HP OpenVMS 8.x Installing the OpenVMS Operating System, Authorization Files AGEN$INCLUDE Files

2.6	Beginning the Installation	48
3 Installing the OpenVMS Operating System		49
3.1	Installation Tasks	49
3.2	Booting the OpenVMS Operating System Media	49
	3.2.1 Booting the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD	50
	3.2.1.1 Booting from the Local Drive	50
	3.2.1.2 Booting Over the Network Using the InfoServer utility	51
	3.2.1.3 Booting Using HP SIM Provisioning	51
	3.2.1.4 Booting Using vMedia	52
3.3	Installing the OpenVMS Operating System onto a System Disk	52
	3.3.1 Differences Between OpenVMS I64 and Alpha Installations	52
	3.3.2 Responding to Prompts During the Installation	52
	3.3.3 Installing OpenVMS Using Option 1 of the Operating System Menu	53
3.4 Booting the New OpenVMS System Disk		72
	3.4.1 Booting the OpenVMS I64 System Disk	72
	3.4.2 Next Steps	73
3.5	Joining an OpenVMS Cluster	74
3.6	Running AUTOGEN	75
3.7	Rebooting After AUTOGEN	75
3.8 Logging In to the SYSTEM Account		76
	3.8.1 Logging In from a Character-Cell Terminal	76
	3.8.2 Logging In from a Workstation	76
3.9	Postinstallation Tasks	76
4 Before Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System		77
4.1	Preupgrade Tasks	77
4.2	Documentation to Review Before Upgrading Your System	77
4.3	Notes, Cautions, and Restrictions	78
	4.3.1 Upgrade Paths	78
	4.3.2 Update License Requirements	78
	4.3.3 Components You Choose Not to Install	78
	4.3.4 Licenses and Layered Products	79
4.4	Saving Archived Files from Being Deleted by the Upgrade	79
4.5	Preparing the System Disk	79
	4.5.1 Checking the Directory Structure and Preserving Your Security Protections	79
	4.5.2 Checking the SYSCOMMON Directories	79
	4.5.3 Examining the System Disk	80
	4.5.4 Checking the Size of the System Disk	80
	4.5.5 Returning Authorization and AGEN$INCLUDE Files to the System Disk	81
	4.5.5.1 Authorization Files	81
	4.5.5.2 AGEN$INCLUDE Files	82
	4.5.6 Verifying System Parameters	82
4.6 Ensuring You Have a Recent FEEDBACK.DAT File		83
4.7 Shadowing Environment		84
	4.7.1 Setting the Boot Device	85
	4.7.2 Creating a Nonshadowed Target Disk	85
4.8	Backing Up the System Disk	85
4.9	Finishing Preupgrade Tasks	86
5 Preparing to Upgrade in an OpenVMS Cluster Environment		87
5.1	Preupgrade Tasks for OpenVMS Cluster Environments	87
5.2	Review OpenVMS Cluster Information	87

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