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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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