Table 1 Definitions of Terms
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Term |
Definition |
Operating system media
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Unless
stated otherwise, this refers to the OpenVMS Alpha operating system CD or the
OpenVMS I64 Operating Environment DVD included
with your OpenVMS distribution kit, which contains the OpenVMS
operating system and the installation and other procedures described
in this manual.
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HSx device
|
A
self-contained, intelligent, mass storage subsystem that lets computers
in an OpenVMS Cluster environment share disks.
The disk on which you install or upgrade the operating system can
be connected to one of these systems (for example, an HSC or HSD).
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InfoServer
|
A
general-purpose disk storage server. Systems connected to the same
local area network (LAN) can install the OpenVMS operating system
from the InfoServer instead of from a local CD or DVD. (Supported
for OpenVMS Alpha installations only.)
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Local drive
|
A
drive on your computer system, such as a CD, DVD, or disk drive (hard
drive), that is connected directly to the computer. If you have
a standalone computer, it is likely that all drives connected to
the computer system are local drives.
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Source drive
|
The
drive that holds the operating system kit during an upgrade or installation.
This may be a local drive or an InfoServer. The drive contains either
the operating system CD or DVD, or a copy of it.
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System disk
|
The
disk from which OpenVMS is booted. During an installation or upgrade,
this is the source drive. After installation, the target drive is
booted and becomes the system disk.
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Target
drive
|
The drive
that holds the target system disk during the upgrade or installation. Note: the
target drive must be a hard drive.
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