Document revision date: 19 July 1999

If you chose to install DECnet-Plus, the procedure will now install it. The procedure displays messages similar to the following and prompts you for information it needs to install DECnet-Plus.

DECnet-Plus will now be installed. Media containing the DECnet-Plus kit must be available. If you are installing OpenVMS from an InfoServer (DAD1) or local CD-ROM, there is a DECnet-Plus kit on the CD-ROM. If you are installing from a cartridge tape (TK50) or from an open reel tape, you should have a DECnet-Plus kit on cartridge tape or open reel tape. An appropriate DECnet-Plus kit may also be available on the Consolidated Distribution CD-ROM, or you may have a separate DECnet-Plus kit. NOTE: You may choose any available media for the DECnet-Plus kit. It is NOT NECESSARY to use the same type of media that is contained in the OpenVMS kit. If you do not have a DECnet-Plus kit available, or if you have decided NOT to install/upgrade DECnet-Plus, you can bypass the DECnet-Plus installation by entering "EXIT" for the "name of drive holding the DECnet-Plus kit". * Enter name of drive holding the DECnet-Plus kit: dkb200 * Is DKB200: ready to be mounted? [N] y The following product has been selected: DEC VAXVMS DECNET_OSI V7.2 Layered Product 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 VAXVMS DECNET_OSI V7.2: DECnet-Plus V7.2 for OpenVMS VAX Copyright © Digital Equipment Corporation 1999. All rights reserved. Digital Equipment Corporation This product requires one of two PAKs: DVNETEND or DVNETRTG. Do you want the defaults for all options? [YES] Do you want to review the options? [NO] yes DEC VAXVMS DECNET_OSI V7.2: DECnet-Plus V7.2 for OpenVMS VAX DEC VAXVMS VMS V7.2 [Installed] VAX P.S.I. or P.S.I. Access software: NO VAX Wide Area Device Drivers: NO DECdns Server software: NO DECdts Server software: NO Are you satisfied with these options? [YES] Execution phase starting ... The following product will be installed: DEC VAXVMS DECNET_OSI V7.2 Layered Product Portion done: 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...80%...90%...100% The following product has been installed: DEC VAXVMS DECNET_OSI V7.2 Layered Product

To complete the installation procedure, continue to the next section, Section 3.12.

3.12 Running AUTOGEN

The remaining portion of the installation procedure runs AUTOGEN to evaluate your hardware configuration and estimate typical work loads. AUTOGEN then sets system parameters, the sizes of page, swap, and dump files, and the contents of VMSIMAGES.DAT. When AUTOGEN finishes and you reboot your system, the installation procedure is complete.

The installation procedure displays messages similar to the following:

Running AUTOGEN to compute the new SYSTEM parameters ... %AUTOGEN-I-BEGIN, GETDATA phase is beginning. %AUTOGEN-I-NEWFILE, A new version of SYS$SYSTEM:PARAMS.DAT has been created. You may wish to purge this file. %AUTOGEN-I-END, GETDATA phase has successfully completed. . . . %AUTOGEN-I-BEGIN, REBOOT phase is beginning.

If you need to create or modify the size of the pagefile or swapfile, use the SYSMAN utility. For more information, refer to the OpenVMS System Manager's Manual: Essentials.

3.13 Rebooting the System

After AUTOGEN finishes, the system shuts down, displaying messages similar to the following:

The system is shutting down to allow the system to boot with the generated site-specific parameters and installed images. The system will automatically reboot after the shutdown and the upgrade will be complete. SHUTDOWN -- Perform an Orderly System Shutdown

3.13.1 Rebooting the System Manually

If the system does not reboot automatically, reboot the system manually.

For example, if you have a VAX--11/780 computer and the system disk is on an RA60 disk drive with a unit number of 1, enter the following command and press Return:

>>> B DUA1

After the system reboots, a message similar to the following is displayed:

***************************************************************** OpenVMS VAX V7.2 You have SUCCESSFULLY installed the OpenVMS VAX Operating System. The system is now executing the STARTUP procedure. Please wait for the completion of STARTUP before logging in to the system. *****************************************************************

For more information about booting, refer to the upgrade and installation supplement for your VAX computer, then return to this manual.

The system next displays informational messages and accounting information indicating that your OpenVMS VAX operating system is running. For example:

%SET-I-INTSET, login interactive limit = 64, current interactive value = 0 SYSTEM job terminated at 13-NOV-1998 13:58:16.1 Accounting information: Buffered I/O count: 859 Peak working set size: 565 Direct I/O count: 478 Peak virtual size: 2570 Page faults: 5003 Mounted volumes: 0 Charged CPU time: 0 00:00:19.33 Elapsed time: 0 00:00:41.24

At this time, you can log in to the SYSTEM account (so you can perform postinstallation tasks), as described in the following sections.

3.14 Logging in to the SYSTEM Account by Means of a Character Cell Terminal

Log in to a character cell terminal by entering the user name SYSTEM followed by the password. The display is similar to the following:

Welcome to OpenVMS VAX V7.2 Username: SYSTEM Password: . . . Welcome to OpenVMS VAX Version V7.2

(If you forget your password, follow the instructions in the OpenVMS System Manager's Manual: Essentials to perform an emergency startup.)

3.15 Logging in to the SYSTEM Account by Means of a Workstation

If you installed the DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS VAX software on your workstation, do the following after the login window displays on your screen:

1. Enter the user name SYSTEM followed by the password.
2. Click on the OK button.

After you have successfully installed the OpenVMS VAX operating system and logged in to the SYSTEM account, you must perform certain postinstallation tasks before you can use the system. For complete information, go to Chapter 4.

After you have installed the OpenVMS VAX operating system, you need to perform several important tasks to prepare the system for operation. This chapter describes the following postinstallation tasks in the order you perform them:

• Verifying system time
• Registering licenses
• Backing up your system disk
• Customizing your system
• Configuring and starting networking software
• Testing the system
• Decompressing system libraries
• Removing unwanted files
• Installing layered products
• Backing up the customized system disk
• Running AUTOGEN
• Completing the postinstallation checklist

If you are an experienced system manager, you can use the checklist at the end of the chapter to complete the necessary postinstallation tasks.

If you are a system manager with less OpenVMS VAX experience, you should read the entire chapter and then use the checklist to make sure you have completed all the postinstallation tasks.

4.1 Verifying System Time

During the installation, the procedure prompted you to enter the date and time. Now that you have installed your system, verify that the system time is correct by entering the following command:

$ SHOW TIME

The system displays the date and time. If the time is not correct, reset it by entering the command SET TIME using the following format:

SET TIME=dd-mmm-yyyy:hh:mm:ss

For example:

$ SET TIME=13-NOV-1998:18:35:30

4.2 Registering Your Licenses

• VAXcluster
• OpenVMS RMS Journaling
• Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS

You must also register the licenses for any of the following DECnet products you have purchased:

• DECnet-Plus
• DECnet Phase IV

For step-by-step instructions about registering licenses, refer to the OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual and see Appendix B in this manual.

4.3 Backing Up Your System Disk

After you install the operating system, protect your work by making a backup copy of the system disk in case you have any problems during customization.

Compaq recommends that you perform the following operations:

• Make a standalone BACKUP kit on the system disk and on removable media.
• Perform a standalone BACKUP of your system disk.

In addition to backing up the system disk now before you customize it, you should back up your system disk again after you successfully complete your customization tasks.

For complete information about backup operations, refer to the upgrade and installation supplement for your VAX computer.

4.4 Customizing the System

You can customize the system to meet your site-specific needs. In addition, if your VAX computer is part of a VAXcluster environment, you must prepare the cluster environment and configure the cluster.

For instructions on customizing the system, read the following documentation:

• The chapter on booting in the upgrade and installation supplement for your VAX computer. This chapter explains the different ways to boot the system. It also tells you how to shut down the system.
• If the computer is part of a VAXcluster environment, the OpenVMS Cluster Systems Manual for further information about setting up a cluster.
• The release notes, for notes and restrictions that might be relevant to your customization plans.
• The OpenVMS System Manager's Manual: Essentials for instructions on customizing and using your system. It contains information about the following tasks:
  • Editing the template files SYCONFIG.COM, SYLOGICALS.COM, SYLOGIN.COM, and SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM
  • Starting the queue manager and creating a queue database. (If you are installing on a VAXcluster system with multiple system disks, refer to the OpenVMS Cluster Systems for additional instructions.)
  • Setting up user accounts
  • Adjusting system parameters
• If you plan to use either the DECnet-Plus product or the DECnet Phase IV product included on the OpenVMS VAX Version 7.2 kit, read Section 4.5 and perform the steps described there. If you are installing the DECnet-Plus software, also refer to the DECnet-Plus installation and configuration documentation.
• If you installed DECwindows support software, there are several steps you must take to customize your DECwindows environment. Depending on your configuration, these tasks might include:
  • Customizing the server startup
  • Using the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) as a DECwindows transport
  • Using transports for DECwindows other than those supplied by Compaq
  
  See Chapter 9 for complete instructions for customizing your DECwindows support software.
• If you installed the optional OpenVMS Management Station files, see Appendix G for information about preparing your OpenVMS system and your PC to use this application.

In local area and mixed-interconnect VAXcluster systems, DECnet software provides both system management functions and cluster communications, such as remote booting operations. DECnet software ensures that system managers can access all VAXcluster computers from a single terminal.

You can use the DECnet-Plus or DECnet Phase IV software included on the OpenVMS VAX Version 7.2 kit. Both of these products require that you run a configuration procedure to configure the network. If you choose to run the DECnet Phase IV product, you must also edit your system startup file as described in Section 4.5.2.

4.5.1 Configuring Your System

After you have registered your DECnet license, execute one of the following interactive configuration procedures:

• For the DECnet Phase IV software, run SYS$MANAGER:NETCONFIG.COM. (Refer to the DECnet for OpenVMS Guide to Networking for more information.)
• For the DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS layered product, run SYS$MANAGER:NET$CONFIGURE.COM. (Refer to the DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Installation and Basic Configuration manual for more information.)

If you plan to run DECnet-Plus, you do not need to edit this file because DECnet will start automatically.

If you plan to run DECnet Phase IV, after you start the queue manager, edit the commands in SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM that pertain to networking, so that DECnet starts automatically when you boot the system. Choose one of the following commands to start the network and remove the comment delimiter (!) from that command:

$! IF F$SEARCH("SYS$SYSTEM:NETACP.EXE") .NES. "" THEN @SYS$MANAGER:STARTNET $! IF F$SEARCH("SYS$SYSTEM:NETACP.EXE") .NES. "" THEN SUBMIT SYS$MANAGER:STARTNET.COM

Both of the previous commands perform the same task. However, the first command executes STARTNET.COM and delays further processing until the procedure is completed; the second submits STARTNET.COM to a batch queue and continues executing SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM. If you plan to run both DECnet Phase IV and DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS VAX, you must also edit SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM to add a comment delimiter (!) immediately following the dollar-sign ($) in the DEFINE DECW$IGNORE_DECNET command as follows:

$! DEFINE DECW$IGNORE_DECNET TRUE

If you are not going to start DECnet Phase IV or have not yet started it, this command tells DECwindows not to wait for DECnet.

4.6 Testing the System with UETP

The User Environment Test Package (UETP) is a software package designed to test whether the OpenVMS VAX operating system is installed correctly. As part of the postinstallation procedure, Compaq recommends that you run UETP to verify the installation.

Note that UETP needs at least 1200 free blocks on the system disk and is available only if you installed the optional save set VMS072.D. If you did not install the optional save set, you can add the UETP files to your system using VMSTAILOR.

For information about using VMSTAILOR, see Chapter 10.

For complete information about using UETP, refer to the OpenVMS System Manager's Manual.

4.7 Decompressing the System Libraries

Decompressing the system libraries gives the system faster access to them. You can decompress all the system libraries or just some of them. You use the LIBDECOMP.COM procedure to decompress the libraries.

4.7.1 Determining Disk Space

To find out how much disk space you have, enter the following command and press Return:

$ SHOW DEVICE SYS$SYSDEVICE

The additional amount of disk space required to decompress all the system libraries is about 13,500 blocks.

Table 4-1 gives the approximate number of blocks consumed by each library after decompression.

Table 4-1 Sizes of Decompressed System Libraries

Library	Blocks	Library	Blocks
HELPLIB.HLB	9108	EDFHLP.HLB	102
STARLET.OLB	8442	TPUHELP.HLB	1038
VAXCCURSE.OLB	102	ACLEDT.HLB	102
VAXCRTL.OLB	477	INSTALHLP.HLB	102
VAXCRTLG.OLB	102	LATCP$HELP.HLB	240
DECCCURSE.OLB	102	MNRHELP.HLB	102
DECCRTL.OLB	183	PATCHHELP.HLB	102
DECCRTLG.OLB	102	PHONEHELP.HLB	102
ERFLIB.TLB	105	SDA.HLB	111
STARLETSD.TLB	4800	SHWCLHELP.HLB	150
MAILHELP.HLB	273	SYSGEN.HLB	393
EDTHELP.HLB	231	TECO.HLB	102
DBG$UIHELP.HLB	408	UAFHELP.HLB	372
DBG$HELP.HLB	1986	EVE$HELP.HLB	1197
EXCHNGHLP.HLB	117	EVE$KEYHELP.HLB	147
NCPHELP.HLB	537	STARLET.MLB	2502
ANLRMSHLP.HLB	102	LIB.MLB	2229
DISKQUOTA.HLB	102

4.7.2 Methods of Using LIBDECOMP.COM

You can use the LIBDECOMP.COM procedure to decompress libraries in three ways:

• Entering a command and responding to prompts from the procedure
• Entering an interactive command
• Entering a batch command

The following sections describe each method.

If you want to decompress libraries by responding to prompts from the LIBDECOMP.COM procedure, do the following:

1. Enter the following command and then press Return:

   $ @SYS$UPDATE:LIBDECOMP.COM

   
   The following information is displayed:

   OpenVMS Library Decompression Utility 1 HELPLIB.HLB 14 NCPHELP.HLB 27 PHONEHELP.HLB 2 STARLET.OLB 15 SDA.HLB 28 LIB.MLB 3 ACLEDT.HLB 16 SHWCLHELP.HLB 29 STARLET.MLB 4 ANLRMSHLP.HLB 17 SYSGEN.HLB 30 STARLETSD.TLB 5 DBG$HELP.HLB 18 ANALAUDIT$HELP.HLB 31 SYS$STARLET_C.TLB 6 DBG$UIHELP.HLB 19 SYSMANHELP.HLB 32 ERFLIB.TLB 7 DISKQUOTA.HLB 20 TFF$TFUHELP.HLB 33 SYS$LIB_C.TLB 8 EDFHLP.HLB 21 EXCHNGHLP.HLB 34 VAXCCURSE.OLB 9 INSTALHLP.HLB 22 TPUHELP.HLB 35 VAXCRTL.OLB 10 LATCP$HELP.HLB 23 EVE$HELP.HLB 36 VAXCRTLD.OLB 11 MAILHELP.HLB 24 EVE$KEYHELP.HLB 37 VAXCRTLT.OLB 12 MNRHELP.HLB 25 UAFHELP.HLB 38 IMAGELIB.OLB 13 EDTHELP.HLB 26 TECO.HLB 39 VMS$VOLATILE_PRIVATE_INTERFACES.OLB A ALL libraries to be decompressed E EXIT this procedure * Enter letter or number(s) of libraries to be decompressed (Separate multiple entries with a comma):

2. Enter the appropriate letter or the numbers of the libraries you want to decompress. To decompress all libraries, the process takes approximately one-half hour.

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