# WASD Install and Update

For version 12.4 release of WASD VMS Web Services.

Published January 2026

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##### Abstract

This document provides detailed installation and update instructions for the WASD Web Services package.

For WASD configuration see WASD Web Services - Configuration

For the more significant features and facilities available with the WASD Web Services package see WASD Web Services - Features

For information on CGI, CGIplus, ISAPI, OSU, etc., scripting, see WASD Web Services - Scripting

And for a description of WASD Web document, SSI and directory listing behaviours and options, WASD Web Services - Environment

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WASD VMS Web Services – Copyright © 1996-2026 Mark G. Daniel

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# Table of Content

1.………………… | New to WASD? Start Here!
1.1………………… | Troubleshooting?
2.………………… | Installation
2.1………………… | Package UNZIP
2.2………………… | Package Directory Structure
2.3………………… | ODS-5 Volume
2.4………………… | Accessible Volume
2.5………………… | Disk Quota
2.6………………… | VMS 6.n
2.7………………… | SYSUAF and RIGHTSLIST
2.8………………… | TCP/IP Infrastructure
2.9………………… | INSTALL.COM Procedure
2.10………………… | Quick-Check
2.11………………… | Local Setup Suggestions
2.12………………… | Reporting Problems
3.………………… | Update
3.1………………… | Package UNZIP
3.2………………… | UPDATE.COM Procedure
3.3………………… | Re-Linking
3.4………………… | Building using MMS
4.………………… | Server Account and Environment
4.1………………… | VMS Server Account
4.2………………… | VMS Scripting Account
4.3………………… | Account Support Files
4.4………………… | Global Pages/Sections
4.5………………… | Logical Names
4.5.1………………… | WASD Name Table
4.6………………… | Server Startup
5.………………… | Other Ways to Deploy
5.1………………… | Server Environments
5.1.1………………… | Ad Hoc Server Wrapper
5.1.2………………… | Formal Environments
5.1.3………………… | Considerations
5.2………………… | Concurrent Installations
5.3………………… | SELECT.COM Procedure
5.4………………… | 0̷BTAIN.COM Procedure
5.5………………… | CLONE.COM Procedure
6.………………… | Index
7.………………… | Attribution and Acknowledgement

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