Installation manual

Installing the OpenVMS VAX Operating System
3.8 Postinstallation Tasks Described
After the installation finishes, you might want to do one or more of the
following tasks:
o DECOMPRESS THE SYSTEM LIBRARIES - To save space, many of the system
libraries are shipped in a data-compressed format. If you have
enough disk space, you can decompress the libraries for faster access.
To data expand the libraries, type:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:LIBDECOMP.COM
If you do not decompress these libraries, you will experience
slower response to the HELP and LINK commands.
o BUILD A STANDALONE BACKUP KIT - You can build a standalone backup kit
using the procedure described in the "Backup Procedures" chapter of
the upgrade and installation supplement provided for your VAX computer.
o TAILOR THE SYSTEM DISK - You might want to review the files provided or
not provided during this installation. If you find there are files
you want to remove from the system disk (TAILOR OFF) or files you want
to add (TAILOR ON), use the following utilities to perform the
desired tailoring.
OpenVMS tailoring: $ RUN SYS$UPDATE:VMSTAILOR
DECwindows tailoring: $ RUN SYS$UPDATE:DECW$TAILOR
Note: The tailor procedure cannot be used to TAILOR ON or TAILOR OFF
files located on an alternate disk.
For more information about decompressing the system libraries, see Section 4.7
in Chapter 4. For information on using VMSTAILOR or DECW$TAILOR, see
Chapter 10.
After the messages about postinstallation tasks are displayed, the procedure
displays a message similar to the following:
Continuing with OpenVMS VAX V7.3 Installation Procedure.
Configuring all devices on the system...
Proceed to the next section for information about registering your licenses.
3.9 Registering Licenses
Before you can use the OpenVMS VAX operating system and its components,
you must register all licenses in the following order. If you do not register your
licenses at this point in the procedure, you must register them immediately after
the installation, before you perform postinstallation tasks.
1. Register the OpenVMS VAX license for the VAX computer on which you have
just installed the operating system. If you have an OpenVMS Cluster system,
you then register an OpenVMS VAX license for each additional computer
in the cluster that will boot off the system disk that you just created. Each
registered OpenVMS VAX license must be assigned to one of the nodes for the
cluster.
2. Register the licenses for any System Integrated Products (SIPs) that you
purchased.
For more information about registering licenses, refer to the following:
• OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual, which provides:
– Details about all LICENSE commands, error messages, and recovery
procedures for licensing tasks
– A description of VMSLICENSE.COM, with step-by-step instructions for
registering licenses
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