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Updated: 11 December 1998

OpenVMS VAX
Version 7.2 Upgrade and
Installation Manual


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3.11 Installing DECnet-Plus Software

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.

Note

If you did not register your OpenVMS VAX license as described in Section 3.9, the procedure displays warning messages that the OpenVMS license must be registered. Be sure to register this license when the installation procedure finishes. For more information, see Appendix B and refer to the OpenVMS License Management Utility 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.

3.16 What to Do Next

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.


Chapter 4
After Installing the OpenVMS VAX Operating System

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:

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

The installation procedure gave you the opportunity to register any software product licenses. If you did not register your OpenVMS VAX license at that time, you must do so before you can use the OpenVMS VAX operating system. You must register the licenses for any of the following System Integrated Products you have purchased:

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

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:

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:

4.5 Configuring and Starting Networking Software

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:

4.5.2 Editing SYSTARTUP_VMS

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:

The following sections describe each method.

Note

Before you use the LIBDECOMP.COM procedure, be sure you are logged in to the SYSTEM account.

4.7.3 Responding to LIBDECOMP.COM Prompts

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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