in vitalsigns.ini
 VSFTP ERROR Detail - Empty INI Variable
 ...
   /VSJOBS/JVSLOAD_MBRSHLN
   - Error while calling vsftp.


If you need further support please email support@vital-soft.com or call 1-800-848-2576 ext 21