Installation manual

Upgrading the OpenVMS VAX Operating System
7.2 Performing the Upgrade
VMSINSTAL checks your system’s account quotas. If it finds account quotas that
are less than it expects, VMSINSTAL displays a message similar to the following:
%VMSINSTAL-W-LOWQUOTA, The following account quotas may be too low.
-VMSINSTAL-W-LOWQUOTA, If you want to modify these account quotas , type NO to
-VMSINSTAL-W-LOWQUOTA, the next question, modify the appropriate quotas, log out
-VMSINSTAL-W-LOWQUOTA, then log back in and restart this procedure.
BYTLM: currently 32512; minimum expected 32768
* Do you want to continue anyway [NO]?
You should have verified that your SYSTEM account quotas were sufficient before
beginning the upgrade. (See Section 5.5.8 for the minimum required values and
for instructions for modifying quotas and limits.)
To modify the account quotas now, do the following:
1. Type No and press Return.
2. Modify the account quotas you want to change.
3. Log out of the SYSTEM account; then log back in so that the new quotas will
be in effect.
4. Restart VMSINSTAL.
To continue the upgrade without modifying the account quotas, type Yes and
press Return.
7.2.4 Backing Up the System Disk
The procedure displays the following message:
* Are you satisfied with the backup of your system disk [YES]?
If you have made a standalone BACKUP of the system disk, press Return and go
to Section 7.2.5.
If you have not made a standalone image backup of the system disk, do the
following:
1. Type N (for No) and press Return. VMSINSTAL ends and the dollar-sign
prompt ($) is displayed.
2. Back up the system disk as described in the upgrade and installation
supplement for your VAX computer.
3. After you have made a backup of the system disk, start the upgrade procedure
again.
Note
If the upgrade procedure fails and you do not have a current backup of
the system disk that you are upgrading, you may not be able to recover to
the previous version of the operating system.
7–4 Upgrading the OpenVMS VAX Operating System