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OpenVMS VAX
Version 7.2 Upgrade and
Installation Manual


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10.2.3 Removing DECwindows Files

To remove DECwindows files from the system disk, do the following:

  1. Log in to the SYSTEM account.
  2. Type the following command, and press Return:


    $ RUN SYS$UPDATE:DECW$TAILOR
    

    DECW$TAILOR displays information about the DECW$TAILOR program and displays the following message:


    Do you want to tailor files "ON" or "OFF"? 
    

  3. Type OFF to remove unwanted files, and press Return.
    The DECW$TAILOR program lists each group, or class, of files and its size in blocks. Files are grouped according to their function. For example, all the files required for DECwindows device support are in one class. A file class is made up of many small subclasses. You can eliminate an entire class of files, or you can eliminate one or more of its subclasses. For example:


    CLASS - DECwindows workstation support files 
              Size of entire class (with subclasses): 14301 
              Size of common files required for any subclass: 8937 
              Do you wish to select the entire class (default = NO)? 
       .
       .
       .
    

  4. Decide which file classes or subclasses you need to add. DECW$TAILOR displays step-by-step instructions. Follow these instructions to specify which of the classes or subclasses you want to remove.
  5. DECW$TAILOR deletes the files you selected and displays the names of those files. If you deleted device support files, the system automatically shuts down and reboots.

Caution

To cancel DECW$TAILOR during the first and second phases, press Ctrl/C, Ctrl/Y, or Ctrl/Z. Canceling DECW$TAILOR during the third phase can cause a partially tailored disk.

For a description of each phase, see Section 10.2.1.

10.2.4 Adding DECwindows Files

To install DECwindows device support and font files after the OpenVMS VAX installation or to add optional DECwindows files that you previously chose not to install or that you removed, do the following:

  1. Log in to the SYSTEM account.
  2. Load the OpenVMS VAX distribution media containing the DECwindows save sets in a drive available to your system. For example, if your distribution media is a TK50 tape cartridge, load the second tape cartridge into a TK50 drive that is available to the system. Make sure the drive is on line and ready.
    If you are adding files from a compact disc on an InfoServer, first determine whether the SYSGEN parameter SCSNODE is defined on your system (see Section 5.5) or start the DECnet software, and then refer to step 2 of Section 7.2 in Chapter 7.
  3. Enter the following command, and press Return:


    $ RUN SYS$UPDATE:DECW$TAILOR
    

    DECW$TAILOR displays information about the DECW$TAILOR program, and displays the following message:


    Do you want to tailor files "ON" or "OFF"? 
    

  4. Type ON to add files, and press Return.
    The DECW$TAILOR program lists each group, or class, of files and its size in blocks. Files are grouped according to their function. For example, all the files required for DECwindows device support are in one class. A file class is made up of many small subclasses. You can add an entire class of files, or you can add one or more of its subclasses. For example:


    CLASS - DECwindows workstation support files 
              Size of entire class (with subclasses): 14301 
              Size of common files required for any subclasses: 8937 
              Do you wish to select the entire class (default = NO)? 
       .
       .
       .
    

  5. Decide which file classes or subclasses you do not need to support your system. The DECW$TAILOR program displays step-by-step instructions. Follow these instructions to specify which of the classes or subclasses you want to add.
  6. DECW$TAILOR installs the files you selected and displays the names of those files. If you added device support files, the system automatically shuts down and reboots.

Caution

To cancel DECW$TAILOR during the first and second phases, press Ctrl/C, Ctrl/Y, or Ctrl/Z. Canceling DECW$TAILOR during the third phase can cause a partially tailored disk. For a description of each phase, see Section 10.2.1.

After adding files to the system disk, apply any updates that affect them. For example, suppose you delete the Version 7.2 DECwindows 100 dots/inch video font files. Later on, you are able to use the 100 dots/inch fonts, so you run DECW$TAILOR to return the files to the system disk. You must then apply any OpenVMS VAX update that has occurred since Version 7.2 that affected the 100 dots/inch video font files. OpenVMS VAX update procedures create a .TXT file that contains a description of modified files. This file is usually named with the following format: SYS$UPDATE:VMSUn05n.TXT1.

10.2.5 Sample Session

Example 10-2 illustrates how to add the files for DECwindows 100 dots/inch font files.

Example 10-2 Sample DECW$TAILOR Session

$ RUN SYS$UPDATE:DECW$TAILOR
   .
   .
   .
 Do you want to tailor files "ON" or "OFF"? ON
TAILOR-ON 
--------- 
 You will now be prompted with a list of the classes and subclasses 
 of DECwindows files that are optional. The size of each class and subclass is 
 included in the list. This will help you decide whether or not you want to add 
 a class or subclass to your system. 
 
 Under some classes, there is a set of common files that is required in order 
 for any subclasses to work. These files are added when you ask 
 for either the entire class or any of its subclasses. 
 
Total size of the system disk is 2376153 blocks. 
Total space used on the system disk is 1728072 blocks. 
Total space left on the system disk is 648081 blocks.
 
CLASS - DECwindows base support files 
          Size of entire class (with subclasses): 3363 
 
          No subclasses in this tailor class. 
          Do you wish to select the entire class (default = NO)? 
 
 
CLASS - DECwindows workstation support files 
          Size of entire class (with subclasses): 12376 
          Size of common files required for any subclass: 8916 
          Do you wish to select the entire class (default = NO)? NO
          Do you wish to select any of its subclasses (default = NO)? 
CLASS - 75 dots per inch video font files 
          Size of entire class (with subclasses): 4537 
 
          No subclasses in this tailor class. 
          Do you wish to select the entire class (default = NO)? 
 
CLASS - 100 dots per inch video font files 
          Size of entire class (with subclasses): 3693 
          No subclasses in this tailor class. 
          Do you wish to select the entire class (default = NO)? YES
 
Files have been selected                         
Do you wish to add all of the options selected? YES
Creating temporary command file, please wait... 
* Enter device containing DECwindows distribution media: MUA0:
   .
   .
   .

Note

1 Examine this file to determine if the update patched the 100 dots/inch font files.


Appendix A
Multiversion VAX Upgrade Process

This appendix provides you with an quick method and an easy to follow set of directions to apply multiple OpenVMS VAX version upgrades to your current system.

Note

By following these directions, the time that you spend upgrading your VAX computer from Version 5.5-2 to Version 7.2 can be significantly reduced.

A.1 Determine Your Path

Your first step is to determine which upgrade path you need to perform. Table A-1 lists the recommended upgrade paths to reach OpenVMS VAX Version 7.2.

Table A-1 OpenVMS VAX Upgrade Version Matrix
Current Version Intermediate Version(s) Final Version
5.5-2 6.1, followed by 6.2, 7.0, or 7.1 1 7.2
6.0 6.2 7.2
6.1 6.2 7.2
6.2 2 7.2
7.0 2 7.2
7.1 2 7.2


1You must perform two intermediate upgrades: First, upgrade to Version 6.1. Then, perform a second upgrade to either Version 6.2, 7.0, or 7.1, prior to your final upgrade to 7.2.
2No intermediate version needed.

A.2 Multiversion Upgrade Procedure

This procedure refers to an intermediate upgrade and final upgrade. An intermediate upgrade is defined as a version of the operating system that you need to install to reach your final version.

The final upgrade is the version of the operating system that you want to be running on your system at the end of this process.

Important

You should not plan to stay at the intermediate version. If you need to upgrade to and run the intermediate version, use the normal upgrade procedure located in the installation manual for that specific version.

A.2.1 Before You Begin the Upgrade

Before you begin the multiversion upgrade, you need to perform the following steps:

  1. Locate the OpenVMS VAX software kits for the versions that you need.
  2. Review the layered products on your system to determine the minimum supported version of each layered product to be installed on your final operating system version.

A.2.2 Intermediate Upgrade

Follow these steps to perform an intermediate upgrade of your OpenVMS VAX operating system.

  1. Review your mixed-cluster version environment. Compaq recommends that you upgrade all of your systems to the same version prior to performing a multiversion upgrade.
  2. Review the firmware running on your system. For information about specific layered products, see Section A.3.
  3. Review the version-specific documentation. Compaq recommends that you read the New Features, Release Notes, Installation Guide, and Software Product Description available in your software kit.
  4. Review the preupgrade checklist located in the Installation Guide.
  5. Perform the upgrade.

    Important

    For the intermediate upgrade, install only the base operating system. Do not install any options. By installing only the base operating system, the time that you spend upgrading your VAX computer during this intermediate upgrade can be reduced by 40 percent.
  6. Perform the postupgrade checklist located in the Installation Guide.
  7. If you are performing multiple intermediate upgrades, repeat steps 3-7 as necessary.
  8. You have completed the intermediate phase of the multiversion upgrade procedure. Proceed to Section A.2.3 to apply the final upgrade phase of this procedure.

A.2.3 Final Upgrade

Follow these steps to perform the final upgrade of your OpenVMS VAX operating system.

  1. Review the version-specific documentation. Compaq recommends that you read the New Features, Release Notes, Installation Guide, and Software Product Description available in your software kit.
  2. Perform the preupgrade checklist located in the Installation Guide.
  3. Perform the complete upgrade and select the optional files that you need for your final version.
  4. Perform the postupgrade checklist located in the Installation Guide.
  5. Upgrade the layered products on your system based on your review of layered products in Section A.2.1. See the web page at the following URL:


    http://www.service.digital.com/openvms 
    

A.3 Specific Layered Product and Firmware Information

This section provides specific information about the following layered products and firmware:

A.3.1 Layered Products

This section contains information about layered products.

BASEstar Classic Domain

A BASEstar Classic domain that consists of BASEstar Classic for OpenVMS VAX Versions 3.2 and 3.3 is fully supported on OpenVMS Version 7.2, as long as you obtained the kits through normal support channels.

However, on Alpha systems you need to be running BASEstar Classic Version 3.4. This means that any BASEstar Classic domain consisting of both VAX and Alpha systems can only have the VAX systems upgraded to OpenVMS Version 7.2 at this time.

Debugger Graphical User Interface (GUI)

To run the Debugger Graphical User Interface (GUI) on OpenVMS Version 7.2, you must be running the DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS layered product. See Section 1.1.3 for information about DECwindows Motif.


Appendix B
License Management Supplement

This appendix contains supplemental information to the license instructions given in the installation and upgrade procedures and in the OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual. Although most of the information in this appendix pertains to managing OpenVMS and System Integrated Product (SIP) licenses, some of the information pertains to managing layered product licenses.

This appendix covers the following information:

B.1 Registering Your Licenses

This section provides an overview of the license registration procedure.

B.1.1 When to Register

After you install the OpenVMS VAX operating system, you must register an OpenVMS VAX license. An OpenVMS VAX license lets you use the operating system. You must also register the licenses for any of the following SIPs you have purchased:

After you upgrade the OpenVMS VAX operating system, in most cases, there is no need to reregister licenses for the operating system or for SIPs.

In addition to the OpenVMS VAX operating system and the SIPs, many layered products---including DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS VAX---that run on OpenVMS VAX Version 7.2 also require license registration. Refer to the OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual for a full explanation of license registration.

B.1.2 How to Register

To register a license, you need to obtain a Product Authorization Key (PAK). A typical PAK is a piece of paper provided by Compaq Computer Corporation that contains the appropriate information to authorize access to software on a VAX computer or in a VAXcluster environment. You can obtain a PAK from a Compaq representative the same way as you obtain software.

See Table B-1 for a complete list of the versions of the OpenVMS VAX operating system and the VAX computers that were first supported by these versions.

Table B-1 First VMS or OpenVMS Version That Supports VAX Computers
VMS Version First Computer Support
Version 5.0 VAX 6000 Model 2 xx, VAX 8820--8840
Version 5.0--2A MicroVAX 3300/3400
Version 5.1 VAX 6000 Model 3 xx, MicroVAX 3800/3900
Version 5.1--B VAXstation 3100, Model 30/40
Version 5.1--1 VAXstation 3520/3540
Version 5.2 VAX 6000 Model 4 xx, MicroVAX 3100
Version 5.2--1 VAXstation 3100, Model 38/48
Version 5.3 No CPUs introduced
Version 5.3--1 No CPUs introduced
Version 5.3--2 VAX 4000 Model 300
Version 5.4 VAXstation 3100 Model 76, VAX 9000, VAX 6000 Model 5 xx, VAXft 310
Version 5.4--1 No CPUs introduced
Version 5.4--2 VAX 4000 Model 200
Version 5.4--3 VAXft Models 410, 610, 612
Version 5.5 VAXstation 4000 VLC, MicroVAX 3100 Models 30, 40, and 80, VAX 6000 Model 600, VAX 4000 Model 500, VAXstation 4000 Model 60, and VAXft Model 110
Version 5.5--2 VAX 4000 Model 100, VAXstation 4000 Models 90 and 100, MicroVAX 3100 Model 90, VAX 4000 Model 400, VAX 4000 Model 600, VAX 7000 Model 600, and VAX 10000 Model 600
Version 5.5--2H4 VAX 4000 Models 100A, 500A, 600A, and 700A
Version 5.5--2HF VAXft Model 810
OpenVMS Version First Computer Support
Version 6.0 VAX 7000 Models 650 and 660,
VAX 10000 Models 600 and 650
Version 6.1 VAX 7000 Model 7 xx
Version 6.2 VAX 4000 Model 106A, MicroVAX 3500 Model 95A, MicroVAX 3100 Model 96, VAXstation 4000 Model 96

B.2 Using the License Unit Requirement Table (LURT)

Many PAKs contain a table name in the availability or activity fields. This name refers to a column in the License Unit Requirement Table (LURT). (For more information about using the LURT, refer to the OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual.)

Table B-2 has seven lettered columns (A, B, C, D, E, F, and I; G and H are reserved by Compaq and therefore are not listed). The numbers listed in these columns indicate the number of license units required for each processor listed in the System Marketing Model column. For example, if your PAK specifies availability = F, you would require 100 license units to load the license on a VAX--11/780 computer, or 4800 license units to load the license on a VAX 9000-430 computer.

Note that some PAKs specify MOD_UNITS in the options field. The MOD_UNITS option allows the system manager to use the DCL command LICENSE MODIFY/UNITS to temporarily increase the size of the PAK. This permits a product to be used, in certain emergency situations, on a processor larger than the processor size specified in the license. Check your license terms and conditions before modifying license units. Reset the PAK size to its original size after the emergency situation is resolved.

Table B-2 License Unit Requirement Table (LURT)
  License Types by Code  
  OpenVMS SIP LP
System Marketing Model A B C D E F I
VAX--11/730 10 NA NA NA 230 50 50
VAX 11/750 12 NA NA NA 230 100 100
VAX 11/780, 785 13 NA NA NA 230 100 100
VAX 6000-210, 6000-310 58 NA NA NA 230 300 300
VAXft 110 60 NA NA NA 230 100 100
VAXft 310, 410, 610, 810 58 NA NA NA 230 300 300
VAX 6000-220, 6000-320,
6000-410
69 NA NA NA 230 600 600
VAX 6000-230, 6000-330,
6000-510
81 NA NA NA 400 900 900
VAX 6000-240, 6000-340, 6000-350, 6000-420, 7000-610,
10000-610
93 NA NA NA 400 1200 1200
VAX 6000-540, 6000-640 170 NA NA NA 600 2400 2400
VAX 6000-550, 6000-650 195 NA NA NA 600 2400 2400
VAX 6000-560, 6000-660 220 NA NA NA 600 2400 2400
VAX 6000-610 81 NA NA NA 400 1200 1200
VAX 8200, 8250 20 NA NA NA 230 100 100
VAX 8300, 8350 25 NA NA NA 230 200 200
VAX 8500 63 NA NA NA 230 400 400
VAX 8530 65 NA NA NA 230 400 400
VAX 8550, 8700, 8810 72 NA NA NA 400 600 600
VAX 8600, 8650 28 NA NA NA 230 400 400
VAX 8800, 8820 93 NA NA NA 400 1200 1200
VAX 8830, 6000-360, 6000-430, 6000-520, 6000-620 119 NA NA NA 600 1800 1800
VAX 7000-620, 10000-620 145 NA NA NA 600 1800 1800
VAX 6000-440, 6000-450,
6000-460, 6000-530
143 NA NA NA 600 2400 2400
VAX 7000-630, 10000-630, 167 NA NA NA 600 2400 2400
VAX 7000-640, 10000-640, 197 NA NA NA 600 2400 2400
VAX 6000-630,
9000-210, 9000-410
143 NA NA NA 600 2400 2400
VAX 9000-420 241 NA NA NA 800 4800 4800
VAX 9000-430 330 NA NA NA 800 4800 4800
VAX 9000-440 386 NA NA NA 800 4800 4800
VAX 7000-710, 810 93 NA NA NA 230 600 600
VAX 7000-720, 820 193 NA NA NA 230 600 600
VAX 7000-730, 830 293 NA NA NA 230 600 600
VAX 7000-740, 840 393 NA NA NA 230 600 600
VAX 7000-750, 850 493 NA NA NA 230 600 600
VAX 7000-760, 860 593 NA NA NA 230 600 600
MicroVAX II 18 NA 100 NA 230 50 50
MicroVAX 2000, 3100-10e, 3100-20e, 3100-30, 3100-40, 3100-80 18 NA 100 NA 230 20 20
MicroVAX 3100-90, 3100-96, 3100-96A 60 NA 100 NA 230 20 20
MicroVAX 3500, 3600, 3800, 3900, 4000-200 60 NA 100 NA 230 200 200
MicroVAX 3300, 3400, 4000-100, 4000-106A 60 NA 100 NA 230 100 100
VAX 4000-100, 4000-106 60 NA 100 NA 230 100 100
VAX 4000-300, 4000-400,
4000-500A, 4000-600A,
4000-700A, 4000-706A
60 NA 100 NA 230 300 300
VAX 4000-500, 4000-600 60 NA 100 NA 400 900 900
VAXstation II, II/GPX NA NA NA 100 50 10 10
VAXstation 2000, 2000/GPX NA NA NA 100 50 10 10
VAXstation 3100, 3200, 3500, 3520, 3540, 4000-60, 4000 VLC, 4000-90, 4000-96 NA NA NA 100 50 10 10
VAXserver 2000 NA 52 NA NA 50 10 10
VAXserver 3300, 3400, 3500, 3600, 3900, 4000-200, 4000-300 NA 100 NA NA 50 10 10
VAXserver 6000-210, 6000-310 NA 1443 NA NA 230 200 200
VAXserver 6000-220, 6000-320, 6000-410, 6000-420 NA 1737 NA NA 230 400 400
VAXserver 6000-510 NA 600 NA NA 230 400 400
VAXserver 6000-520 NA 890 NA NA 230 400 400
VAXserver 9000-110, 9000-310 143 143 NA NA 600 900 900
VAXserver 9000-320 241 241 NA NA 800 1200 1200
VAXserver 9000-330 330 330 NA NA 800 1200 1200
VAXserver 9000-340 386 386 NA NA 800 1200 1200


Key to License Type Codes and Values


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