Installation manual

Upgrading the OpenVMS VAX Operating System
7.3 Upgrade Phase 1
Do you want to disable the account (Y/N)? N
Do you want to change the account password (Y/N)? Y
You must now select a new primary password for the SYSTEST account. The
password you select must be at least 8 characters in length and cannot be
the same as the name of the account.
New password:
Verification:
%UAF-I-MDFMSG, user record(s) updated
%VMS-I-PWD-SET, primary password for account SYSTEST set
After you have correctly entered the passwords, the procedure does the following:
• Checks the account quotas in the DEFAULT, SYSTEM, and various other
accounts and modifies them if necessary
• Turns off quotas on the system disk
• Stops OPCOM
• Stops the error formatter (ERRFMT)
7.3.4 Choosing the Boot Method
If your VAX computer is not one of the following, go to Section 7.3.5.
VAX 8200, 8250, 8300, 8350
VAX 8600, 8650
VAX 9000
If your VAX computer is included in the preceding list, the procedure can
temporarily modify the DEFBOO.CMD (or DEFBOO.COM if you have a VAX
8600 computer) to boot from the [SYSF] directory. During Phase 4 of the upgrade,
the procedure restores the DEFBOO.CMD (or DEFBOO.COM) file that is set up
to boot from the current system disk and system root.
The procedure displays a message similar to the following (except for VAX 8600
computers):
* Do you want to boot from the [console media]?
If you prefer to boot your system manually from the [SYSF] directory or if you
are booting directly from a local system disk, type No, press Return, and go to
Section 7.3.5 to continue the upgrade.
Type Yes and press Return if one of the following is true:
• You want to boot from the console media.
• You are using a CI750.
The procedure prompts you to insert the console media in the drive. Insert the
backup copy of the console media into the drive and do not remove it from the
drive until the upgrade has been completed. Make sure the console media is
write enabled.
7.3.5 File Cleanup
The procedure does the following:
• Checks for the location of the SYS$TIMEZONE.DAT file, which must now be
in the SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE] directory. If the procedure finds this file
in some other directory, it deletes it from that directory. Later, during the
final phase of the upgrade, the procedure prompts you for the information it
needs to create a SYS$TIMEZONE.DAT file in the SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]
directory.
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