Installation and Upgrade Guide

2 Preparing to Install in an OpenVMS Cluster Environment
This chapter contains information to review and steps to perform before installing OpenVMS in
an OpenVMS Cluster environment. If you are not installing your operating system in an OpenVMS
Cluster environment, go to Chapter 3 (page 49) for information about installing your system.
2.1 Preinstallation Tasks for OpenVMS Cluster Environments
Use the checklist in Table 2-1 to ensure that you perform all necessary tasks prior to installing
your system in an OpenVMS Cluster environment.
Table 2-1 Preinstallation Checklist
SectionTask
Section 2.2 (page 45)Review relevant OpenVMS operating system and OpenVMS Cluster
documentation.
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Section 2.3 (page 45)Familiarize yourself with mixed-version, mixed-architecture, and
migration support in OpenVMS Cluster systems.
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Section 2.4 (page 47)Have information ready to provide at the system prompt during
an installation.
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Section 2.5 (page 48)Make sure the target system disk is not mounted elsewhere in the
cluster.
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Chapter 3 (page 49)Begin the installation.□
2.2 Review OpenVMS Cluster Information
Before you install the operating system in an OpenVMS Cluster environment, review any relevant
OpenVMS Cluster information contained in the following documents.
OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 Documents
• The Cover Letter for HP OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 for Integrity Servers
• The Software Product Descriptions included with your distribution kit
• HP OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 for Integrity Servers New Features and Release Notes
OpenVMS Version 8.3 Documents
Information in the following documents remains valid except where superseded by the OpenVMS
Version 8.3-1H1 documents listed previously.
• HP OpenVMS Version 8.3 Release Notes
• HP OpenVMS Version 8.3 New Features and Documentation Overview
Earlier OpenVMS Documents
Information in the following documents remains valid except where superseded by the OpenVMS
documents listed previously.
• HP OpenVMS Cluster Systems
• Guidelines for OpenVMS Cluster Configurations
Be sure to consult your network or system manager as well.
2.3 Mixed-Version Support in OpenVMS Cluster Systems
HP provides two levels of support for mixed-version and mixed-architecture OpenVMS Cluster
systems: warranted support and migration support.
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