Installation manual

8
After Upgrading the OpenVMS VAX Operating
System
After you upgrade the OpenVMS VAX operating system, you need to perform
several important tasks before you can use the system. These tasks, described in
the order in which you perform them, are as follows:
• Verifying system time
• Restoring the preferred node list
• Replacing SYSUAF.DAT and VMS$AUDIT_SERVER.DAT
• Examining AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT
• Checking the size of system files
• Examining your command procedures
• Changing MODPARAMS.DAT
• Updating your console media
• Decompressing system libraries
• Testing the system with UETP, the user environment test package
• Increasing free space on your system disk
• Purging system files
• Restoring your modifications to the system password dictionary
• Customizing DECwindows support software
• Preparing to run the OpenVMS Management Station software
• Installing layered products
• Backing up the system disk
• Running AUTOGEN
• Completing the postupgrade checklist
If you are an experienced system manager, you can use the checklist at the end of
this chapter to complete the necessary postupgrade tasks.
If you are a less-experienced system manager, you should read the entire chapter
and then use the checklist to make sure you have completed all the postupgrade
tasks.
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