Installation manual
System disks (cont’d)
creating, 3–4
customizing with DECW$TAILOR, 4–7, 10–7,
10–8
customizing with VMSTAILOR, 4–7, 8–9, 10–1
dealing with limited space, H–1, H–2
disk space needed to run UETP, 4–4, 8–8
free space needed for an upgrade, 5–9
preparing for an upgrade, 5–7
preparing for installations, 2–4
removing unwanted files from, 4–7
required location during an upgrade, 7–18
RZ24, H–2
space requirements, H–2
specifying volume label for, 3–8
System files
modifying, 8–3
purging, 8–9
System Generation utility
See SYSGEN utility and System parameters
System hang, 7–21
System libraries
decompressing, 3–17, 8–6 to 8–8
sizes after decompressing, 8–6
System parameters
adjusting, 4–3
generated by AUTOGEN feedback, 5–6
requirements for an upgrade, 5–3, 5–10, 5–11
System password dictionary
restoring after an upgrade, 8–9
System shutdowns
after an installation, 3–25
System time, 4–1, 8–2
SYSTEST account
setting passwords, 3–16
SYSTEST_CLIG account
disabling during an installation, 3–16
SYSUAF.DAT file
See UAF
T
Tailored system disks
See DECW$TAILOR utility; VMSTAILOR
utility
Tailoring
on small system disks, H–2
Tape cartridge
containing save sets, 3–1
containing standalone BACKUP, 3–1
Tape drives
preparing for an installation, 2–4
selecting for an installation, 2–4
Target disk
using backup copy for, 5–7
Target drives, 1–3
definition, 7–2
TCP/IP software
See Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
Time
format for entering, 7–6
Time zones
updating during an installation, 3–22
updating during an upgrade, 7–19
Transferring save sets to the system disk, 3–4
U
UAF (user authorization file)
effect of rolling upgrades on, 5–8, 8–2
purged during an upgrade, 7–14
replacing after an upgrade, 8–2
required location, 5–8
UETP (User Environment Test Package)
disk space needed to run, 4–4, 8–8
when to run, 4–4, 8–8
UPDATE_CONSOLE.COM procedure
running after an upgrade, 8–6
Upgrade and installation supplements
using, 2–2, 3–1
Upgrade procedure, 1–8
See also Concurrent upgrades and Rolling
upgrades
automatic update of console media, 5–7
booting from console media, 7–8
booting from [SYSF], 7–15
booting manually during, 7–8
building [SYSF] directory, 7–9
cautions and restrictions, 5–1
choosing optional OpenVMS components, 7–10
concurrent upgrades, 6–3
console media required, 5–5
conversion of VAXVMSSYS.PAR, 7–18
correcting directory pointers, 7–17
deletion of [SYSF] directory tree, 7–18
disk space needed for page files, 5–9
disk space requirement, 5–9
effect on accounting logs, 5–3
effect on command procedures, 8–3
effect on layered products, 5–5
effect on MODPARAMS.DAT, 8–4
effect on operator logs, 5–3
enabling automatic restart, 5–12
enabling manual reboot, 5–12
error entering device name, 7–5
files deleted by, 7–9, 7–17, 7–18
files purged during, 7–14
interrupting before Phase 1, 7–6
loading OpenVMS VAX distribution media, 7–3
manual reboot after, 7–21
manual reboot from [SYS0], 7–17
merging directory trees, 7–17
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