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Installing the OpenVMS Operating System

Installing the OpenVMS Operating System onto a System Disk

Joining an OpenVMS Cluster

Booting the New OpenVMS System Disk  

Booting the New OpenVMS Alpha System Disk  

For booting the OpenVMS Alpha system disk, first follow the preparatory steps listed in the following section. Then, to boot the disk, follow the steps in How to Boot the New System Disk.

Preparing to Boot the New System Disk  

Before you boot the new system disk, you must do the following:

1. Halt the system by entering Ctrl/P or by pressing the Halt button. For more information about halting your Alpha computer, see Halt, Boot, and Shutdown Procedures for OpenVMS Alpha Systems.
2. At the console prompt (>>>), enter the SET BOOTDEF_DEV command in the following format:
   
   SET BOOTDEF_DEV target-drive
   
   Substitute the device name of the system disk for target-drive. The SET BOOTDEF_DEV command tells the system which disk to boot from. For example, if the system disk has the device name DKA400, enter the following command and press Return:

   >>> SET BOOTDEF_DEV DKA400

   If the system disk is connected to a hierarchical storage device (HSx), the format for specifying that drive is different. For example, on a DEC 7000 series system connected to an HSC device, the command is similar to the following:

   >>> SET BOOTDEF_DEV DUA20.14.0.2.0

   For more information about setting and showing the default boot device, see Halt, Boot, and Shutdown Procedures for OpenVMS Alpha Systems .

How to Boot the New System Disk  

To boot the system disk, enter the following command and press Return:

>>> BOOT -FLAGS 0,0

    OpenVMS (TM) Alpha Operating System, Version 8.2
 
    Installing required known files...
 
    Configuring devices...

    (c) Copyright 1976-2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Booting the New OpenVMS I64 System Disk  

The following steps explain how to boot your new OpenVMS I64 system disk.

Make sure the DVD has been removed from the DVD/CD drive.

Take the following actions to boot the new system disk, depending on whether you have configured your system with a boot option for your system disk (as explained in step 20 in Installing OpenVMS Using Option 1 of the Operating System Menu):

• If you have configured your system with a boot option for your system disk, you will see your system disk as the first boot option in the EFI Boot Manager menu, as in the following example. You can either press Return to boot the system disk or wait 10 seconds, at which point the system disk boots automatically.
  
  



• If you have not configured your system with a boot option for your disk, then follow these steps:
  
  
  1. Press Return or any other key (you might see text that instructs you to "hit any key to cold reboot"), and the machine displays several boot-related messages and then the EFI Boot Manager menu, as in the following example:
     
  2. Go to the EFI Shell prompt by selecting the EFI Shell [Built-in] option from the EFI Boot Manager menu (this is the default choice if you do not select one within 10 seconds). A display similar to the following appears. An explanation of the two types of devices shown (blk and fs) follows.
     
     
     

     fs		fs devices are file-structured logical partitions on physical disks included with your Integrity server system. Generally, fs0: corresponds to the target disk on which you installed OpenVMS I64 (unless the DVD was not removed, in which case fs1: would correspond to the target disk). For example, if the target disk is DKA0, then fs0: most likely corresponds to the target disk. On the other hand, if the target disk is a DKA100 or DKB200 or similar, then the corresponding EFI device depends on what partitions are configured on the target disk.
     blk		The blk devices listed are block devices. These may include the DVD device as well as the diagnostic partitions on OpenVMS system disks. Diagnostic partitions are intended for use with the HP IPF Offline Diagnostics and Utilities CD provided with the purchase of your Integrity server. (For more information about this partition, see Alternative Ways to Initialize the System Disk.)

  3. To boot the OpenVMS I64 system disk, type the following command at the EFI Shell prompt, where fs n: is the device associated with the system disk (it probably will be fs0:):

     Shell> fsn:\efi\vms\vms_loader.efi

     The OpenVMS I64 operating system will start booting. A display similar to the following appears, followed by the prompt for user name and password:

      HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version 8.2
       (c) Copyright 1976-2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
     

     
     
     Note that HP Integrity servers maintain a System Event Log (SEL) within system console storage, and OpenVMS I64 automatically transfers the contents of the SEL into the OpenVMS error log. During a successful boot operation while using a console, you might see a message indicating that the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) SEL is full. You can safely continue when the BMC SEL is full by following the prompts; OpenVMS will process the contents of the SEL. If you want to clear the SEL manually, enter the clearlogs SEL command at the EFI Shell prompt as in the following example:

     Shell> clearlogs SEL

     
     
     This command deletes the contents of the SEL. The command is available only with current system firmware versions.
     
     If your Integrity server is configured with a Management Processor (MP) and you see a BMC event log warning while connected to the MP console, you can also clear the BMC event log by using MP. Press Ctrl/B to revert to the MP> prompt. At the MP> prompt, enter SL (from the main menu) and use the C option to clear the log.
     
     HP recommends that you load and use the most current system firmware. For more information about updating the system firmware, see Firmware on Integrity Server Systems.

Next Steps 

When you boot OpenVMS from a new system disk, a special startup procedure runs that does the following:

• Gives you the opportunity to configure the system for standalone or OpenVMS Cluster operation (see Joining an OpenVMS Cluster).



• Runs AUTOGEN to evaluate your hardware configuration, estimate typical work loads, and set system parameters (see Running AUTOGEN).



• Reboots your system with the new parameters (see Rebooting after AUTOGEN)

After the system is rebooted with the new parameters, you can log into your system account, as explained in Logging in to the System Account. You can also set up EFI to boot your system automatically from your target disk, as explained in Configuring and Managing Booting of Your Integrity server. Setting Up, Booting, and Shutting Down HP Integrity Server Systems includes additional information regarding setting up and booting HP Integrity servers.

Installing the OpenVMS Operating System onto a System Disk

Joining an OpenVMS Cluster