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B.5 Booting OpenVMS I64 from the InfoServer	199
B.6 Troubleshooting InfoServer Boot Problems	201
C Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS	203
C.1 HP SIM Provisioning of OpenVMS	203
C.1.1 About HP SIM and Provisioning	203
C.1.2 Prerequisites for HP SIM Provisioning	204
C.1.3 Setting Up InfoServer Support	205
C.1.4 Setting Up vMedia	207
C.1.5 Setting Up HP SIM and the Windows Server to Provision OpenVMS	214
C.1.5.1 Installing the OpenVMS Provisioning Plug-in for HP SIM	214
C.1.5.2 Discovering and Identifying Your New Provisioning Client MPs	214
C.1.6 Provisioning OpenVMS	217
C.1.6.1 Provisioning OpenVMS Through the InfoServer	218
C.1.6.2 Provisioning OpenVMS Through vMedia	226
C.2 Using vMedia Independently of HP SIM	232
C.2.1 Prerequisites for Using vMedia to Install or Upgrade OpenVMS	233
C.2.2 Using vMedia to Install or Upgrade OpenVMS	234
D Setting Up and Booting Fibre Channel Storage Devices	241
D.1 Booting on a Fibre Channel Storage Device on OpenVMS I64 Systems	241
D.1.1 Checking the Firmware Version	241
D.1.2 Obtaining the IPF Offline Diagnostics and Utilities	242
D.1.3 Configuring and Booting FC Boot Device	242
D.1.4 Configuring Additional Nodes to Boot into a Cluster Using a Shared Disk	245
E Backing Up and Restoring the System Disk	247
E.1 Reasons for Backing Up the System Disk	247
E.2 Suggested Procedures	247
E.3 OpenVMS Cluster Caution	247
E.4 Backing Up the System Disk	248
E.4.1 Getting Started	248
E.4.2 Mounting Devices	248
E.4.3 Performing the System Disk Backup	248
E.4.4 Changing the Disk Volume Cluster Size	249
E.4.5 Logging Out, Shutting Down, and Rebooting	249
E.5 Restoring the System Disk	249
E.5.1 Getting Started	249
E.5.2 Mounting Devices	250
E.5.3 Performing the System Disk Restore	250
E.5.4 Logging Out, Shutting Down, and Rebooting	250
E.6 Alternative Backup and Restore Procedure (Minimum OpenVMS Environment)	251
E.6.1 Preparing an Alternate System Disk	251
E.6.2 Using the Alternate System Disk	252
F Installing the OpenVMS Internationalization Data Kit	255
G Preparing to Use OpenVMS Management Station	257
G.1 Preparing Your OpenVMS System	257
G.1.1 Setting Up in a Mixed-Architecture Cluster Environment	257
G.1.2 Starting the Server on Other Nodes	259

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