Installation and Upgrade Guide

DVD
defined, 275
for OpenVMS
defined, 275
licensing, 64
options, 67, 79
On-Disk Structure Level
specifying, 56
OPCCRASH.EXE, 185
OpenVMS Cluster
and OpenVMS Management Station, 257
BACKUP caution, 247
becoming a member
during installation, 59
during upgrade, 104
preupgrade requirements, 89
configuring
after installation, 59, 74
during installation, 74
defined, 275
EXPECTED_VOTES parameter, 146
group number
rules for creating, 47
information required for OpenVMS installation, 45–48
installation
prompts, 74
installing, 74
installing TDC_RT, 135
label for system disk, 247
local area, 274
migration support, 45, 88
defined, 275
mixed-version support, 88
parameters
after upgrade, 146
password
rules for creating, 47
quorum
adjusting using Availability Manager or DECamds,
92
adjusting using IPC, 92
maintaining during rolling upgrades, 92
rebooting members, 144
upgrade
concurrent, 89
preparing for, 87–93
rolling, 90
setting membership information, 104
tasks after shutdown, 112
types of, 89–93
warranted support, 45, 88
defined, 278
OpenVMS Debugger
installing clients on a PC, 135
OpenVMS I64
boot behavior
configuring, 165
boot flags, 166
booting
automatic, 165, 168
conversational, 179
from a different root, 181
manually, 178
with minimum startup, 180
with XDELTA, 180
component options, 68
firmware, 29
layered products
installing, 142
OE DVD, 29
booting, 174
shutting down, 185
OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager (BOOT_OPTIONS.COM)
utility, 150, 164
(see also EFI Boot Manager)
adding boot entry for system disk, 58, 103, 165
changing EFI boot timeout value, 169
displaying boot options, 168
overview, 161
OpenVMS instance
defined, 275
OpenVMS internationalization (VMSI18N) data kit
installation, 255
OpenVMS Management Station
defined, 275
defining TCP/IP nodes, 264
disk quotas, 262
error log, 259
getting started, 265
preparing the PC, 263
preparing to use, 135, 257–265
problem reporting, 263
removing, 264
server
removing, 263
system files, 259
uninstalling V2.1 client, 264
Operating Environment
(see OE (Operating Environment))
Operating system
CD
defined, 276
files
removing, 267
media
defined, 25, 276
Operating system kit
booting for installation, 49–52
booting for upgrade, 95–97
Operating system menu
accessing DCL, 42
displaying installed products, 38–39
displaying layered products, 35–36
installing OpenVMS, 33–34, 53–72
installing or upgrading layered products, 36–38
patches and recovery data operations, 41–42
reconfiguring installed products, 39–40
removing installed products, 40–41
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