Installation manual

After Installing the OpenVMS VAX Operating System
4.5 Configuring and Starting Networking Software
4.5.2 Editing SYSTARTUP_VMS
If you plan to run Compaq DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS VAX, you do not need to
edit this file because DECnet will start automatically.
If you plan to run DECnet Phase IV for OpenVMS VAX, after you start the
queue manager, edit the commands in SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]SYSTARTUP_
VMS.COM that pertain to networking, so that DECnet starts automatically when
you boot the system. Choose one of the following commands to start the network
and remove the comment delimiter (!) from that command:
$! IF F$SEARCH("SYS$SYSTEM:NETACP.EXE") .NES. "" THEN @SYS$MANAGER:STARTNET
$! IF F$SEARCH("SYS$SYSTEM:NETACP.EXE") .NES. "" THEN SUBMIT SYS$MANAGER:STARTNET.COM
Both of the previous commands perform the same task. However, the first
command executes STARTNET.COM and delays further processing until the
procedure is completed; the second submits STARTNET.COM to a batch queue
and continues executing SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM. If you plan to run both
DECnet Phase IV for OpenVMS VAX and DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS VAX,
you must also edit SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM to add a
comment delimiter (!) immediately following the dollar-sign ($) in the DEFINE
DECW$IGNORE_DECNET command as follows:
$! DEFINE DECW$IGNORE_DECNET TRUE
If you are not going to start DECnet Phase IV for OpenVMS VAX or have not yet
started it, this command tells DECwindows not to wait for DECnet.
4.6 Testing the System with UETP
The User Environment Test Package (UETP) is a software package designed to
test whether the OpenVMS VAX operating system is installed correctly. As part
of the postinstallation procedure, Compaq recommends that you run UETP to
verify the installation.
Note that UETP needs at least 1200 free blocks on the system disk and is
available only if you installed the optional save set VMS073.D. If you did not
install the optional save set, you can add the UETP files to your system using
VMSTAILOR.
For information about using VMSTAILOR, see Chapter 10.
For complete information about using UETP, refer to the OpenVMS System
Manager’s Manual.
4.7 Decompressing the System Libraries
Decompressing the system libraries gives the system faster access to them.
You can decompress all the system libraries or just some of them. You use the
LIBDECOMP.COM procedure to decompress the libraries.
The additional amount of disk space required to decompress all the system
libraries is about 22,600 blocks. To find out how much disk space you have, enter
the following command and press Return:
$ SHOW DEVICE SYS$SYSDEVICE
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