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Table 7-1 Postinstallation and Postupgrade Checklist (continued)

Task Section

□On Integrity servers that use HP SIM services, configure HP SIM. Section 7.8.9 (page 132)

□ Initialize and run the Performance Data Collector base software	Section 7.8.10 (page 133)
(TDC_RT).
□ Prepare your OpenVMS system and your PC to run OpenVMS	Section 7.8.11 (page 135)
Management Station, and follow procedures in Appendix G
(page 257).
□ Install OpenVMS Debugger clients on a PC.	Section 7.8.12 (page 135)
□ Create or edit a system-specific or clusterwide login welcome message	Section 7.9 (page 135)
SYS$MANAGER:WELCOME.TXT (optional).
□ Upgrades only: Examine command procedures for which the upgrade	Section 7.10 (page 136)
may have provided new template files.
□ Add and remove operating system files (optional).	Section 7.11 (page 136)
□ If necessary, compress the system libraries using LIBDECOMP.COM	Section 7.12 (page 138)
(optional, HP recommends keeping libraries in expanded format).
□ Download and apply any relevant OpenVMS or networking patches	Section 7.13 (page 139)
that are available (optional but recommended).

□New installations, some upgrades: Install and configure layered products. Section 7.14 (page 141)

□ New installations, some upgrades: Create print queues.	Section 7.15 (page 143)
□ Update SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM to have layered products, print	Section 7.16 (page 143)
queues, and other products or devices start at boot.
□ Installations and possibly upgrades: Create user accounts.	Section 7.17 (page 143)
□ Run the User Environment Test Package (UETP) to test the system	Section 7.18 (page 143)
(optional).
□ Back up the system disk and start a systematic routine for backing up	Section 7.19 (page 143)
the application, data, and user disks.
□ If the system disk was pulled out of the shadow set and all the	Section 7.20 (page 144)
appropriate postupgrade steps recommended in this chapter thus far
were performed on that disk, then re-form the shadow set once again.
□ Upgrades only: Reboot cluster members, if applicable.	Section 7.21 (page 144)
□ Tune your operating system: After the system has run for at least 24	Section 7.22 (page 144)
hours with users or a typical application workload on the system, run	Section 7.23 (page 145)
AUTOGEN to collect feedback. If necessary, modify the
MODPARAMS.DAT file.

7.2 Backing Up Your System Disk

Unless your newly installed or upgraded system disk will be part of a shadow set, HP recommends that you back up the system disk before performing the tasks described in this chapter. If you encounter problems while performing any of these tasks, having a backup copy of the system disk ensures that you can restore it to a known condition without having to repeat the installation or upgrade.

If your system disk will be part of a multiple-member shadow set, then a backup is not necessary. Either form or re-form the shadow set, as described in Section 7.6 (page 118); this creates a backup copy of the newly installed or upgraded system disk through the shadow copy operation.

Remember to dismount any added shadow set members after the shadow copy has completed,

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