HP Part Number BA322-90077 Published October Edition
 Copyright 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P
 Table of Contents
 Authorization Files AGEN$INCLUDE Files
Installing the OpenVMS Operating System
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 List of Figures
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 Getting OpenVMS Started on Integrity Servers
List of Tables
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 List of Examples
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 Preface
When to Use This Manual
About this document
Intended Audience
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 This manual is organized as follows
Document Organization
 Typographical Conventions
Glossary page 271 defines key terms used in this manual
Following conventions are used in this manual
 Related Information
 Publishing History
 HP Encourages Your Comments
How to Order Additional Documentation
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 Getting Started
Key Terms
Definitions of Terms
 Entering Commands at Integrity Server Console Interfaces
Getting to Know Your Integrity Server
Integrity Server Tools
 Cell-Based Server Terminology
Virtual Connect VC on HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures
 Examining Software and Hardware Components
Hardware Components
Getting OpenVMS Started on Integrity Servers
 OpenVMS for Integrity Servers Operating Environment DVD
Software Components
Firmware on Integrity Server Systems
Checking Firmware Version
 Creating a Firmware Update CD
 Device-Naming Conventions
Updating Your Firmware from the Firmware Update CD
 Using the Operating System Menu
 Using the Install, Upgrade, or Reconfigure OpenVMS Option
 Preserve Option
Initialize Option
 HP I64VMS Availmanbase V8.3-1H1
Using the Display Layered Products Option
 Using the Install or Upgrade Layered Products Option
 Layered Product
 HP I64VMS Tcpip
Using the Show Installed Products Option
 Using the Reconfigure Installed Products Option
 Using the Remove Installed Products Option
 Using the Patches and Recovery Data Option
 Using the Shutdown Option
Using the Execute DCL Option
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Making the Install/Upgrade/Backup Selection
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 Preinstallation Tasks for OpenVMS Cluster Environments
Preparing to Install in an OpenVMS Cluster Environment
Review OpenVMS Cluster Information
Mixed-Version Support in OpenVMS Cluster Systems
 Supported Migration Pairs
Warranted Cluster Support
 OpenVMS Cluster Information You Need
Type of configuration
 Beginning the Installation
Dismounting the Target System Disk Elsewhere in the Cluster
 Installation Tasks
Installing the OpenVMS Operating System
Booting the OpenVMS Operating System Media
Installation Checklist
 Booting from the Local Drive
Booting the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD
 Booting Using HP SIM Provisioning
Booting Over the Network Using the InfoServer utility
 Differences Between OpenVMS I64 and Alpha Installations
Installing the OpenVMS Operating System onto a System Disk
Responding to Prompts During the Installation
Booting Using vMedia
 Scssystemid
 Product KIT Type KIT Format
 Respond to the Initialize or Preserve prompt as follows
 ODS-5
 Installing the OpenVMS Operating System onto a System Disk
 You must enter a password for the System account
 Following is an example of the display and a valid response
 Installing the OpenVMS Operating System
 Time
 Indicates a menu
 Procedure
 Availability Manager base for OpenVMS I64 o Cdsa for OpenVMS
 Installing the OpenVMS Operating System onto a System Disk
 Following product has been selected
 HP I64VMS
 Example 3-1 Component Options and Suboptions
 HP I64VMS Openvms V8.3-1H1 DISK$I64SYSVMS$COMMON
 If you answered no in , the following message is displayed
 Installing the OpenVMS Operating System onto a System Disk
 Booting the OpenVMS I64 System Disk
Booting the New OpenVMS System Disk
 Blk1 AcpiHWP0002,100/Pci10/ScsiPun0,Lun0
Next Steps
 You can do this by entering the following command
Prompts for OpenVMS Cluster Configurations
Joining an OpenVMS Cluster
 Running Autogen
Rebooting After Autogen
 Logging In to the System Account
Postinstallation Tasks
Logging In from a Character-Cell Terminal
Logging In from a Workstation
 Preupgrade Checklist
Preupgrade Tasks
Before Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System
Documentation to Review Before Upgrading Your System
 Update License Requirements
Upgrade Paths
Components You Choose Not to Install
Earlier OpenVMS Version Documents
 Preparing the System Disk
Saving Archived Files from Being Deleted by the Upgrade
Licenses and Layered Products
Checking the Syscommon Directories
 Examining the System Disk
Checking the Size of the System Disk
Ignore the following message
 Logical Names for Relocated Authorization Files
Authorization Files
 AGEN$INCLUDE Files
Verifying System Parameters
 Ensuring You Have a Recent FEEDBACK.DAT File
 Shadowing Environment
 Setting the Boot Device
Backing Up the System Disk
Creating a Nonshadowed Target Disk
 $ @SYS$SYSTEMSHUTDOWN
Finishing Preupgrade Tasks
 Preparing to Upgrade in an OpenVMS Cluster Environment
Preupgrade Tasks for OpenVMS Cluster Environments
Preupgrade Checklist for OpenVMS Cluster Environments
 Supported Migration Pairing
3shows the supported migration pairings
For information about valid upgrade paths, see .3.1
Mixed-Version Support in an OpenVMS Cluster Environment
 Concurrent Upgrade
Types of Upgrades
How a Concurrent Upgrade Works
Preparing Your System for a Concurrent Upgrade
 Rolling Upgrade
How a Rolling Upgrade Works
Log in locally to the System account
 Preparing Your System for a Rolling Upgrade
 IPC Ctrl/Z
 Types of Upgrades
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 Upgrade Tasks
Upgrade Checklist
Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System
 Shell fsn\efi\boot\bootia64.efi
 Performing the Upgrade
 Procedure displays the following information and prompts
Choosing Initialize or Preserve
Specifying the Target Disk
 Selecting Reinstallation and Reconfiguration Options
 Next the menu is redisplayed
Checking for Recovery Data
 Specifying the On-Disk Structure Level
Specifying the Volume Label
 Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System
 Performing the Upgrade
 Updating Time Zone Information
Setting OpenVMS Cluster Membership Information
 Upgrading Windowing, Networking, and Related Products
 Procedure next prompts you as follows
Completing the Upgrade
Choosing Descriptive Help Text
Removing Older Versions of Encrypt
 Secure Delivery Validation
Saving Archived Files
Selecting Product Component Options
 Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System
 Component and Product Installation Confirmation Messages
 Upgrade Creates and Validates Boot Options
 Completing the Upgrade
 Shutting Down the System
What to Do After Shutdown
 Postinstallation and Postupgrade Tasks
After Installing or Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System
 Shadowing
Postinstallation and Postupgrade Checklist
 Tdcrt
Backing Up Your System Disk
 Registering Your Licenses
 $ @SYS$UPDATEVMSLICENSE
 Forming the Shadow Set
Running Autogen to Set System Parameter Changes
 Customizing the System New Installations, Some Upgrades
Enter a command in the following format
Example
 Setting Up the Queue Manager and Default Queues
Creating Network Proxy Authorization Files
 Configuring DECnet
Configuring a Multihead System Optional
 Configuring HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
Initializing or Configuring Other Installed Components
Installing and Configuring Third-Party Networking Software
Before
 Following is an example of the output you might see
Initializing Cdsa Optional
 Configuring the Availability Manager Base Software Optional
 Configuring Kerberos Optional
 Configuring SSL for OpenVMS Optional
 Configure Wbem Services for OpenVMS Optional
 $ RUN SYS$SYSROOTWBEMSERVICESWBEMSERVICES$CONFIG
 Utility asks whether to start the CIMServer
 Perform the recommended steps, as in the following example
 Utility now asks you whether to start the CIMServer
Configure Wbem Providers for OpenVMS Optional
 Configure the Instant Capacity Software Optional
Configure the Pay per use Software Optional
Configure HP SIM Optional
 Startup File
User Privileges and Quotas
 To start the collector application, enter the TDC command
Compatibility with Prior Releases
Running Tdcrt
 Installing OpenVMS Debugger Clients on a PC Optional
Creating a System-Specific Login Welcome Message Optional
Installation in OpenVMS Clusters
Preparing to Use OpenVMS Management Station Optional
 Adding and Removing Operating System Files Optional
Examining Your Command Procedures Upgrades Only
 Adding and Removing Operating System Files Optional
 After Installing or Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System
 Enter the command Passive ON, as in the following example
Installing Patches Optional but Recommended
 FTP passive on
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Alternative Procedure
 Creating Print Queues New Installations, Some Upgrades
Creating Accounts New Installations, Some Upgrades
Testing the System with Uetp Optional
 Reforming the Shadow Set as Final Postupgrade Backup
Rebooting Cluster Members Upgrades Only
Running Autogen to Tune the System
 General Notes About Modifying System Parameters
Modifying System Parameters
 Modifying System Parameters After an Upgrade
System File Sizes
OpenVMS Cluster Parameters
 Modifying System Parameters
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 Http//docs.hp.com
 Overview of Utilities and Console Options
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 Configuration and Management Utilities on Cell-Based Servers
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 Using the EFI Boot Manager to Select the OpenVMS Console
 Using the EFI Shell to Select the OpenVMS Console
 Selecting Your OpenVMS Console on rx2600 Integrity Servers
Shellconconfig
 Testing
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 Port. Any line that has the notation Uart but not
These four lines indicate any of the valid devices that
Notation Pci is one of the system serial ports. Notice
That the lines are almost identical except for the text
 Overview of Using EFI
 General Notes About Using EFI
 Example 2 First Moving to \efi\vms
Example 1 From Top Level
 Shell cpuconfig
 Setting Boot Options for Your System Disk
 Adding a Boot Option and Setting Boot Flags
 Enter the device name enter ? for a list of devices DKA0
 Using EFI to Set Automatic Booting of Your System Disk
Displaying EFI Boot Entries and Mapped OpenVMS Devices
 Saving and Restoring EFI Settings
Setting EFI Boot Option Countdown Timer Timeout
 Writing a New Boot Block
 $ DUMP/HEADER/BLOCK=END=0 SYS$SYSDEVICE000000GPT.SYS
Or more blocks. For example
 Alpha and Equivalent Integrity Server System Boot Commands
Booting Operations
 Booting the nPartition Hardware
Overview of Booting on a Cell-Based Server
 Booting the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD from the Local Drive
Booting OpenVMS I64 on an nPartition
I64 system disk
 Alternate Method of Using EFI to Boot the DVD
 Shell reconnect -r Shell map -r
 Boot
 Booting an Image of the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD Using vMedia
Booting the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD from the InfoServer
Booting from a Fibre Channel Device
Booting Manually from the Local System Disk
 Table A-2 Sysgen Commands Used in the Sysboot Procedure
Performing a Conversational Interactive Boot
 Booting with Minimum Startup
Booting with the XDelta Utility Xdelta
Enter the following command to continue booting
 Emergency Booting
Booting from a Different Root Directory
Booting with Default System Parameters
At the Sysboot prompt, enter the following command
 Booting Without Startup and Login Procedures
Enter the following command at the Sysboot prompt
Example
 Booting Without a User Authorization File
 Halt and Shutdown Procedures
 Emergency Shutdown with OPCCRASH.EXE
Orderly Shutdown
 If the System Does Not Boot
Troubleshooting Procedures
Detecting and Responding to System Problems
For Hardware Problems
 Troubleshooting Procedures
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 About the OpenVMS InfoServer Utility
Setting Up and Performing Network Booting
 Section B.2
Table B-2 Procedure for Enabling InfoServer Network Booting
 Determining the Local Network I/O Card to Be Used
Setting Up Your System as an InfoServer Client
 Adding the Network Boot Option to the EFI Boot Manager
 Setting Up the InfoServer Server
Verifying the Network I/O Device Is Bootable by EFI
Exit the utility by entering E at the prompt
 Buffersize
 @SYS$STARTUPESS$LADSTARTUP.COM
 SYS$MANAGERSYSTARTUPVMS.COM
Setting Up the Bootp Boot Server and Tftp Server
 $ CREATE/DIRECTORY TCPIP$TFTPROOTV831H1
 $ CREATE/DIRECTORY TCPIP$TFTPROOTV831H1
Example B-1 Setting Up the Boot Server and Client
 Booting OpenVMS I64 from the InfoServer
 Booting with EFI lanboot select command
Booting with the EFI Boot Manager
 Sample display follows
Troubleshooting InfoServer Boot Problems
 Setting Up and Performing Network Booting
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
HP SIM Provisioning of OpenVMS
About HP SIM and Provisioning
 Support of HP SIM provisioning requires the following
Prerequisites for HP SIM Provisioning
 Setting Up InfoServer Support
 $ CREATE/DIRECTORY TCPIP$TFTPROOTV831H1
 Setting Up vMedia
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
 HP SIM Provisioning of OpenVMS
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
 HP SIM Provisioning of OpenVMS
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
 HP SIM Provisioning of OpenVMS
 Discovering and Identifying Your New Provisioning Client MPs
Installing the OpenVMS Provisioning Plug-in for HP SIM
 HP SIM
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
 Provisioning OpenVMS
 Provisioning OpenVMS Through the InfoServer
 HP SIM Provisioning of OpenVMS
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
 HP SIM Provisioning of OpenVMS
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
 HP SIM Provisioning of OpenVMS
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
 HP SIM Provisioning of OpenVMS
 Provisioning OpenVMS Through vMedia
 HP SIM Provisioning of OpenVMS
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
 Next
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
 HP SIM Provisioning of OpenVMS
 Using vMedia Independently of HP SIM
 Prerequisites for Using vMedia to Install or Upgrade OpenVMS
 Using vMedia to Install or Upgrade OpenVMS
 Using vMedia Independently of HP SIM
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
 Using vMedia Independently of HP SIM
 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS
 Shell reconnect -r
 Shell fs0\efi\boot\bootia64.efi
 Checking the Firmware Version
Setting Up and Booting Fibre Channel Storage Devices
 Configuring and Booting FC Boot Device
Obtaining the IPF Offline Diagnostics and Utilities
 $$$ @SYS$MANAGERBOOTOPTIONS
 Enter your choice E
 FC SAN
 $$$ @SYS$MANAGERBOOTOPTIONS
 Backing Up and Restoring the System Disk
Suggested Procedures
Reasons for Backing Up the System Disk
OpenVMS Cluster Caution
 Following sections describe how to back up the system disk
Performing the System Disk Backup
Getting Started
Mounting Devices
 Logging Out, Shutting Down, and Rebooting
Changing the Disk Volume Cluster Size
Restoring the System Disk
Example
 Performing the System Disk Restore
 Preparing an Alternate System Disk
 Using the Alternate System Disk
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Installing the OpenVMS Internationalization Data Kit
 Installing the OpenVMS Internationalization Data Kit
 Setting Up in a Mixed-Architecture Cluster Environment
Preparing to Use OpenVMS Management Station
Preparing Your OpenVMS System
 Preparing to Use OpenVMS Management Station
 Starting the Server on Other Nodes
Error Log Information
Updating the Printer and Storage Database
Editing the System Files
 Controlling the Printer and Storage Environment
Add the following command line to the system shutdown file
Keeping Your Printer Environment Up to Date
Name of the generated file is TNT$EMERGENCYMOUNT.COM
 When Is the Database Updated?
What Are the Requirements for Running TNT$UTILITY.COM?
You need the Sysnam privilege to run TNT$UTILITY.COM
 Running Third-Party TCP/IP Stacks
Caching Storage Configuration Data
 Preparing Your PC
 After Installing the Client Software on Your PC
Defining TCP/IP Nodes
Removing OpenVMS Management Station
 Getting Started with OpenVMS Management Station
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 Use the following commands to remove individual products
Enter the following DCL command
Removing the OpenVMS Operating System
 MODPARAMS.DAT LMF$LICENSE.LDB RIGHTSLIST.DAT SYSUAF.DAT
Target-diskVMS$COMMON.SYSEXE
 Alternative Method of Initialization
Alternative Ways to Initialize the System Disk
 Removing the Diagnostic Partition File
 Manager
Glossary
 Dssi
 EFI
 Mcoe
 MOP
 DVD
 SIM
 Uetp
 Wbem
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 Index
 Dwmotifsupport
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 Initialize
 ODS-2
 Index
 Pcsi
 Index
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 TDC
 Wbemcim