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Customizing the Operating System
5.4 Customizing Startup Databases with SYSMAN
Each phase must meet the prerequisites of the following phase; therefore,
the order of the phases is extremely important. Components that occur in a
phase cannot have dependencies on components that are in the same phase or
in subsequent phases. When installing layered products using SYSMAN, be
sure that all requisite components occur in a previous phase.
• Mode (or method) by which the component file is to run. Choose one of the
following modes:
DIRECT (the default, where the command procedure or image is executed
immediately)
BATCH (valid only for command procedures)
SPAWN
• Node restrictions for the component. This is either the node or nodes on
which the component file should be run, or the node or nodes on which the
component file should not be run.
• Parameters passed to the component file for execution. You can pass up to
eight parameters, using the following format:
(P1:args,P2:args,...)
You can omit the parentheses if you pass only a single parameter.
5.4.3 Specifying the Current Startup Database
With SYSMAN, the current database is the one that will be the target for the
SYSMAN commands.
You can display or modify STARTUP$STARTUP_LAYERED or database files
that you create. You can display STARTUP$STARTUP_VMS, but you should not
modify it.
By default, the layered product database is the current database. To perform
commands on another database, specify it as the current database by entering
the STARTUP SET DATABASE command in the following format:
STARTUP SET DATABASE database
where database specifies the name of the database.
Example
$ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:SYSMAN
SYSMAN> STARTUP SET DATABASE STARTUP$STARTUP_LOCAL
%SYSMAN-I-NEWCOMPFIL, current component file is now STARTUP$STARTUP_LOCAL
5.4.4 Showing the Name of the Target Startup Database
To display which database is the target database, enter the STARTUP SHOW
DATABASE command.
Example
$ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:SYSMAN
SYSMAN> STARTUP SHOW DATABASE
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