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entering its volume label. The /FOREIGN qualifier is required for the target disk when you use the BACKUP /IMAGE command.

$$$ MOUNT /OVERRIDE=IDENTIFICATION DKA0:

$$$ MOUNT /FOREIGN DKA100:

5.To back up the system disk to a magnetic tape, enter the following commands, where MTA0: is the magnetic tape drive and label is the volume label. Note that the BACKUP command automatically mounts the tape and begins the backup to it.

$$$ INITIALIZE MTA0: label

$$$ MOUNT /OVERRIDE=IDENTIFICATION DKA0:

$$$ BACKUP /IMAGE /LOG DKA0: MTA0:label.BCK

6.To back up to a device other than a magnetic tape drive, enter the BACKUP command. For example, if your system disk is on DKA0: and your target disk is on DKA100:, use the following command (the colons are required):

$$$ BACKUP /IMAGE /LOG DKA0: DKA100:

The /IMAGE qualifier causes the Backup utility to produce a functionally equivalent copy of the system disk, which is also bootable. The /LOG qualifier causes the procedure to display the specification of each save set file being processed. To compare the backed up files to the source files, use the /VERIFY qualifier. If any discrepancies are detected, the Backup utility displays an error message indicating the discrepancies.

7.Log out from the DCL environment.

8.Shut down the system by selecting option 9 on the menu.

For more complete information about backup operations, including a description of an alternative method that does not require booting from the operating system media, see Appendix E (page 247). For more information about the Backup utility, see the HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual: A-L.

4.9 Finishing Preupgrade Tasks

Continue the preupgrade tasks as follows, depending on whether you are upgrading in a standalone or OpenVMS Cluster environment:

IF ...	THEN ...
You are upgrading a	1.	Review the checklist at the beginning of this chapter to verify that you have
standalone system		performed the necessary tasks.
	2.	Log in to the SYSTEM account.
	3.	Enter the following command:
		$ @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN
	4.	When the procedure asks whether an automatic system reboot should be performed,
		enter N (NO).
	5.	Go to Chapter 6 (page 95) to begin the upgrade procedure.
You are upgrading an	1.	Review the checklist at the beginning of this chapter to verify that you have
OpenVMS Cluster system		performed the necessary tasks.
	2.	Go to Chapter 5 (page 87).

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