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Upgrading the OpenVMS VAX Operating System
7.3 Upgrade Phase 1
• Renames files found in SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSMGR] and in
SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR] by adding _OLD_SPECIFIC to the file extensions.
For example, [SYSMGR]LOGIN.COM becomes [SYSMGR]LOGIN.COM_OLD_
SPECIFIC. (The file extensions are restored during Phase 6 of the upgrade
procedure.)
• Cleans up the system disk by purging all accounting data files, operator logs,
and the directory SYSERR. The procedure also deletes all JNL files in the
root directory and its subdirectories.
• Builds the directory tree [SYSF] and deletes the OpenVMS VAX and
DECwindows files that are not needed to reboot during Phase 2 of the
upgrade.
As the procedure performs each of these tasks, it displays messages describing
what is being done. When this step is completed, the procedure displays a
message similar to the following:
File cleanup complete - 13-NOV-2000 10:34:16.34
7.3.6 Selecting Optional OpenVMS Components
The procedure displays information about optional OpenVMS VAX files and the
remaining amount of disk space. The information is similar to the following
(block sizes might vary slightly):
Select optional software you want to install. You can install one
or more of the following OpenVMS or DECwindows components:
o OpenVMS library - 52200 blocks
o OpenVMS optional - 19000 blocks
o OpenVMS Help Message - 10400 blocks
o OpenVMS Management Station - 20000 blocks
o DECwindows base support - 4400 blocks
o DECwindows workstation support - 23800 blocks
- 75 dots per inch video fonts - (included)
- 100 dots per inch video fonts - 6200 blocks
o DECnet-Plus networking - 80000 blocks
o DECnet Phase IV networking - 800 blocks
Space remaining on system disk: 1674710 blocks
You must indicate which of the options you want to install. If you require network
support, you must select the OpenVMS library component.
Note that if you do not install the optional OpenVMS components at this
time, you can install them after the upgrade by using the VMSTAILOR and
DECW$TAILOR utilities. However, the Help Message utility can be tailored on
(added) to the system disk only. If you do not choose to install the Help Message
files at this point in the procedure and want them on an alternate device, you will
not be able to use VMSTAILOR to restore them later. If you want to install Help
Message files on an alternate disk after the installation procedure completes, you
can use the BACKUP command, as follows:
$ BACKUP/VERIFY source-device:[000000]VMS073.E/SAVE_SET -
_$ target-device:[directory-name]
where:
source-device is the device name for the drive on which the distribution media
is mounted.
target-device is the name of the device on which the alternate disk is mounted.
directory-name is the name of the directory to which you are copying the files.
Upgrading the OpenVMS VAX Operating System 7–9