Installation manual

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Installing the OpenVMS VAX Operating System
During the installation procedure, OpenVMS VAX files are transferred from
the distribution media to the system disk or, for certain files, to an alternate
disk. The time required to complete an installation varies depending on your
hardware configuration and on the distribution media you are using. In most
cases, magnetic tapes and tape cartridges require more time than compact discs.
This chapter describes the following installation tasks:
• Booting standalone BACKUP
• Creating the system disk
• Configuring a cluster
• Setting passwords
• Creating the rights database
• Registering licenses
• Running AUTOGEN
At certain points in the procedure you will need to refer to the upgrade and
installation supplement for installation instructions that are specific to your VAX
computer.
3.1 Booting Standalone BACKUP
Standalone BACKUP is a subset of the OpenVMS Backup utility (BACKUP).
Because you boot it into main memory, standalone BACKUP executes outside
the control of the operating system. You use standalone BACKUP to restore the
required save sets from the distribution media to your system disk.
To boot a standalone BACKUP environment, enter the following:
>>> B DKA400
Standalone BACKUP is included in the OpenVMS VAX distribution kit. Each
piece of media in the distribution kit has a label that indicates its contents.
For example, there are two CompacTape cartridges in a TK50 kit. Standalone
BACKUP is on the second tape cartridge.
3.1.1 Booting from Tape Cartridge
If your distribution media is contained on TK50 CompacTape cartridges, complete
the following steps to boot standalone BACKUP. (If you are using an InfoServer
device, go to Section 3.1.2.)
1. Place the media that contains standalone BACKUP in the source drive or in
the console drive and boot from that drive.
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