HP OpenVMS 8.x manual Getting Started, Key Terms, Definitions of Terms

1 Getting Started

This chapter defines key terms and describes preliminary procedures you must perform before installing or upgrading your OpenVMS system.

NOTE: Throughout this book, examples are taken from OpenVMS I64 installations or upgrades except where stated otherwise. OpenVMS DCL commands are in uppercase, while HP Integrity servers console commands are in lowercase.

1.1 Key Terms

Table 1-1lists a few key terms you need to know before you install or upgrade the system.

Table 1-1 Definitions of Terms

Term	Definition
HSx device	A self-contained, intelligent, mass storage subsystem that lets computers in an OpenVMS
	Cluster system environment share disks. The disk on which you install or upgrade the operating
	system can be connected to one of these systems (for example, an HSV or HSG).
InfoServer	A general-purpose disk storage server. For OpenVMS Alpha systems, the InfoServer may be
	an independent hardware device or, beginning with OpenVMS Version 8.3, it may be a utility
	(software application) on an OpenVMS system. On OpenVMS I64 systems, the InfoServer is
	only available as a software application on an OpenVMS system.
	The InfoServer hardware can serve CDs only (it does not support DVDs); thus, this hardware
	device cannot serve the OpenVMS I64 operating environment (OE) DVD. The InfoServer utility
	can serve both DVDs and CDs (for OpenVMS I64 and OpenVMS Alpha systems, respectively).
	The systems connected to the same LAN can use the InfoServer utility to boot the OpenVMS
	operating system from a virtual drive (instead of the local drive). For more information about
	the InfoServer utility, see the HP OpenVMS Version 8.3 New Features and Documentation Overview.
local drive	A drive on your computer system, such as a CD, DVD, or disk drive (hard drive), that is
	connected directly to the computer. If you have a standalone computer, it is likely that all
	drives connected to the computer system are local drives.
operating system	The OpenVMS Alpha operating system CD or the OpenVMS for Integrity servers Operating
media	Environment DVD (OE DVD) included with an OpenVMS distribution kit, which contains
	the OpenVMS operating system and the installation and other procedures described in this
	manual.
provisioning	Using HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), the process of installing or upgrading OpenVMS
	on one or more Integrity servers automatically. HP SIM initiates the process and the installation
	or upgrade automatically continues in the background.
source drive	The drive that holds the operating system media during an upgrade or installation. This can
	be a local drive or an InfoServer virtual drive. The drive contains the OpenVMS Alpha operating
	system CD or the OpenVMS for Integrity servers Operating Environment DVD, or a copy of
	it.
system disk	The disk from which OpenVMS is typically booted. During an installation or upgrade, this is
	the target disk because it receives files from the source drive. After installation or upgrade,
	the target drive is booted and becomes the system disk.
target drive	The drive that holds the target system disk during the upgrade or installation. Note: the target
	drive must be a hard drive, not a CD or DVD.
virtual media	A virtual-disk capability included with Integrated Lights Out (iLO) 2 Management Processor
(vMedia)	(MP) on Integrity servers. vMedia provides virtual devices that mimic physical hardware
	devices. For example, it can provide a virtual CD/DVD drive that emulates the DVD drive on
	a PC and connects over the network to your Integrity server as if it were physically connected.
	You can use vMedia to install OpenVMS on Integrity servers that do not include a built-in
	DVD drive or that are physically located elsewhere. vMedia can provide the network service
	for HP SIM provisioning, or it can be used independently of HP SIM.

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