Installation manual
Upgrading the OpenVMS VAX Operating System
7.5 Upgrade Phase 3
3. Removes the directory entries for page, swap, dump, and authorization files
from the old directory tree.
4. Deletes all the remaining accounting data files, operator logs, and all files in
the SYSERR directory.
5. Merges the old and new versions of the following files: HELP, DCLTABLES,
IMAGELIB.OLB, and STARLET.OLB.
6. Moves all remaining files from the old directory tree [VMS$COMMON] to the
new directory tree.
7. Deletes the old directory tree [VMS$COMMON].
7.6 Upgrade Phase 4
At the beginning of Phase 4, the procedure displays a message similar to the
following:
Continuing with OpenVMS VAX V7.3 Upgrade Procedure.
Upgrade Phase 4 13-NOV-2000 11:21:40.65
During Phase 4, the upgrade procedure does the following:
1. Corrects back pointers for system directories. (If the system crashes before
this action completes, you may not be able to boot the system.)
2. Completes the directory backlink setup.
3. Shuts down the system. (You can ignore error messages that display during
the shutdown.)
4. Reboots the system, or requires that you manually reboot the system.
7.6.1 How to Proceed
If the procedure requires that you manually reboot the system from the original
system root (usually SYS0), do the following:
1. If you are upgrading a VAX 8530, 8550, 8810, or 8820-N computer, do the
following:
a. Restore the original copies of DEFBOO and dddGEN to boot from the
original root directory.
b. In the preupgrade procedure (Chapter 5), you made copies of the boot
command procedures, DEFBOO.SAV and dddGEN.SAV. To restore the
original names to these files, enter the following commands and press
Return after each one:
>>> EXIT
$ COPY DEFBOO.SAV DEFBOO.COM
$ COPY dddGEN.SAV dddGEN.COM
2. For most MicroVAX and VAXstation computers, use the BOOT command in
the following format and substitute the device name of the system disk for
ddcu:
>>> B ddcu
If the system fails to boot, you can boot into SYSBOOT by entering the
following:
>>> B/1 ddcu
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