HP BA322 90087 - Manual (Page 5)

4.7.1 Checking the Directory Structure and Preserving Your Security Protections........................87
4.7.2 Checking the SYSCOMMON Directories................................................................................87
4.7.3 Purging Duplicate Files from the System Disk.......................................................................88
4.7.4 Examining the System Disk....................................................................................................88
4.7.5 Checking the Size of the System Disk.....................................................................................88
4.7.6 Returning Authorization and AGEN$INCLUDE Files to the System Disk...........................89
4.7.6.1 Authorization Files..........................................................................................................89
4.7.6.2 AGEN$INCLUDE Files...................................................................................................90
4.7.7 Verifying System Parameters..................................................................................................90
4.8 Ensuring You Have a Recent FEEDBACK.DAT File.......................................................................91
4.9 Shadowing Environment................................................................................................................92
4.9.1 Setting the Boot Device...........................................................................................................93
4.9.2 Creating a Nonshadowed Target Disk....................................................................................93
4.10 Backing Up the System Disk.........................................................................................................93
4.11 Finishing Preupgrade Tasks..........................................................................................................94
5 Preparing to Upgrade in an OpenVMS Cluster Environment.................................95
5.1 Preupgrade Tasks for OpenVMS Cluster Environments................................................................95
5.2 Documentation to Review...............................................................................................................95
5.3 Mixed-Version Support in an OpenVMS Cluster Environment.....................................................95
5.4 Adding a New System to an OpenVMS Cluster.............................................................................97
5.5 Types of Upgrades...........................................................................................................................97
5.5.1 Concurrent Upgrade...............................................................................................................97
5.5.1.1 How a Concurrent Upgrade Works................................................................................97
5.5.1.2 Preparing Your System for a Concurrent Upgrade.........................................................97
5.5.2 Rolling Upgrade......................................................................................................................98
5.5.2.1 How a Rolling Upgrade Works.......................................................................................98
5.5.2.2 Notes and Restrictions....................................................................................................98
5.5.2.3 Preparing Your System for a Rolling Upgrade...............................................................99
6 Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System........................................................103
6.1 Upgrade Tasks...............................................................................................................................103
6.2 Booting the OpenVMS Operating System Media.........................................................................103
6.2.1 Booting the OpenVMS Alpha Operating System CD...........................................................103
6.2.1.1 Determining the Boot Device........................................................................................103
6.2.1.2 Booting from the Local Drive........................................................................................104
6.2.1.3 Booting from the InfoServer..........................................................................................104
6.2.2 Booting the OpenVMS Integrity servers OE DVD................................................................105
6.2.2.1 Booting from the Local Drive........................................................................................106
6.2.2.2 Booting Over the Network Using the InfoServer Utility..............................................107
6.2.2.3 Booting Using HP SIM Provisioning.............................................................................107
6.2.2.4 Booting Using vMedia...................................................................................................107
6.3 Performing the Upgrade................................................................................................................107
6.3.1 Upgrading the System Using Option 1 of the Operating System Menu..............................107
6.3.2 Selecting INITIALIZE or PRESERVE....................................................................................108
6.3.3 Specifying the Target Disk.....................................................................................................108
6.3.4 Selecting Reinstallation and Reconfiguration Options.........................................................109
6.3.5 Checking for Recovery Data..................................................................................................110
6.3.6 Specifying the Volume Label.................................................................................................111
6.3.7 Specifying the On-Disk Structure Level................................................................................111
6.3.8 Selecting Whether to Allow the Procedure to Create and Validate Boot Options (Integrity
servers only)...................................................................................................................................113
6.3.9 Warning About Removal of the DECRAM Command.........................................................114
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