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Upgrading the OpenVMS VAX Operating System
7.2 Performing the Upgrade
After a slight pause, the procedure displays a message similar to the following:
Beginning installation of VMS V7.3 at 10:08
%VMSINSTAL-I-RESTORE, Restoring product saveset A ...
7.2.8 Monitoring Messages from VMSINSTAL
The upgrade procedure displays several important messages that provide you
with the following information:
What VMSINSTAL is doing.
Notes, suggestions, and restrictions about various parts of the upgrade.
Status of the upgrade.
Read these messages carefully to decide whether or not you need to interrupt the
upgrade procedure. An interruption is allowed before Phase 1. The procedure
displays the following message:
* Do you want to continue? (Y/N):
To continue the upgrade, type Yes and press Return.
To interrupt the upgrade, do the following:
1. Type No and press Return.
2. If prompted for another product, type EXIT to exit from VMSINSTAL.
7.2.9 Verifying the Date and Time
The procedure displays the current date and time. If the date and time are
correct, type Yes. If they are incorrect, type No. Enter the correct date and time
using the 24-hour clock format and press Return. For example:
PLEASE ENTER DATE AND TIME (DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM) 13-NOV-2000 10:19
7.3 Upgrade Phase 1
This section describes Phase 1 of the upgrade. During this phase, you provide
passwords for system accounts and select OpenVMS options, and the procedure
restores the files in the OpenVMS required save set (VMS073.B).
At the end of this phase, the procedure shuts down your VAX computer. If your
computer uses console media when booting and the boot file was modified as
described in Section 7.1, the system should reboot automatically. Otherwise, you
must reboot manually from the SYSF directory.
7.3.1 Specifying the Type of Upgrade
At the beginning of Phase 1, the procedure displays a message similar to the
following:
Upgrade Phase 1 13-NOV-2000 10:19:30.85
* Are you performing a rolling upgrade? (Y/N):
If you are performing a concurrent upgrade or an upgrade on a standalone
system, type No and press Return.
If you are performing a rolling upgrade, type Yes and press Return. The
procedure asks you several questions to determine if all system disks in the
cluster (other than the one you are upgrading) are running at least OpenVMS
VAX Version 7.1. Follow the instructions in Section 6.5.
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