DECram for OpenVMS Installation Guide


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Appendix A
Supplementary Information

This appendix contains the following information:

A.1 Error Recovery

If errors occur during the installation or when the Installation Verification Procedure (IVP) is running, the failure messages are displayed.

In the case of an IVP failure, you will see one of the following messages:


Problem encountered attempting to create a DECram disk
Problem encountered initializing a DECram disk
Unsuccessful termination of DECram V3.0 IVP

Errors can also occur during the installation if any of the following conditions exist:

For descriptions of the error messages generated by these conditions, see the OpenVMS documentation sections referring to system messages, recovery procedures, and OpenVMS software installation. If you are notified that any of these conditions exist, you should take the appropriate action as described in the message. For information on installation requirements, see the Preparing to Install DECram for OpenVMS section.

A.2 List of Error Messages and Explanations

This section contains a complete listing of error messages and an explanation of what change needs to be made to fix the problem.

A.2.1 DUPINVALID Message

This dupinvalid error occurs if the PRODUCT INSTALL DECRAM command is issued again before a PRODUCT REMOVE DECRAM command. This error is not harmful and should be considered as informational only.


Executing DECRAM specific install procedure... 
%SYSMAN-I-NODERR, error returned from node SABL6 
-STARTUP-E-DUPINVALID, file MDRECOVER.EXE is already in STARTUP table 
 
...90%...100% 
 

A.2.2 DECram Driver Message

This message occurs if the DECRAM device driver is already active on the system. A reboot is required to remove the old driver and install the new driver.


%PCSI-I-IVPEXECUTE, executing test procedure for DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP ... 
Begin DECRAM IVP ... 
-I- A DECRAM driver is already installed. 
-I- The new DECRAM driver was not installed. 
-I- REBOOT to install the new driver. 
-I- After REBOOT, @sys$test:decram$ivp.com local/shared 
End DECRAM IVP ... 
%PCSI-I-IVPSUCCESS, test procedure completed successfully 

A.2.3 NOLICENSE Message

The installation terminates with this error if the license is not installed.


%PCSI-I-PRCOUTPUT, output from subprocess follows ... 
%SYSTEM-F-NOLICENSE, operation requires software license 
%PCSI-E-EXEPRCFAIL, product supplied EXECUTE PRECONFIGURE procedure failed 
-SYSTEM-F-NOLICENSE, operation requires software license 
%PCSI-E-S_OPFAIL, operation failed 
%PCSIUI-E-ABORT, operation terminated due to an unrecoverable error condition 
 

A.2.4 OpenVMS Version Message

This error is returned if the version of OpenVMS on the system is not a minimum of V7.2-1H1.


The following product will be installed to destination: 
    DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP               DISK$SABL6:[VMS$COMMON.] 
 
Minimum OpenVMS software not found on system, abort installation 
 
This kit requires a minimum of OpenVMS version V7.2-1H1. 
Terminating is strongly recommended.  Do you want to terminate? [YES] YES 
 
Portion done: 0% 
%PCSI-E-S_OPCAN, operation cancelled by request 
%PCSIUI-E-ABORT, operation terminated due to an unrecoverable error condition 

A.2.5 IVP Message

The following error occurs if the DECRAM IVP fails for any reason. This failure occurred in the VMS Difference command of the IVP.


 : 
Begin DECRAM IVP ... 
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, MDZ32767 mounted on _$99$MDZ32767: (SABL6) 
 
Device                 Device     Error    Volume       Free    Trans    Mnt 
Name                   Status     Count    Label        Blocks  Count    Cnt 
$99$MDZ32767: (SABL6)  Mounted      0      MDZ32767      169      1       1 
%DIFF-F-OPENIN, error opening MDZ32767:[000000]MDMAN.EXE; as input 
-RMS-E-FNF, file not found 
 
%PCSI-E-IVPFAILURE, test procedure completed with an error status 
-DIFF-F-OPENIN, error opening !AS as input 
%PCSI-E-IVPINSTALL, product is installed, but its verification test has failed 
Do you want to continue? [YES] NO 
 
DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP: DECRAM for OpenVMS requires minimum OpenVMS V7.2-1H1 
 
    See the Installation Guide for information on post installation tasks. 
 
    DECRAM documentation can be found in SYS$HELP:DECRAM* 
 
    Login and type DECRAM HELP at the VMS prompt for help on DECRAM commands. 

A.3 Installed Files

The DECram for OpenVMS installation procedure installs a number of files on your system. The following list contains the names of all the files changed or created during installation. It also provides an explanation for each of the files.

SYS$LIBRARY:DCLTABLES.EXE

This file is changed when you install DECram for OpenVMS Version 3.0 on OpenVMS Operating System Version 7.2-1H1.

SYS$LOADABLE_IMAGES:SYS$MDDRIVER.EXE

(Used on OpenVMS Alpha systems.) These are the files for the DECram for OpenVMS Version 3.0 for OpenVMS device driver (MDDRIVER).

See the Section 1.7 section in this document for a complete list of all of the new files that are installed with the DECram for OpenVMS Version 3.0 software.

A.4 Sample Installation of a Shared DECram Disk

This section contains another sample installation of DECram for OpenVMS Version 3.0. This sample was run on a system that had no previous version of DECram for OpenVMS installed and used OpenVMS Version 7.3.

The sample installation assumes that no users are logged in to the system. Note that the Installation Verification Procedure (IVP) runs automatically at the end of the installation.


$ product install decram 
 
The following product has been selected: 
    DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP               Layered Product 
 
Do you want to continue? [YES] yes 
 
Configuration phase starting ... 
 
You will be asked to choose options, if any, for each selected product and for 
any products that may be installed to satisfy software dependency requirements. 
 
DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP: DECRAM for OpenVMS requires minimum OpenVMS V7.2-1H1 
 
    (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 2001. All rights reserved. 
 
    Compaq Computer Corporation 
 
    This product requires the license PAK DECRAM 
 
Do you want the defaults for all options? [YES] NO 
 
 YES for IVP test in local memory. NO for IVP test in shared memory. [YES] NO 
 
Do you want to review the options? [NO] NO 
 
Execution phase starting ... 
 
The following product will be installed to destination: 
    DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP               SYS$SYSDEVICE:[VMS$COMMON.] 
 
 
Portion done: 0%...10%...20%...50%...60%...70%...80% 
Executing DECRAM specific install procedure... 
 
...90%...100% 
 
The following product has been installed: 
    DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP               Layered Product 
 
%PCSI-I-IVPEXECUTE, executing test procedure for DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP ... 
Begin DECRAM IVP ... 
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, MDZ32767 mounted on _$99$MDZ32767: (SABL6) 
 
Device                  Device       Error    Volume    Free  Trans    Mnt 
 Name                   Status       Count    Label     Blocks Count   Cnt 
$99$MDZ32767: (SABL6)   Mounted       0      MDZ32767    169    1       1 
Number of difference sections found: 0 
Number of difference records found: 0 
 
DIFFERENCES /IGNORE=()/MERGED=1- 
    SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]MDMANAGER.EXE;1- 
    MDZ32767:[000000]MDMANAGER.EXE;1 
 
From SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]MDRECOVER.DAT 
Disk $99$MDZ32767 Size 0 Label MDZ32767 
        Shared memory, persist, noserve, nowritebuffered. 
 
SYS$GALAXY.EXE loaded and running. 
SYS$QIOSERVER*.EXE loaded and running. 
SYS$MDDRIVER.EXE loaded and running. 
 
End DECRAM IVP ... 
 
%PCSI-I-IVPSUCCESS, test procedure completed successfully 
 
DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP: DECRAM for OpenVMS requires minimum OpenVMS V7.2-1H1 
 
    See the Installation Guide for information on post installation tasks. 
 
    DECRAM documentation can be found in SYS$HELP:DECRAM* 
 
    Login and type DECRAM HELP at the VMS prompt for help on DECRAM commands. 

A.5 Removing DECram

The following is an example of a successful removal of the DECram product from the OpenVMS Version 7.3 operating system.


 
$ product remove decram 
 
The following product has been selected: 
    DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP               Layered Product 
 
Do you want to continue? [YES] 
 
The following product will be removed from destination: 
    DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP               SYS$SYSDEVICE:[VMS$COMMON.] 
 
 
Portion done: 0% 
Executing DECRAM specific remove procedure... 
%DELETE-I-FILDEL, SYS$COMMON:[SYSHLP]DECRAM$HELP.HLB;1 deleted (102 blocks) 
%SYSMAN-I-NEWCOMPFIL, current component file is now STARTUP$STARTUP_LAYERED 
...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...100% 
 
The following product has been removed: 
    DEC AXPVMS DECRAM V3.0-0HP               Layered Product 


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