Document revision date: 19 July 1999
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OpenVMS VAX
Version 7.2 Upgrade and
Installation Manual


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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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