Installation manual

Installing the OpenVMS VAX Operating System
3.12 Running AUTOGEN
3.12 Running AUTOGEN
The remaining portion of the installation procedure runs AUTOGEN to evaluate
your hardware configuration and estimate typical work loads. AUTOGEN then
sets system parameters, the sizes of page, swap, and dump files, and the contents
of VMSIMAGES.DAT. When AUTOGEN finishes and you reboot your system, the
installation procedure is complete.
The installation procedure displays messages similar to the following:
Running AUTOGEN to compute the new SYSTEM parameters ...
%AUTOGEN-I-BEGIN, GETDATA phase is beginning.
%AUTOGEN-I-NEWFILE, A new version of SYS$SYSTEM:PARAMS.DAT has been created.
You may wish to purge this file.
%AUTOGEN-I-END, GETDATA phase has successfully completed.
.
.
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%AUTOGEN-I-BEGIN, REBOOT phase is beginning.
If you need to create or modify the size of the pagefile or swapfile, use the
SYSMAN utility. For more information, refer to the OpenVMS System Manager’s
Manual, Volume 1: Essentials.
3.12.1 Automatic Reboot after AUTOGEN
After AUTOGEN finishes, the system shuts down, displaying messages similar to
the following:
The system is shutting down to allow the system to boot with the
generated site-specific parameters and installed images.
The system will automatically reboot after the shutdown and the
upgrade will be complete.
SHUTDOWN -- Perform an Orderly System Shutdown
3.12.2 Manual Reboot after AUTOGEN
If the system does not reboot automatically, reboot the system manually.
For example, if you have a VAX 8600 computer and the system disk is on an
RA60 disk drive with a unit number of 1, enter the following command and press
Return:
>>> B DUA1
After the system reboots, a message similar to the following is displayed:
********************************** *******************************
OpenVMS VAX V7.3
You have SUCCESSFULLY installed the OpenVMS VAX Operating System.
The system is now executing the STARTUP procedure. Please
wait for the completion of STARTUP before logging in to the
system.
********************************** *******************************
For more information about booting, refer to the upgrade and installation
supplement for your VAX computer, then return to this manual.
Note
If you did not register your OpenVMS VAX license as described in
Section 3.9, the procedure displays warning messages that the OpenVMS
license must be registered. Be sure to register this license when the
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