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Installing, Upgrading, and Updating Software
3.6 Selecting VMSINSTAL.COM Options
Examples
If you specify just one option, enter the disk directory name immediately after
the OPTIONS G parameter, leaving a space between G and the disk directory.
For example, if you are storing save sets for a product named NEWAID010 from
the console drive into disk directory USER1:[PRODUCTS], enter the following
command:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL.COM NEWAID010 CSA1: OPTIONS G USER1:[PRODUCTS]
If you specify more than one option, place the disk directory name after the last
option, leaving a space between the last option and the disk directory name. For
example:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL.COM NEWAID010 CSA1: OPTIONS G,N USER1:[PRODUCTS]
VMSINSTAL.COM creates one or more files to store the product save set in the
disk directory. The save-set file name has the following format:
facvvu.x
Table 3–1 explains the format of facvvu. The format of the file type (x) is:
x A literal file type that identifies save-set files, where A is the first save set, B the
second, and so forth
3.6.3.2 Installing a Product
To install the product on your system, enter a command in the following format:
@SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL product-list device:[directory]
Example
For the product NEWAID010, enter this command:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL NEWAID010 USER1:[PRODUCTS]
VMSINSTAL.COM installs the NEWAID product on your system disk.
3.6.3.3 Specifying Backup Qualifiers
When you use the Get Save Set option, you can specify three BACKUP command
qualifiers: /VERIFY, /LOG, and /CONFIRM. The qualifiers must be enclosed
in quotation marks because they are passed as a parameter of the Get Save
Set option (G). VMSINSTAL passes the parameter to the BACKUP command
within VMSINSTAL. The following example includes the Get Save Set option and
BACKUP qualifiers:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL TEST042 DUA0:[KITS] OPTIONS G DUB0:[KITS] -
_$ "VERIFY/LOG/CONFIRM"
The following table contains explanations of the qualifiers shown in the example:
Qualifier Explanation
/VERIFY Compares the contents of the output specifier with the contents of the
input specifier after a save, restore, or copy operation completes. If a
file does not compare successfully, an error message reporting this fact
is displayed.
/LOG Causes the file specification of each file processed to be displayed at the
terminal during the operation. The default is /NOLOG.
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