Installation and Upgrade Guide

5.3 Mixed-Version Support in an OpenVMS Cluster Environment.....................................................88
5.4 Adding a New System to an OpenVMS Cluster.............................................................................89
5.5 Types of Upgrades...........................................................................................................................89
5.5.1 Concurrent Upgrade...............................................................................................................89
5.5.1.1 How a Concurrent Upgrade Works................................................................................89
5.5.1.2 Preparing Your System for a Concurrent Upgrade.........................................................89
5.5.2 Rolling Upgrade......................................................................................................................90
5.5.2.1 How a Rolling Upgrade Works.......................................................................................90
5.5.2.2 Notes and Restrictions....................................................................................................90
5.5.2.3 Preparing Your System for a Rolling Upgrade...............................................................91
6 Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System...........................................................95
6.1 Upgrade Tasks.................................................................................................................................95
6.2 Booting the OpenVMS Operating System Media...........................................................................95
6.2.1 Booting the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD.......................................................................................95
6.2.1.1 Booting from the Local Drive..........................................................................................96
6.2.1.2 Booting Over the Network Using the InfoServer Utility................................................97
6.2.1.3 Booting Using HP SIM Provisioning..............................................................................97
6.2.1.4 Booting Using vMedia.....................................................................................................97
6.3 Performing the Upgrade..................................................................................................................97
6.3.1 Upgrading the System Using Option 1 of the Operating System Menu................................97
6.3.2 Choosing INITIALIZE or PRESERVE.....................................................................................98
6.3.3 Specifying the Target Disk.......................................................................................................98
6.3.4 Selecting Reinstallation and Reconfiguration Options...........................................................99
6.3.5 Checking for Recovery Data..................................................................................................100
6.3.6 Specifying the Volume Label.................................................................................................101
6.3.7 Specifying the On-Disk Structure Level................................................................................101
6.3.8 Choosing Whether to Allow the Procedure to Create and Validate Boot Options ..............103
6.3.9 Warning About Removal of the DECRAM Command.........................................................104
6.3.10 Setting OpenVMS Cluster Membership Information..........................................................104
6.3.11 Updating Time Zone Information.......................................................................................104
6.3.12 Upgrading Windowing, Networking, and Related Products.............................................105
6.4 Completing the Upgrade...............................................................................................................106
6.4.1 Choosing Descriptive Help Text............................................................................................106
6.4.2 Removing Older Versions of ENCRYPT...............................................................................106
6.4.3 Secure Delivery Validation....................................................................................................107
6.4.4 Saving Archived Files............................................................................................................107
6.4.5 Selecting Product Component Options.................................................................................107
6.4.6 Component and Product Installation Confirmation Messages.............................................109
6.4.7 Upgrade Creates and Validates Boot Options ......................................................................110
6.4.8 Upgrade Completes and Returns to OpenVMS Operating System Menu...........................111
6.4.9 Shutting Down the System....................................................................................................112
6.5 What to Do After Shutdown..........................................................................................................112
7 After Installing or Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System..........................113
7.1 Postinstallation and Postupgrade Tasks........................................................................................113
7.2 Backing Up Your System Disk.......................................................................................................115
7.3 Registering Your Licenses..............................................................................................................116
7.4 Set System Parameters for Volume Shadowing (New Installations Only; Optional)...................117
7.5 Running AUTOGEN to Set System Parameter Changes..............................................................118
7.6 Forming the Shadow Set................................................................................................................118
7.7 Customizing the System (New Installations, Some Upgrades)....................................................119
7.7.1 Creating Network Proxy Authorization Files.......................................................................120
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