Updated: 11 December 1998

OpenVMS VAX
Version 7.2 Upgrade and
Installation Manual

E
Editing startup files
Error formatter (ERRFMT)
stopped during an upgrade
Errors during installation
license messages
Errors during upgrades
cluster hang during shutdown
console update
while entering device code
EXPECTED_VOTES parameter
setting for rolling upgrade
F
Factory installed software
See FIS
Feedback data
checking before an upgrade
FIELD account
setting passwords
FIS (Factory installed software)
H
Hardware
supported
Help Message save set
contents
Help Message utility
installing #1
installing #2
Hierarchical Storage Controller (HSC)
See HSC
HSC (Hierarchical Storage Controller)
device format for an installation
device format for an upgrade
names
HSx
displaying name of
preparing for installations
HSx device
definition
I
InfoServer devices
booting Standalone BACKUP
creating the system disk from
Initial software load (ISL)
See ISL
Installation
of layered products #1
of layered products #2
Installation procedure
booting standalone BACKUP
booting system disk after transferring required save set
computer-specific instructions
rebooting the system
registering licenses
registering OpenVMS VAX license
running AUTOGEN
See also Postinstallation tasks; Preinstallation tasks
selecting default windowing system
selecting optional components
setting passwords
tasks performed by
time zones
when to use #1
when to use #2
Installing
DECwindows software
optional components
Installing the operating system
cautions and restrictions
information needed for VAXcluster systems
preparing for
recording log of
VMSINSTAL option G warning
ISL (initial software load)
booting
K
Keyboards
customizing
layout
DECwindows keymap
model numbers
Keymap names
determining
KFQSA controller
upgrade requirement
L
Layered products
availability of
effect of upgrade on
installing after OpenVMS VAX installation
installing after upgrade
LIBDECOMP.COM procedure
running after an upgrade
LIBDECOMP.COM (procedure to decompress system libraries)
Libraries
decompressing after an installation
decompressing after an upgrade
Library save set
contents
installing #1
installing #2
License Management facility
See LMF
License Unit Requirement Table
See LURT
Licenses
error messages
registering after an installation
registering during an installation #1
registering during an installation #2
required for upgrades
See also LMF; PAK
types of #1
types of #2
Limits
minimum values
LMF (License Management facility)
error messages
example of registration
license registration procedure
system integrated product licenses
using during an installation
Volume Shadowing software
Local Area VAXcluster
information needed to install
upgrade requirements
Local drives
Log
for installation
LURT (License Unit Requirement Table)
M
Magnetic tape kit
contents
Manual boot
after running AUTOGEN
during an upgrade #1
during an upgrade #2
enabling for an upgrade
Memory requirements
restrictions
MicroVAX computers
booting from [SYS0]
booting from [SYSF] #1
booting from [SYSF] #2
Migration support
Minimum startup
configuring devices after
setting before an upgrade
Mixed-architecture OpenVMS Cluster systems
Mixed-interconnect VAXcluster
information needed to install
upgrade requirements
Mixed-version cluster
upgrading to
Mixed-version OpenVMS Cluster systems
MODPARAMS.DAT (parameter file)
entering parameters in
modifying
modifying values
Monochrome workstations
Multiversion upgrade
N
NETCONFIG.COM procedure
running after an installation
Network
requirements for an upgrade
restriction on upgrades
See also DECnet for OpenVMS
Networks
configuring the system for
NEW_OVER files
NEW_UNDER files
O
OPCOM
stopped during an upgrade
OpenVMS library files
choosing during an upgrade
OpenVMS Management Station
installing #1
installing #2
postupgrade tasks
OpenVMS optional components
See Optional components
OpenVMS RMS Journaling license
registering after an installation
OpenVMS VAX distribution media
loading
OpenVMS VAX license
registering after an installation
OpenVMS versions
computer support
required for upgrades
Operator logs
effect of upgrades on
Optional components
choosing
installing on alternate disks
installing with DECW$TAILOR
installing with VMSTAILOR
selecting
selecting during an installation
selecting during an upgrade
sizes
Optional save set
contents
installing #1
installing #2
upgrading
Output
saving from installation
P
Page and swap files
locating
Page files
checking size #1
checking size #2
controlling size of
modifying size #1
modifying size #2
purged during an upgrade
recommended location
size required for an upgrade
PAK (Product Authorization Key)
registering after an installation
registering during installation
Passwords
for system accounts
setting during installation
forgotten #1
forgotten #2
minimum length
modifying during upgrade procedure
requirements
Phase 1 of upgrade procedure
Phase 2 of upgrade procedure
Phase 3 of upgrade procedure
Phase 4 of upgrade procedure
Phase 5 of upgrade procedure
Phase 6 of upgrade procedure
Postinstallation tasks
adjusting system parameters
backing up the system disk #1
backing up the system disk #2
configuring DECnet
creating standalone BACKUP
customizing DECwindows support software
customizing the system
decompressing system libraries
editing startup procedures
installing layered products
registering licenses
removing unwanted system files
running UETP
setting up user accounts
tuning the system with AUTOGEN
Postupgrade tasks
adding and removing files
backing up console media
backing up system disk
changing MODPARAMS.DAT
checking system file sizes
creating standalone BACKUP
customizing DECwindows support
decompressing system libraries
examining command procedure templates
increasing space on the system disk
installing layered products
modifying size of dump file
modifying size of page file
modifying size of swap file
purging system files
replacing SYSUAF.DAT
replacing VMS$AUDIT_SERVER.DAT
running AUTOGEN
running UETP
tuning the system with AUTOGEN
updating console media
using VMSTAILOR
Preinstallation tasks
collecting information
determining HSx name
preparing for VAXcluster environments
preparing tape drives
software and hardware components
Preupgrade tasks
analyzing and repairing the system disk
backing up console media
backing up the system disk
checking page file size
configuring devices
creating standalone BACKUP
preparing DECnet for OpenVMS
preparing the system disk
preventing interactive logins
running AUTOGEN
setting system parameters
stopping queues
Printer
recording installation on
Products (VMSINSTAL)
specifying for an upgrade
PURGE command
Purging system files

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