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List of Tables 1-1 Definitions of Terms......................................................................................................................21 1-2 Getting OpenVMS Started on Integrity servers............................................................................24 2-1 Preinstal...

Preface About this document This document explains how to install, or upgrade to, Version 8.4 of the HP OpenVMS Alphaor OpenVMS for Integrity servers operating system. Also included are the prerequisites forinstalling and upgrading your software and the required and optional tasks you can performaft...

Server Blade products). HP iLO management processors make it simpler, faster and lesscostly to manage your Integrity servers remotely. The iLO Advanced KVM Card on theIntegrity servers combines a physical graphics/USB card with additional logic to permit theLights Out Advanced features of Virtual Me...

Typographical Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: Meaning Convention A sequence such as Ctrl / x indicates that you must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while you press another key or a pointing device button. Ctrl / X A sequence such as PF1 X indicates that you must first ...

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/integrity/integrity_gwm.html • The hardware manuals that are supplied with your Alpha or Integrity servers computer.These manuals provide detailed information about your system hardware, including theoperation of the system unit, the drives, and the monitor. During ...

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1 Getting Started This chapter defines key terms and describes preliminary procedures you must perform beforeinstalling or upgrading your OpenVMS system. NOTE: Throughout this book, examples are taken from OpenVMS Integrity servers' installations or upgrades except where stated otherwise. OpenVMS DC...

Table 1-1 Definitions of Terms (continued) Definition Term Virtual keyboard, video, and mouse feature included with Integrated Lights Out (iLO) 2 Management Processor ( MP ) on Integrity servers (rx2660, rx3600, and rx6600 Integrity servers and the BL860c and BL870c Server Blade products). The featu...

user interface and the functionality provided by vKVM and vMedia. MP and Integrity iLOprovide a service interface that allows access to all hardware and, in a complex, all nPartition s. The MP is always available, even when the main power source is turned off (MP can operate onstandby power). On cel...

All processors ( cores ) and memory are contained in cell s, each of which can be assigned for exclusive use by an nPartition. An nPartition defines a subset of the server hardware resourcesthat is used as an independent system environment. An nPartition has its own EFI system bootinterface and each...

1.3 Examining Hardware and Software Components Before you begin an installation or upgrade, be sure you have all the required hardware andsoftware components, as described in the following sections. 1.3.1 Hardware Components For hardware components, verify the following:: • Be sure the hardware is i...

The DVD label is the printed label on the OE DVD. The volume label is the machine-readablename that the OpenVMS Integrity servers operating system uses to access and identify the DVD. 1.3.5 Firmware on Alpha Systems OpenVMS Alpha performs a firmware check each time the system is booted. When you boo...

(zip-compressed) file to your system. (To access the release notes, see step 5 in the preceding section.) 3. Unzip the firmware file into the corresponding .ISO file. The .ISO file is a block copy of thefirmware disk for the Integrity servers system. On OpenVMS systems, you can obtain theINFO-ZIP ut...

• When the source drive is a virtual DVD drive served by the InfoServer, the device name istypically the following: DAD1: • On OpenVMS systems configured in certain OpenVMS Cluster or HSx environments, thedevice naming convention is similar to the following: DUA20.14.0.2.0 The values you specify ide...

8) Execute DCL commands and procedures 9) Shut down this system Enter CHOICE or ? for help: (1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/?) Review the following sections to understand how the menu works. Then you can chooseappropriate menu options when you are asked to do so before, during, and after an installationor upgrad...

which any other operating system is installed. This includes implementations of OpenVMS for other architectures. Do you want to INITIALIZE or to PRESERVE? [PRESERVE] 1.4.1.1 INITIALIZE Option When you specify the INITIALIZE option, the following operations take place: • All software and data files t...

HP I64VMS HPBINARYCHECKER version V1.0 HP I64VMS WBEMCIM version V2.91-A070728 HP I64VMS WBEMPROVIDERS version V2.0-31 HP I64VMS DWMOTIF version V1.7 HP I64VMS DECNET_PLUS version V8.4 HP I64VMS DECNET_PHASE_IV version V8.4 HP I64VMS TCPIP version V5.7 The following Layered Product kits are availabl...

8.3 or later, signed kits that you install subsequently are validated, including any signed kitsincluded on the distribution media.) The DCL command PRODUCT SHOW HISTORY displaysthe validation status of these kits as unsigned rather than as a validated kit. As shown in the following example, you are...

The install operation can provide brief or detailed descriptions. In either case, you can request the detailed descriptions by typing "?". Do you always want detailed descriptions? (Yes/No) [No] NO 1 - HP I64VMS AVAIL_MAN_BASE V8.4 Layered Product 2 - HP I64VMS CDSA V2.3-306 Layered Product ...

1.4.6 Using the Remove Installed Products Option (6) Option 6 allows you to remove products that were installed or registered with the PCSI utility.(This option removes complete products. To remove patches, use option 7, as described in Section 1.4.7 (page 39) .) IMPORTANT: Do not remove the followi...

Choose one or more items from the menu separated by commas: 1.4.7 Using the Patches and Recovery Data Option (7) Select option 7 to install or undo patches and to perform related operations. When you selectoption 7, the following options submenu appears: This procedure can perform one of the followi...

2 Preparing to Install in an OpenVMS Cluster Environment This chapter contains information to review and steps to perform before installing OpenVMS inan OpenVMS Cluster environment. If you are not installing your operating system in an OpenVMSCluster environment, go to Chapter 3 (page 45) for inform...

Warranted support combinations with OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.4 and OpenVMSAlpha Version 8.4 are shown in Table 2-2 . Table 2-2 Warranted Cluster Support with OpenVMS Version 8.4 Warranted in combination with Operating system OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.4 OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.4 ...

2.4 Required OpenVMS Cluster Information If during the installation you answer YES to the system prompt asking whether your system willbe a member of an OpenVMS Cluster, you need to provide the following information after youboot the system disk: Explanation Required Information Configuration types ...

remain so during the installation. For instructions on dismounting cluster disks, see Section 5.5.2.3 (page 99) . 2.6 Beginning the Installation After you have completed all the tasks in this chapter, go to Chapter 3 (page 45) to begin the installation. 44 Preparing to Install in an OpenVMS Cluster ...

3 Installing the OpenVMS Operating System This chapter explains how to install the OpenVMS Alpha and Integrity servers operating systems.It includes sample output similar to what you might see during an installation and explains howto respond to the prompts. If you purchased a system with the operat...

3.2.1 Booting the OpenVMS Alpha CD This section explains how to boot the OpenVMS Alpha operating system CD, either from yourlocal CD drive, as described in Section 3.2.1.2 (page 46) , or from a CD drive served by the InfoServer, as described in Section 3.2.1.3 (page 46) . First, you need to identify...

NOTE: If you are using a DEC 3000 or 4000 series system, note the following: • On DEC 3000 series systems, you can boot through the InfoServer using an alternateTURBOchannel device, such as a PMAD (Ethernet) or DEFTA (FDDI), by specifyingthe device name as “ n /ESA0”. The value for n is the TURBOcha...

NOTE: If you boot the OpenVMS Alpha operating system CD from an InfoServer but lose your connection during the installation procedure (the system is unresponsive and pressing Ctrl / Y does not return you to the menu), do the following: THEN ... IF ... You previously chose theINITIALIZE option 1. Boo...

For information about other required and optional tasks to be performed before or after bootingthe system, see Appendix B (page 187) . CAUTION: To boot your OpenVMS Integrity servers operating system on a cell-based server (Superdome servers, or midrange servers such as rx8620 and rx7620), note that...

NOTE: When booting OpenVMS from the installation DVD for the first time on any OpenVMS Integrity servers system with a SAN storage device, you might experience a delay in EFIinitialization because the entire SAN is scanned. Depending on the size of the SAN, this delaymight range from several seconds...

• 2 CPUs • 2 GB memory • AVIO LAN virtual switch with the name myswitch • AVIO disk with backing store as /fdev/frackA/disk1 • AVIO DVD with backing store as /dev/rdisk/disk7 (for DVD) or AVIO disk with backingstore as /fev/frackA/OpenVMS.iso (for ISO file) NOTE: Specify the operating system type as...

Loading.: EFI Shell [Built-in]EFI Shell version 1.10 [14.62]Device mapping tablefs0 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)/CDROM(Entry0)blk0 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)blk1 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)blk2 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun1,Lun0)/CDROM(Entry0)Shell...

• Output from the installation procedure is nearly identical for both Alpha and Integrityservers except, of course, the operating system names as well as names of products includedwith the installation. For example, the OpenVMS Integrity servers windowing and networkingproduct names are all displaye...

During the installation, the procedure prompts you for the following information: • The name of the target drive, and the LAN device (if booting is served by an InfoServer). • Whether you want to select the INITIALIZE or PRESERVE option (as described in Section 1.4.1 (page 30) ). • A volume label fo...

. . **************************************************************** You can install or upgrade the OpenVMS I64 operating system or you can install or upgrade layered products that are included on the OpenVMS I64 distribution media (CD/DVD). You can also execute DCL commands and procedures to perfor...

2. Create the System Disk: The procedure allows you to begin creating the system disk. Firstit displays the following information, followed by the prompt asking whether you want toinitialize or preserve the disk: There are two choices for Installation/Upgrade: INITIALIZE - Removes all software and d...

4. Specify the Volume Label: If you select a device that can be used, the procedure then informsyou of the volume label currently assigned to this device and asks whether you want to keepthat label. If you choose not to keep that label, you are prompted for a new label, as shownin the following exam...

if you do not need the new features of ODS-5 disks, including the support of applicationsported from other operating systems (such as UNIX, Linux, and MS Windows). • ODS-5— ODS-5 supports file names that are longer, have a wider range of legal characters, and allow for mixed-case file names. This fe...

Z). The system converts all characters to uppercase, so the case of characters you enterdoes not matter. • Press Enter after you enter the password. (The password does not display as you type it.) • After you enter the password, the procedure checks to make sure it meets therequirements for a valid ...

DECnet Phase IV for OpenVMS or DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS with DECnet Phase IVaddresses, then SCSNODE must be the same as your DECnet node name. The following is an example of the display and a valid response: For your system to operate properly, you must set two parameters: SCSNODE and SCSSYSTEMID. SC...

words immediately after the equals string, or you can enter the equals sign alone, in whichcase the procedure prompts you for the words or partial words of the time zone you wantto select. After you enter that information, the procedure displays all matching time zones,and you can then select the ap...

procedure: Configuring the Time Differential Factor (TDF) Default Time Differential Factor for standard time is -5:00. Default Time Differential Factor for daylight saving time is -4:00. The Time Differential Factor (TDF) is the difference between your system time and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC...

The OpenVMS Alpha operating system uses one or more of several types of licenses, asdescribed in the HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Alpha and Integrity Servers Software ProductDescription (SPD 82.35. xx ) . For more information about licensing terms and policies, contact your local HP sales office,or se...

o HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS If you want to change your selections, you can do so later in the installation by answering "NO" to the following question: "Do you want the defaults for all options?" Do you want to install DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS I64 V1.7? (Yes/No) [Yes] Y If y...

....There are post-installation tasks you must complete. WBEM Providers for OpenVMS (WBEMPROVIDERS) HP I64VMS DWMOTIF V1.7: DECwindows Motif If a Language Variant is installed, refer to the Installation Guide. 20. Finish Installation onto System Disk – Review and Confirm Options: When you have answe...

22. Installation Creates and Validates Boot Options (Integrity servers only): At this point in an OpenVMS Integrity servers installation, the procedure creates and validates boot optionsif you chose to have the procedure do so (see step 8 ). • If you answered NO in step 8, the following message is d...

Validate EFI Boot Options list: Timeout = 0 secs.------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 OpenVMS on DKB400: PKA0.1 DKB400 PCI(0|20|1|0) Scsi(Pun1,Lun0) efi$bcfg: Option Failed. Fixing Boot Entry automatically. efi$bcfg: Entry 1 Boot0001 removed. efi$bcfg: DKB400 PCI(0|2...

24. Shut Down the System: Unless you want to perform other operations prior to booting the new system disk, choose the shutdown option (9) on the OpenVMS main menu to shut downthe operating system, as shown in the following example. If you want to install layeredproducts that have not been installed...

When the system starts booting, the initial informational messages displayed are similar to thefollowing: OpenVMS (TM) Alpha Operating System, Version 8.4 Installing required known files... Configuring devices... (c) Copyright 1976-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 3.5.2 Booting the Ope...

corresponding EFI device depends on what partitions are configured onthe target disk. blk The blk devices are block devices. Multiple blk devices exist for eachvolume that has a bootable partition or diagnostic partition. These devicesmay include the DVD device as well as the diagnostic partitions o...

1 The Ethernet might not be required for communication within a local area OpenVMS Cluster system configured with FDDI devices. Within certain Digital Storage Systems Interconnect ( DSSI ) or computer interconnect ( CI ) mixed-interconnect configurations, neither the Ethernet nor FDDI are required f...

SHUTDOWN -- Perform an Orderly System Shutdown on node I64CSI %SHUTDOWN-I-BOOTCHECK, performing reboot consistency check...%SHUTDOWN-I-CHECKOK, basic reboot consistency check completed . . . After installation, the OpenVMS Alpha system is automatically restarted. If the Alpha systemdoes not reboot a...

3. At this point, you can create a DECterm session or initiate other management functions. Forinformation about creating a DECterm session, see the DECwindows Motif for OpenVMSApplications Guide. 3.10 Postinstallation Tasks After you have successfully installed the OpenVMS operating system and logge...

4 Before Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System This chapter describes which tasks you should perform prior to beginning an upgrade. Section 4.1 (page 83) includes a checklist that you can use to make sure you perform all the tasks described in this chapter. 4.1 Preupgrade Tasks Use the checklist in...

NOTE: When you initially purchase the OpenVMS software and license, HP provides a Product Authorization Key (PAK) that is required to enable the License Management Facility (LMF) toregister the license and to validate and authorize subsequent use of the product. A PAK doesnot provide license or new ...

Before you shut down the operating system that you plan to upgrade, follow these steps toremove DECram for OpenVMS (if you have already shut down your operating system, you mustreboot before continuing). IMPORTANT: Perform these steps only on versions of OpenVMS Alpha prior to 8.2. 1. Check for a PO...

1. Check for a POLYCENTER software installation (PCSI) utility TDC V2.0 installation bylogging on to a privileged account and entering the following command: $ PRODUCT SHOW PRODUCT TDC If the resulting display shows that TDC is not found on the system, no action is required; ifTDC is found, proceed ...

If you did not boot from the system disk that you are upgrading, mount the disk to be upgradedand specify the actual device name in the command. For example, if the system disk to beupgraded is mounted on DKA100, you would use commands similar to the following: $ DIRECTORY/FILE_ID/NOHEADING/NOTRAILI...

Table 4-2 Logical Names for Relocated Authorization Files (continued) Location and File Name Logical Name SYS$SYSTEM:NETOBJECT.DAT NETOBJECT SYS$SYSTEM:NETPROXY.DAT NETPROXY SYS$SYSTEM:NET$PROXY.DAT NET$PROXY SYS$SYSTEM:RIGHTSLIST.DAT RIGHTSLIST SYS$SYSTEM:SYSUAF.DAT SYSUAF SYS$SYSTEM:SYSUAFALT.DAT ...

IMPORTANT: Any system parameters that you modified and did not enter in the SYS$SYSTEM:MODPARAMS.DAT file are lost during the upgrade. To retain these parameters,enter their names and the values that you have in use for them inSYS$SYSTEM:MODPARAMS.DAT. When AUTOGEN runs after the upgrade, it uses th...

SYS$SPECIFIC directory. When the system (or each system in a cluster) is rebooted after theupgrade, AUTOGEN runs. If a recent AGEN$FEEDBACK.DAT file is available, it is used. Thedata in this file helps AUTOGEN set system parameters for your specific applications andworkload. NOTE: If you do not have...

2. Boot the operating system media, following the instructions for OpenVMS Integrity serversin Section B.6 (page 211) , and for OpenVMS Alpha in Section A.1 (page 167) . 3. Use the menu system to enter the DCL environment (option 8). 4. Mount the system device and the target device on which you will...

5 Preparing to Upgrade in an OpenVMS Cluster Environment This chapter describes how to prepare to upgrade in an OpenVMS Cluster environment. If youare not upgrading in an OpenVMS Cluster environment, go to Chapter 6 (page 103) . 5.1 Preupgrade Tasks for OpenVMS Cluster Environments NOTE: Be sure you...

request that you move to a warranted configuration as part of the solution. Migration supporthelps customers move to warranted OpenVMS Cluster pairs. Warranted support combinations with OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.4 and OpenVMSAlpha Version 8.4 are shown in Table 5-2 . Table 5-2 Warranted Cl...

earlier versions of OpenVMS. In a mixed-architecture cluster, you need to install an LMF patchon any OpenVMS Version 7.3-2 Alpha members. For a complete list of required patch kits, seethe HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Release Notes. For information about supporting the Performance Data Collector base soft...

on any other node in the cluster and remains dismounted during the upgrade. It should bemounted only on the system that is performing the upgrade. (For information aboutdismounting disks, see Section 5.5.2.3 (page 99) .) NOTE: Any attempt to access the target system disk from the remaining OpenVMS C...

6 Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System This chapter explains how to upgrade the OpenVMS operating system from a local CD or DVDdrive and includes information about reinstalling or reconfiguring your system. This chapter is organized into sections that describe the major tasks for upgrading OpenVMS...

FUNCTION FUNCTION ID 1 - Display Menu 2 - Help 3 - Choose Service 4 - Select Options 5 - Stop Enter a function ID value: 3. Respond to the prompts as follows, pressing Enter after each entry: a. Enter 3 for the function ID. b. Enter 2 for the option ID. c. Enter the service name (ALPHA084 is the def...

NOTE: When booting OpenVMS from the installation DVD for the first time on any OpenVMS Integrity servers system with a SAN storage device, you might experience a delay in EFIinitialization because the entire SAN is scanned. Depending on the size of the SAN, this delaymight range from several seconds...

Enter CHOICE or ? for help: (1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/?) 1 6.3.2 Selecting INITIALIZE or PRESERVE The procedure displays the following information and prompts: *********************************************************** This procedure will ask a series of questions. () - encloses acceptable answers [] - en...

MKA500 is not a disk device CAUTION: If the selected target disk includes .EXE or .COM files installed by a previous upgrade or installation in one or more system-specific root directories in SYS$COMMON, the upgradeprocedure tells you that when you boot from a root that contains any of these files, ...

appropriate if you suspect that files in the operating system, or in the windowing and network products have become corrupted. If you want to reinstall or upgrade any of the products you installed along with the OpenVMS operating system installation, choose "Installor upgrade layered products...

NOTE: If your disk is initialized with ODS-5 with hard links not enabled. You can enable them after the upgrade by executing the following commands: $ SET VOLUME/VOLUME_CHARACTERISTICS=HARDLINKS SYS$SYSDEVICE $ ANALYZE DISK_STRUCTURE/REPAIR SYS$SYSDEVICE The target system disk is currently at On-Dis...

after the upgrade completes (for information about changing boot flags, see Section B.5.2 (page 205) ). You can set VMS_FLAGS or accept the default, 0,0. Enter the value for VMS_FLAGS: (n,n) [0,0] If you do not want the procedure to assist you in setting up or validating boot options on theEFI conso...

is installed on your system. It will be upgraded. KERBEROS for OpenVMS I64... is installed on your system. It will be upgraded. SSL for OpenVMS I64... is installed on your system. An upgrade is not required. Performance Data Collector (base) for OpenVMS I64... is installed on your system. It will be...

6.4.1 Selecting Descriptive Help Text The procedure next prompts you as follows: The installation operation can provide brief or detailed descriptions. In either case, you can request the detailed descriptions by typing ?. Do you always want detailed descriptions? (Yes/No) [No] If you answer YES, th...

6.4.4 Saving Archived Files By default, the OpenVMS upgrade deletes files that were archived as filename.type_OLD byOpenVMS remedial kits. If you do not want to delete these files, you can save them by performingone of the following actions: • When the script asks whether you want the defaults for a...

plus any new components that were not in the previous version of the OpenVMS operatingsystem. • If you want to include or exclude any components differently than you did in the lastinstallation or upgrade, you must answer NO and then respond to the prompts for eachoption, even those that you are not...

For a list of component options included with the OpenVMS Version 8.4 operating system, see Example 3-1 (page 71) . 6.4.6 Component and Product Installation Confirmation Messages When you have answered all the prompts and selected the components you want installed, theprocedure allows you to review ...

HP I64VMS OPENVMS V8.3 Platform (product suite) HP I64VMS VMS V8.3 Operating System HP I64VMS OPENVMS V8.4: OPENVMS and related products Platform HP I64VMS KERBEROS V3.1-152 Configure and set up Kerberos If Kerberos will be run on this system, but has not been used previously, you need to perform th...

The EFI Boot Manager menu includes multiple Boot Options for $1$DGA1200: Boot Options cannot be created or validated automatically. Please use the OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager to ensure that you have a valid boot option for the system you have just installed. When one entry is found, or when multiple Fi...

1) Upgrade, install or reconfigure OpenVMS I64 Version 8.4 2) Display layered products that this procedure can install 3) Install or upgrade layered products 4) Show installed products 5) Reconfigure installed products 6) Remove installed products 7) Find, Install or Undo patches; Show or Delete rec...

7 After Installing or Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System After you have installed or upgraded the OpenVMS operating system, you must perform severalimportant tasks to prepare the system for operation. Section 7.1 (page 125) includes a checklist that you can use to make sure you perform all the p...

Table 7-1 Postinstallation and Postupgrade Checklist Section Task Section 7.2 (page 127) For a newly installed system disk, you can back up the disk. (At thispoint, you could reinstall OpenVMS onto the disk instead.) For a newly upgraded system disk, if it is not going to be a shadow setmember, back...

If your system disk will be part of a multiple-member shadow set, then a backup is not necessary.Either form or re-form the shadow set, as described in Section 7.7 (page 131) ; this creates a backup copy of the newly installed or upgraded system disk through the shadow copy operation.Remember to dis...

If you have upgraded your operating system, register any new OpenVMS or layered productlicenses. Note that licensing schemes differ between OpenVMS Alpha and Integrity serversystems. For OpenVMS Integrity server systems, a single OE license grants the right to use allthe components bundled in the pu...

IMPORTANT: If any BAP parameters are defined in MODPARAMS.DAT, HP strongly recommends removing them. Their presence in MODPARAMS.DAT could be the source of thecurrent boot problem or might be a source of one in the future if a change is made to the adaptercard configuration in the system. If you mak...

1. Enter the SHOW DEVICE D command to display a list of disks available on your system.For example: $ SHOW DEVICE DDevice Device Error Volume Free Trans Mnt Name Status Count Label Blocks Count Cnt$11$DKB100: (NODE1) Online 0 $11$DKB200: (NODE1) Mounted 0 I64084 918150 1 31 2. Enter a command in the...

4. Configure DECnet if it was installed or added during an upgrade ( Section 7.8.4 (page 135) ). 5. Configure TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS if it was installed or added during an upgrade( Section 7.8.5 (page 135) ). 6. If neither DECnet nor TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS is being used, install and config...

the DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Installation Guide and Managing DECwindows Motif forOpenVMS Systems. 7.8.4 Configuring DECnet If you installed DECnet, or if you added DECnet during an upgrade, you must now configureDECnet. Follow the instructions provided for the version of DECnet you installed. Li...

Section 7.18 (page 161) ) so that the TCP/IP Services software starts automatically when your system is rebooted. IMPORTANT: Do not configure TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS without first starting the queue manager. 7.8.6 Installing and Configuring Third-Party Networking Software You need networking sof...

NOTE: Do not attempt to explicitly remove Kerberos from your system. The PRODUCT REMOVE command is not supported for Kerberos although there appears to be an option toremove Kerberos. Kerberos is installed with the operating system and is tightly bound with it.Attempts to remove it might not work as...

NOTE: HP recommends that you do not remove the WBEM Services for OpenVMS product even if you do not have a need for it. If you attempt to use the PRODUCT REMOVE commandto remove this product, you might see a message similar to the following. This message isautomatically displayed for any product tha...

Do you want to continue (Yes/No) [YES]?: %WBEMCONFIG-I-CREREPBEGIN, Create Repository Begins...%WBEMCONFIG-I-CREREPCOMPLETE, Create Repository Complete.This utility creates: SYS$STARTUP:WBEM_Services$Startup.comwhich should be added to SYS$STARTUP:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM. This utility creates: SYS$STARTUP...

2. Ensure that the CIM Server is running and verify the list of providers installed by enteringthe following command: $ CIMPROVIDER -L -S This displays output similar to the following: MODULE STATUSOperatingSystemModule OKComputerSystemModule OKProcessModule OKIPProviderModule OK 3. To configure the...

NOTE: Do not attempt to explicitly remove TDC_RT from your system. The PRODUCT REMOVE command is not supported for TDC_RT although there appears to be an option to remove it.TDC_RT is installed with the operating system and is tightly bound with it. HP or third-partyapplications might require TDC_RT...

If you do not want to use a node-specific welcome file, you can optionally define the logical inSYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM to display a message, such as in the following example: $ DEFINE SYS$WELCOME “Welcome to node HOMER” For more information about creating login welcome messages, see the HP Op...

1) Reconfigure the OpenVMS platform. 2) Reconfigure the OpenVMS operating system. 3) Reinstall the OpenVMS operating system. 4) Return to the Main Menu (abort the upgrade/installation). Enter choice or ? for help: (1/2/3/4/?) 2The following product has been selected: HP I64VMS VMS V8.4 Operating Sys...

Table 7-2 Reduced and Expanded Sizes of Libraries (continued) OpenVMS Integrity servers OpenVMS Alpha Library Name/Description ExpandedSize (asshipped) ReducedSize ExpandedSize ReducedSize (asshipped) 21426 10830 18701 10055 HELPLIB.HLB 1 DCL help 163 113 169 116 LANCP$HELP.HLBLAN Control Program he...

7.14 Installing Patches (Optional but Recommended) HP recommends installing any relevant OpenVMS and networking patches that are available.Most patches are optional, but some layered products might require one or more patches on thesystem before their software is installed. For more information abou...

4. To install layered products that require VMSINSTAL (indicated in the directories by save-setfile names with file types of .A, .B, and so on), enter the @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTALcommand and then specify the device name and directory at the prompt. For example: $ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL* Where will the d...

recommends that you run UETP after an installation or if new hardware was added as part ofan upgrade. Before using UETP, you must create a SYSTEST (standalone system) or SYSTEST_CLIG (OpenVMSCluster system) account. You should also create an account for HP service representatives touse. You can use ...

7.25 Modifying System Parameters Based on your examination of AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT, you might need to modify parametervalues in MODPARAMS.DAT. Read the notes in Section 7.25.1 (page 164) . These notes apply to modifications being made after a new installation and after an upgrade. If you are modifying...

A Booting and Shutting Down Your OpenVMS Alpha System This appendix applies to Alpha systems only and explains how to halt, boot, and shut down theoperating system. It also includes related information, such as setting the system for automaticbooting and using the Writeboot utility. This appendix al...

Table A-1 Supported LAN Devices (continued) FDDI Device Ethernet Device Alpha Computer FWA0 EWA0 AlphaStation 200 series FWA0 EWA0 AlphaStation 400 series FWA0 EWA0 AlphaStation 500 series FWA0 ERA0, EWA0 AlphaStation 600 series — ERA0 DEC 2000 series "n/ESA0" ESA0 DEC 3000 series — EZA0 DEC...

NOTE: If you boot the OpenVMS Alpha operating system CD from an InfoServer but lose your connection during the installation or upgrade procedure (the system is unresponsive andpressing Ctrl / Y does not return you to the menu), do the following: THEN ... IF ... You previously chose theINITIALIZE opt...

• y is either A or B, depending on the SCSI port of the PMAZB or PMAZC adapter that containsthe boot device. • zzz is the SCSI unit number of the boot device. The OpenVMS Alpha operating system does not distinguish between the PMAZB or PMAZCadapter and the integrated SCSI adapter. The operating syst...

• Specify another system startup command procedure • Select the default system parameter file (ALPHAVMSSYS.PAR) if you modified systemparameters to values that render the system unbootable • Specify a minimum startup There are several ways to perform a conversational boot. The following procedure is...

For examples of using conversational booting, see Section A.1.5 (page 174) and Section A.1.9 (page 175) . A.1.5 Booting with Minimum Startup In certain cases, you might want to boot your system without performing the full sequence ofstartup events. For example, if a startup event prevents you from l...

can reset the active values for all system parameters to the default value. (In most cases, HPrecommends that you use AUTOGEN to modify system parameters. In certain cases, however,you can use a conversational boot to modify a parameter value temporarily. To change a parametervalue permanently, you ...

A.1.9.2 Booting Without Startup and Login Procedures If the system does not complete the startup procedures or does not allow you to log in, you mightneed to bypass the startup and login procedures. The startup and login procedures provided byHP should always work. However, if you introduce an error...

How to Perform This Task 1. Halt the system by pressing Ctrl / P or whatever method is used for your computer. (See Section A.3 (page 182) for more information about how to halt Alpha computer systems.) 2. Begin the conversational boot by entering the BOOT command in the following format: BOOT -FLAG...

A.2 Configuring Boot Behavior for Alpha Systems The following sections describe how to set up automatic booting, set and show the default bootdevice, modify boot parameters, and create a bootable OpenVMS Alpha system disk using theWriteboot utility. A.2.1 Setting the System for Automatic Booting Alp...

8. After you set this variable, HP recommends that you set the boot device and operatingsystem flags as well, using the SET BOOTDEF_DEV and SET BOOT_OSFLAGS commandsdescribed in the following sections. A.2.2 Setting and Showing Boot Devices Use the SET BOOTDEF_DEV command to tell the system which dr...

System Response Hexadecimal Value Prompts for the name of the secondary bootstrap file. 80 Halts the system before the secondary bootstrap. 100 Marks corrected read data error pages as bad. 2000 Displays extensive, detailed debug messages during the boot process. 10000 Displays selected user-oriente...

NOTE: The file must be contiguous and movefile operations on the file must be disabled. If the file is not contiguous, use the DCL command COPY/CONTIGUOUS (or similar) to re-create acontiguous version of the file. To disable movefile operations, use the DCL command SETFILE/NOMOVE. This prevents boot...

This causes the system to perform a bugcheck. 5. After the system reboots, log in to the SYSTEM account. 6. To examine the dump file, enter the following commands and press Enter after each one: $ ANALYZE/CRASH SYS$SYSTEM:SYSDUMP.DMPSDA> SHOW CRASH For more information about the System Dump Analy...

B Configuring OpenVMS Integrity servers Hardware Operation and Boot Operations, and Booting andShutting Down Your System This appendix briefly describes the configuration and management tools that might be availableon HP Integrity servers, and explains how to set up the system console, configure boo...

B.1.1 Overview of Utilities and Console Options The main interfaces that are typically available for configuring and managing your HP Integrityservers environment are the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and the Management Processor(MP). On entry-class Integrity servers, MP has been replaced by t...

NOTE: In some HP documents, you might see the acronym POSSE used in place of or in combination with EFI. EFI is an Intel specification of an interface between firmware and theoperating system. POSSE (Pre-OS System Environment) is the HP implementation of EFIthat extends the EFI Shell and EFI Boot Ma...

• Terminal attribute is set to PASSALL • Terminal attribute is set to PASTHRU • IO$_READALL • IO$_READPBLK • Ctrl / V is entered, which tells the driver to pass the next character and skip the remap check. Alternatively, you can set up your terminal emulator so that the Backspace key deletes the las...

on the speed of the LAN, and in general is only recommended for doing occasional systemmanagement functions that do not require performance sensitive graphics. NOTE: Make sure your Integrity servers has the latest firmware updates installed. B.2.1 Selecting Your OpenVMS Console (Not Applicable to rx...

4. Enter P to configure the selected device as the Primary console. You then see the selecteddevice as the Primary console: 5. Press the Esc key to return to the previous menu. When prompted whether to save changes to NVRAM, enter Y: 6. When prompted whether to reset the system, enter Y to make the ...

1. At the EFI Shell prompt, enter the conconfig command to view the index number for the available console devices, as in the following example (the column titled “Primary” displayshow the device is configured (P for Primary, S for Secondary, NC for Not Configured): Shell>conconfigCONSOLE CONFIGU...

NOTE: To see the MP login user name and password prompts, you might need to press Enter one or more times on your console keyboard. If this does not work, try pressing Ctrl / B . If you see only the MP password prompt, press Enter to get to the MP login prompt. If the login prompt still fails to app...

NOTE: The appearance of EFI Boot Manager screens and menus differs from version to version of the firmware. Boot Menu EFI Shell [Built-in ] Internal Bootable DV D -------------------- - Boot Configuration System Configuratio n Security Configuratio n From the EFI boot menu, select the Boot Configura...

NOTE: With OpenVMS systems, the input, output, and error console all must point to the same serial-line console device. New systems might be shipped with multiple devices selectedfor each of the console types, so make sure only one device is selected for each. If you seean error message that mention...

5. Perform a cold reset if required. Your system might require a cold reset. Newer versionsof EFI do not require a cold reset. For more information, see your hardware documentation. At this point, you can boot the OpenVMS Integrity servers DVD to install the operating systemonto a system disk. Follo...

devices while the operating system is running, use the OpenVMS Integrity servers BootManager utility (SYS$MANAGER:BOOT_OPTIONS.COM), as described in Section B.5 (page 203) . The EFI Utilities for OpenVMS are described in the HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual. Example 1 — From T...

To move from the EFI to MP, press Ctrl / B (this assumes MP is present and configured). For more information about using EFI, see the documentation provided for your Integrity servers. B.4 Enabling or Disabling Hyper-Threading on Dual-Core Processors Systems that have Intel Itanium Dual-Core process...

1. Power up your server system, as explained in the hardware documentation for your server.If you use the power button on the front panel, press it only once. NOTE: If you see a warning that the BMC system event log (SEL) is full, you can safely continue by following the prompts; OpenVMS processes t...

NOTE: The acpiconfig command does not necessarily report the setting that was used on the current nPartition boot stage. It reports only the current setting, which is used for the nextboot of the nPartition. B.5.2 Setting Boot Options for Your System Disk You can establish and manage boot options fo...

OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager Boot Options List Management Utility (1) ADD an entry to the Boot Options list (2) DISPLAY the Boot Options list (3) REMOVE an entry from the Boot Options list (4) MOVE the position of an entry in the Boot Options list (5) VALIDATE boot options and fix them as necessary (6) ...

Description Flags Print debug messages on boot. 0,20000 Print more debug messages on boot. 0,30000 7. The utility prompts you for a description to include with your boot option entry. By default,the device name is used as the description. You can enter more descriptive information asin the following...

Shell> \efi\vms\vms_bcfg boot add 1 dka0: -fl 0,2 "HP OpenVMS I64" For more information about EFI utilities for OpenVMS, see the HP OpenVMS System ManagementUtilities Reference Manual. B.5.2.2 Displaying EFI Boot Entries and Mapped OpenVMS Devices The Integrity servers EFI Boot Manager sh...

NOTE: If the target OpenVMS Integrity servers system disk has an incorrectly-placed [000000]GPT.SYS file, the disk cannot be used reliably as an OpenVMS Integrity servers systemdisk. Typically, the file gets incorrectly placed due to the use of an older version ofBACKUP/IMAGE, a file-based BACKUP di...

B.5.4 Alpha and Equivalent Integrity servers System Boot Commands The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) on Integrity servers performs most of the same functionsthat the SRM console does on Alpha processors. If you are familiar with the Alpha tool, use thefollowing table to find EFI commands equiva...

NOTE: To boot your OpenVMS Integrity servers operating system, you can use a VGA graphics device (except on rx2600 Integrity servers or other servers that lack the firmware capabilities), aserial device, or a network interface for the console. For information about setting up the consoleon your Inte...

B.6.1.2 Booting OpenVMS Integrity servers on an nPartition CAUTION: To prevent loss of data when booting your OpenVMS Integrity servers operating system, note the following:• You must first ensure that the nPartition has its ACPI configuration set to the default (see Section B.5.1 (page 204) ). NOTE...

4. From the main EFI boot menu (for cell-based servers, this must be the EFI boot menu forthe nPartition on which OpenVMS is to be booted), select the appropriate item from theboot options list. The EFI boot menu is timed; press any key to stop the countdown timer.For some systems, the boot option t...

2. To boot the DVD, enter the following command at the EFI Shell prompt, where fsn: is theIntegrity servers DVD drive (such as fs0:). Shell> fsn:\efi\boot\bootia64.efi If this command does not work, or if you have doubts about which device maps to the DVDdrive, you can use the EFI Boot Manager me...

EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver n.nn[nn.nn ] Select file or change t o new directory: n/nn/nn 06:21a<DI R> 2,048 . n/nn/nn 06:21a<DI R> 2,048 .. . . . n/nn/nn 06:21a 334,848 BOOTIA64.EF I . . . Exit B.6.3 Booting the OpenVMS Integrity servers OE DVD from the InfoServer To boot from a vi...

2. Boot the system disk manually by entering the following command at the EFI Shell prompt,where fsn: (such as fs1:) is the device associated with the system disk: Shell> fsn:\efi\vms\vms_loader.efi You must either specify the full path (as shown in this example) or start the system loaderfrom th...

Table B-2 SYSGEN Commands Used in the SYSBOOT Procedure (continued) Description Command Permits checking of parameter values specified with the SET command. ENABLE CHECKS Displays a summary of the SYSBOOT commands on the terminal screen. HELP Establishes the value of a system parameter. SET paramete...

System Response Value Displays the SYSBOOT prompt and includes XDELTA but does not take the initial breakpoint. 3 Includes XDELTA and takes the initial breakpoint. 6 Includes XDELTA, displays the SYSBOOT prompt, and takes the initial breakpoint at systeminitialization. 7 The following is an example ...

The last command causes the booting to continue. 4. At the DCL prompt, the system now accepts startup commands directly from the console.Enter the following two commands. These commands allow a normal system startup whileyou are left logged in on the console. Without the SPAWN command, you are logge...

B.7.2.2 Emergency Shutdown with OPCCRASH.EXE If you cannot perform an orderly shutdown with the SHUTDOWN.COM procedure, run theOPCCRASH.EXE emergency shutdown program. To run the OPCCRASH.EXE program, log into the SYSTEM account and enter the following command: $ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:OPCCRASH For more inf...

C Setting Up and Performing Network Booting This appendix explains the steps required to enable your system to boot over the LAN using theOpenVMS InfoServer utility, a software application available on OpenVMS Alpha (Version 8.3or later) and OpenVMS Integrity servers (Version 8.2-1 or later) systems...

Table C-1 InfoServer Booting: Differences Between Alpha and Integrity server Systems (continued) Integrity servers Alpha Component Only those BOOTP servers having thenetwork device MAC address defined in theBOOTP database Any MOP-enabled system with the specifiedfile Boot server InfoServer applicati...

Table C-2 Procedure for Enabling InfoServer Network Booting (continued) See the LANCP chapterin HP OpenVMS SystemManagement UtilitiesReference Manual: A-L. Enable MOP on the boot server and then copy APB_084.SYS fromthe OpenVMS Version 8.4 distribution media to the MOP downloaddatabase (LAN$DLL, whi...

3. Start the LANCP utility and enter the LANCP command SHOW CONFIGURATION at theLANCP prompt, as in the following example. The resulting display lists four LAN devices,two of which are available (connected), as indicated by the Link column (Up means thedevice is available; Down means it is not). You...

4. The utility prompts you for the position you want your entry to take in the EFI boot optionlist. Enter any position number other than 1. (The number 1 position sets the device forautomatic rebooting, which is not desirable for upgrades.) Enter the desired position number (1,2,3,,,) of the entry.T...

NOTE: The Boot Configuration Menu provided by EFI or the EFI tool VMS_BCFG are other alternatives for adding a boot entry. For more information on EFI tools, see the System ManagementUtilities Reference Manual. C.2.3 Verifying the Network I/O Device Is Bootable by EFI Finally, verify that the LAN de...

7. Now that you have set up and enabled the InfoServer server, you must use the InfoServercontrol program to create a service for the DVD drive. Follow these steps:a. Mount the OpenVMS distribution media systemwide. In the following example, DQA0is the DVD drive name (typically, DQA0 or DNA0 is the ...

6. For each boot client, add an entry in the BOOTP database to associate the MAC address ofthe client’s LAN device with the boot file to be loaded from the boot server, as in the followingexample. In this example, hostname is the host name of the boot client, and MACaddress isthe client’s MAC addres...

5 Adds host MOZART as a client entry in the BOOTP database, where the MAC address ofthe client’s LAN device is 00-13-21-5B-85-E4 (as was determined in the example for the clientin Section C.2.1 (page 229) ) and the boot file for the client is [V831H1]VMS_LOADER.EFI. 6 Displays information about the ...

NOTE: You can copy the DVD to an LD device and boot from the LD device. This process is faster than using a DVD. 1. Make sure the CD or DVD is mounted systemwide on the OpenVMS system serving as theInfoServer, and make sure an InfoServer service for the DVD drive is available on the networkand acces...

to the appropriate network and are bootable using the InfoServer, in which case it doesnot matter which one you select. Note also that once you have OpenVMS running, youcan display the devices and their corresponding MAC addresses by using the LANCPcommand SHOW CONFIG at the DCL prompt. The command ...

Example C-3 DHCP Message Loading.: Network Boot, 10/100Running LoadFile() CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 13 21 5H 85 E4DHCP./CLIENT IP: 1.1.24.219 MASK: 255.0.0.0 DHCP IP: 0.240.0.0Running LoadFile() Starting: I64 Upgrade VIA NET%EIA-I-BOOTDRIVER, Starting auto-negotiation%EIA-I-BOOTDRIVER, Auto-negotiation se...

Example C-4 Loading of Memory Disk Message Loading.: Network Boot Mac(00-15-60-04-f4-1e) Client MAC Address: 00 15 60 04 F4 1E .- Client IP Address: 1.1.238.63 Subnet Mask: 255.255.240.0 BOOTP Server IP Address: 1.1.238.239 DHCP Server IP Address: 0.240.0.0 Boot file name: LDA3:[VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]VM...

NOTE: If you boot the OpenVMS Alpha operating system CD or OpenVMS Integrity servers OE DVD from an InfoServer but lose your connection during the installation or upgrade procedure(the system is unresponsive and pressing Ctrl / Y does not return you to the menu), do the following: THEN ... IF ... Yo...

D Using HP SIM and vMedia for Provisioning OpenVMS HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) allows you to provision OpenVMS to one or more Integrityservers in the network. This means that, from a single location in the network (a MicrosoftWindows ProLiant server designated as the management workstation),...

Ignite-UX server for provisioning HP-UX on Integrity servers. Using HP SIM with InfoServer,you can provision up to eight servers simultaneously.To use vMedia, which is provided with Integrity servers that include iLO 2 MP, you must createan ISO image of the OpenVMS OE DVD, store the image on an acce...

On the Integrity server: — vMedia licensing through the Advanced Server Management option (iLO 2 Advanced Pack) and the user virtual media access right. vMedia is part of the iLO Advanced Packfeature set. This license is provided and pre-enabled on the Integrity BL860c and BL870cServer Blade product...

4. Select the Virtual Devices tab and then select Virtual Media from the list on the left. If yourIntegrity server is not a cell-based system, skip to the next step. If your server is a cell-basedsystem, you must select the partition before launching the vMedia application, as in thefollowing exampl...

6. You might see the following warning or similar warnings or informational messagesregarding security. In the security warning shown here, you can check the box to alwaystrust content, and then click Yes . (To avoid certification warnings, install valid certificates for the iLO 2 MP. For more infor...

8. The Create Disk Image dialog box appears, as in the following example. Specify a path orfile name for the image to be created, and then click Create . 254 Using HP SIM and vMedia for Provisioning OpenVMS

NOTE: As noted previously, HP recommends that you do not install or upgrade directly from a DVD (on your local Windows-based management workstation) with vMedia. Creatinga disk image on the local drive (or a network drive) will make the installation or upgrademuch faster. This assumes the local or n...

You can now provision OpenVMS through HP SIM (see Section D.1.6.2 (page 268) ) or use vMedia independently of HP SIM (see Section D.2 (page 279) . D.1.5 Setting Up HP SIM and the Windows Server to Provision OpenVMS Install and configure HP SIM on a Microsoft Windows ProLiant server in the LAN accord...

If your system is listed with the proper port IP address and identification, you are ready toprovision. (HP SIM identifies such properties as the type of system, which in this case is MP, theoperating system and version, and the product name.) If your MP is not listed, perform a manualdiscovery as d...

4. Click View Task Results to view the progress of the discovery. D.1.6 Provisioning OpenVMS Once the iLO 2 MP of your Integrity servers (and any other servers you want to provision) hasbeen discovered and identified, you can provision OpenVMS (deploy or configure the operatingsystem on the target I...

— Installation of optional products: You can choose to install the following optional products with the OpenVMS installation:◦ DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS ◦ HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS ◦ DECnet Phase IV or DECnet-Plus for OpenVMSIf you select DECnet Phase IV or DECnet-Plus for installation, you ...

This image illustrates the progress of provisioning OpenVMS from InfoServer. 9. To view what is going on in the background for an Integrity server that is being provisioned,access the server iLO 2 MP website address from any browser, as shown in the image below.Click Launch to access the server seri...

This image illustrates the progress of provisioning OpenVMS from vMedia. 9. Meanwhile, to view what is going on in the background on the Integrity server that is beingprovisioned, access the server iLO 2 MP website address from any browser. Click Launch to access the server serial console. D.1 HP SI...

IMPORTANT: Do not interrupt the provisioning process. Do not allow Write access to your server console while the installation or upgrade process is in progress. 10. After approximately 90 minutes, depending on the network bandwidth and configuration, the upgrade procedures is completed. If the proce...

You can install licenses on up to eight Integrity servers at a time. NOTE: To install the license, ensure that OpenVMS is up and running. Before proceeding, verify that the correct installation of OpenVMS is running on all the selected servers. HP SIM displays the Integrity servers to be provisioned...

HP SIM displays the Integrity servers to be provisioned.You can configure TCP/IP on up to eight Integrity servers at a time. 3. Verify the target servers that you have selected, and click Run Now . 4. On the subsequent page, provide the following information for each Integrity server beingprovisione...

vMedia also allows the installation of layered products, either remotely or on systems withouta built-in DVD drive. The connected virtual device is not limited to installation or upgradepurposes. You can access the virtual device while OpenVMS is running. For example, you canuse vMedia to install an...

NOTE: When using vMedia to install or upgrade OpenVMS, HP recommends using an image of the OpenVMS Integrity servers OE DVD located on your Windows-based PC or server. Thishas two advantages:• If the DVD is defective or corrupted, the imaging software will fail when you attempt tocreate an image of ...

5. Now launch the vMedia application by clicking Launch , as shown in the following example: 6. At this point, you might see popup security warnings, such as the one shown in Section D.1.4 (page 250) . In this case, you can check the box to always trust content, and then click Yes . (To avoid certif...

9. The Virtual CD/DVD-ROM dialog box appears, as in the following example. Select the LocalImage File option, and then browse for the created ISO image file that you want vMedia toaccess. Then click Connect . The following screen indicates that the image is connected to vMedia. Now the targetedInteg...

13. Now you can boot the OpenVMS Integrity servers image, either using the EFI boot menu or the following command at the EFI Shell prompt: Shell> fs0:\efi\boot\bootia64.efi As shown in the following example, the OpenVMS displays several messages followed bythe operating system menu. You can now b...

E Setting Up and Booting Fibre Channel Storage Devices This appendix describes how to set up and boot from a Fibre Channel (FC) Storage Area Network(SAN) storage device on OpenVMS Alpha and Integrity server systems. You may prefer bootingfrom an FC storage device because of its speed and because it ...

Example E-3 Using widmgr -quickset P00>>> wwidmgr -quickset -udid 10 Disk assignment and reachability after next initialization: 6000-1fe1-0000-0d10-0009-8090-0677-0016 via adapter: via fc nport: connected: dga10.1001.0.2.1 kgpsaa0.0.0.2.1 5000-1fe1-0000-0d14 Yesdga10.1002.0.2.1 kgpsaa0.0.0...

IMPORTANT: If you have an entry-class Integrity servers, you can update the firmware yourself. If you have a cell-based Integrity servers, you must contact HP Customer Support to update thefirmware for you. To flash the memory of the FC HBA on an entry-class server, update the EFI driver and RISCfir...

3. From the “Download drivers and software page”, select “Cross operating system (BIOS,Firmware, Diagnostics, etc)”. 4. Download the Offline Diagnostics and Utilities software. Previous versions of thesoftware might be listed along with the current (latest) version. Be sure to select thelatest versi...

(4) MOVE the position of an entry in the Boot Options list (5) VALIDATE boot options and fix them as necessary (6) Modify Boot Options TIMEOUT setting (B) Set to operate on the Boot Device Options list (D) Set to operate on the Dump Device Options list (G) Set to operate on the Debug Device Options ...

10. When you next see the boot option list displayed at your console by EFI, it should look similar to the following (assuming you took the default in step 7). In this example, the deviceis $1$DGA1 for two dual-ported EVA5000 storage arrays (the four separate boot paths areidentified in the display)...

Boot the FC system disk by selecting the appropriate boot option from the EFI Boot Managermenu and pressing Enter . If your FC boot path is the first option in the menu, it might boot automatically after the countdown timer expires. E.2.4 Configuring Additional Nodes to Boot into a Cluster Using a S...

F Backing Up and Restoring the System Disk This appendix describes how to perform backup and restore operations on the system disk. Youperform these tasks by entering commands from a specialized backup environment. You accessthis environment through the menu that is displayed when you boot the OpenV...

on a disk. Therefore, to avoid jeopardizing the integrity of your data in any way, HP recommendsthat you shut down the entire OpenVMS Cluster system before you back up your system disk. F.4 Backing Up the System Disk The following sections describe how to back up the system disk. F.4.1 Getting Start...

$$$ BACKUP/IMAGE/VERIFY source-drive: target-drive: Example 1 In this example, the system disk and a target disk are mounted so the BACKUP command cancreate a backup disk. (You can use a backup disk as a system disk.) $$$ MOUNT/OVERRIDE=IDENTIFICATION DKA200$$$ MOUNT/FOREIGN DKA300$$$ BACKUP/IMAGE/V...

1) Upgrade, install or reconfigure OpenVMS I64 Version 8.4 2) Display layered products that this procedure can install 3) Install or upgrade layered products 4) Show installed products 5) Reconfigure installed products 6) Remove installed products 7) Find, Install, or Undo patches; Show or Delete re...

5. As the procedure completes the installation, the display is similar to the following: HP I64VMS OPENVMS V8.4: OpenVMS and related products platform COPYRIGHT (c) ... Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Execution phase starting ... The following product will be installed: HP I64VMS VMS V8.4 ...

G Installing the OpenVMS Internationalization Data Kit The OpenVMS internationalization data kit (VMSI18N kit) provides locale data and iconv codeconverters for international software, utilities, and HP C international run-time routines.The HP C RTL provides capabilities to allow application develop...

H Preparing to Use OpenVMS Management Station This appendix explains how to prepare your OpenVMS system to run the OpenVMS ManagementStation server software and how to prepare your PC to run the OpenVMS Management Stationclient software. This appendix also includes other related information.OpenVMS ...

H.1.2 Starting the Server on Other Nodes If you plan to run OpenVMS Management Station on more than one node in an OpenVMS Clusterwithout rebooting, you need to start the software on those nodes.Use SYSMAN to start the server as follows: $ @SYS$STARTUP:TNT$STARTUP.COM Or you can log in to each node ...

Description Parameter 2 Parameter 1 Command Starts the server. Starts any printer queues that are not yetstarted and are managed by OpenVMS Management Station.Mounts any volumes that are not yet mounted and aremanaged by OpenVMS Management Station. ALL BOOT @TNT$STARTUP Starts the server. Starts any...

H.1.7.1 When Is the Database Updated? The database is updated:• As part of the OpenVMS Management Station installation. • When you specifically start TNT$UTILITY.COM. • At periodic intervals as a server background thread. Two logical names control how oftenthis server thread runs: Description Logica...

Copy the client file to a temporary directory on the PC using either of the following procedures:• Create a file share to the OpenVMS system and copy the file. • Use FTP on the PC to copy the file from the OpenVMS system. H.2.6 Installation Directory The installation procedure allows you to select t...

• VMSPRINT.FTS • VMSPRINT.GID • VMSSCOPE.FTS • VMSSCOPE.GID • VMSSTORE.FTS • VMSSTORE.GID • VMSACNT.FTS • VMSACNT.GID The OpenVMS Management Station Uninstall program does not delete these files. To completethe removal:1. Delete these files. 2. Delete the OpenVMS Management Station directory. The Op...

I Removing the OpenVMS Operating System This appendix explains how to remove the OpenVMS operating system from your disk.You can remove the OpenVMS operating system from your disk in the following ways:• If the disk contains a small number of user files, copy those user files elsewhere and thenreini...

J Alternative Ways to Initialize the System Disk The usual way to create a new OpenVMS system disk is to install OpenVMS with the INITIALIZEoption. When you do this, the installation process responds as follows:• On OpenVMS Integrity server systems only, a diagnostic partition is created.The diagnos...

3. Exit DCL (log off), and then select option 1 (“Upgrade, install or reconfigure OpenVMS”)on the main menu. 4. When you are asked whether to initialize or preserve the target disk, choose PRESERVE(the default). 5. Continue with the installation. J.2 Removing the Diagnostic Partition File (Integrity...

Glossary This glossary defines key terms in the context of an OpenVMS computing environment. Advanced Serverfor OpenVMS Supported on OpenVMS Alpha systems only, an OpenVMS-based network operating systemcompatible with Microsoft networking technology. Allows OpenVMS systems to be file andprint server...

iLO See MP. InfoServer A general-purpose disk storage server (virtual device server). It can make devices available toclient systems on the LAN. Client systems can connect to the virtual devices and use them asthough they are locally attached devices. OpenVMS systems connected to the same LAN canboo...

Index A Accounts creating after installation or upgrade, 161 ACPI configuration, 204Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), 327Advanced Server for OpenVMS defined, 325 AGEN$INCLUDE files returning to system disk, 90 AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT file examining, 163 Aliases with hard links enabled, 59 Allocation cl...