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2Installation and Initialization  



This chapter provides important information about CDSA installationand initialization.
NoteYou must have the SYSPRV and CMKRNL privileges to initializeCDSA. Users of CDSA applications do not need SYSPRV, but you willlikely need SYSPRV to develop CDSA signed applications and plugins



Table 2-1 lists the currently supported versions of CDSA,and the installation and configuration requirements for the versionsof OpenVMS that support CDSA.

Table 1  CDSA Installation and Configuration Summary
OpenVMS VersionCDSA Version 1.0CDSA Version 2.0
V7.2-2 & V7.3 (See Installation of CDSA on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3 or 7.2-2)
  1. InstallCDSA kit.
  2. Execute this command: @SYS$STARTUP:CDSA$INITIALIZE

  1. InstallCDSA kit.
  2. Execute this command: @SYS$STARTUP:CDSA$UPGRADE

V7.3-1 (See Installation of CDSA on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-1)
  1. CDSAis already installed.
  2. Execute this command: @SYS$STARTUP:CDSA$INITIALIZE

  1. InstallCDSA kit.
  2. Execute this command: @SYS$STARTUP:CDSA$UPGRADE

V7.3-2 (See Installation of CDSA on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2)
V1.0 is not supported
  1. CDSAis already installed.
  2. Execute this command: @SYS$STARTUP:CDSA$UPGRADE


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