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Accounts
creating after installation or upgrade
Advanced Server for OpenVMS
defined
supported versions
AGEN$INCLUDE files
returning to system disk
AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT
examining
Allocation class See also ALLOCLASS parameter
determining
Alpha computers
boot behavior
configuring
boot device
setting
showing
boot parameters
setting
booting
automatic
canceling boot device
conversational
emergency
failure
from a different root
manually
with minimum startup
with PMAD TURBOchannel adapter
with PMAZB TURBOchannel adapter
with PMAZC TURBOchannel adapter
with XDELTA
commands
compared with Integrity servers
Alpha computers
firmware
ALLOCLASS parameter
supplying during OpenVMS Cluster installation
Alpha computers
halting
shutting down
troubleshooting procedures
ANALYZE/CRASH command
ANALYZE/DISK_STRUCTURE utility
error message
using before an upgrade
APB.EXE
and Writeboot utility
Architectures
in OpenVMS Cluster
Archived files
deleting
saving
AUTOGEN
automatic reboot after
reboot after
running after an installation or upgrade
running at end of installation
Authorization
files
network proxy
AUTOGEN
tuning operating system
Authorization
returning to system disk
Availability Manager
configuring
defined
installing
installing or upgrading
upgrading

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Backing up the system disk
after customizing
Backing up the system disk
after installation or upgrade
before upgrade
Backing up the system disk
from OpenVMS main menu
in a shadow set
without booting the OpenVMS CD or DVD
Backspace key
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
accessing
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
defined
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
description
System Event Log (SEL)
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
System Event Log (SEL)
BACKUP command
caution
BAP system parameters
tuning
Batch queue
creating
BMC See Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
Boot
defined
Boot block
writing
Boot block
writing
Boot command
Alpha and Integrity server equivalents
qualifiers for XDELTA
Boot command
qualifiers for XDELTA
Boot flags
Boot flags
Boot options
boot devices
changing EFI boot timeout
displaying
setting
Boot server
defined
Booting
automatic (OpenVMS Alpha)
automatic (OpenVMS I64)
canceling boot device
emergency
with default system parameters
without startup and login procedures
without the user authorization file
failure
from a different root
from the InfoServer
from the local drive
interactive
manual
OpenVMS Alpha operating system CD
OpenVMS I64 operating environment DVD
problems
setting boot device
setting boot parameters
showing boot device
with alternate TURBOchannel adapter
with minimum startup
with PMAD TURBOchannel
with PMAZB TURBOchannel
with PMAZC TURBOchannel
with XDELTA
Bootstrap
defined
Bugcheck

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CDSA
defined
initializing
installing
installing or upgrading
upgrading
Checklist
installation
postinstallation and postupgrade
preinstallation for OpenVMS Cluster
preupgrade
preupgrade for OpenVMS Cluster
upgrade
CI-only OpenVMS Cluster
configuring
CI-only OpenVMS Cluster
defined
Cluster See OpenVMS Cluster
CLUSTER_SIZE parameter
Command procedures
checking after upgrade
site-specific
Computer interconnect (CI)
configuring
defined
Concurrent upgrades
defined
how they work
preparing for
preparing system for
tasks after shutdown
Configuration options
during upgrade
Console
firmware
Alpha computers
Integrity servers
CONTINUE command
Console
interface
Integrity servers
Integrity servers
delete or backspace key
interface
MP
network, on MP
MP interface (Integrity servers)
options
Integrity servers
Crash commands
Customizing the system

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DCL option
Debug devices
configuring
Delete key
Device name
conventions
DEC 3000 Alpha computers
booting
over the network
with alternate TURBOchannel adapter
with PMAZB TURBOchannel adapter
with PMAZC TURBOchannel adapter
DECamds
check for valid versions for system upgrade
install for system upgrade
DECnet
declaring during installation
installing or upgrading
node address
providing during installation
node name
possible values
providing during installation
DECnet Phase IV
configuring
DECnet Phase IV
configuring
DECnet Phase IV
defined
ignoring during startup
installing
registering license after installation
running with DECwindows
upgrading
DECnet-Plus
configuring
defined
installing
upgrading
DECnet/OSI See DECnet-Plus
DECram
check for valid versions for system upgrade
in system upgrade
DECwindows Motif
defined
installing
installing or upgrading
upgrading
Device name
defined
Diagnostic partition
recreating
removing
Disk server
defined
Disk space
amount needed for upgrade
amount needed to decompress system libraries
Dump file
checking size
modifying size
Dump Off the System Disk (DOSD)
configuring

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EFI See Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
EFI Boot Manager
EFI Boot Manager See also OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager (BOOT_OPTIONS.COM) utility
adding boot options to
manually
using OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager utility
setting boot behavior
setting timeout
EFI Utilities for OpenVMS (I64)
documentation
entering commands
vms_bcfg
EFI Utilities for OpenVMS (I64)
vms_set command
EFI Utilities for OpenVMS (I64)
vms_show command
EFI$BCFG See OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager (BOOT_OPTIONS.COM) utility
Emergency system startup
OpenVMS Alpha
OpenVMS I64
with default system parameters
without startup and login procedures
without the UAF
Errors
cluster hang during preupgrade shutdown
running ANALYZE/DISK_STRUCTURE
troubleshooting system problems
Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
adding boot options
changing boot option timeout
Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
defined
Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
description
displaying boot options
Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
using

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FEEDBACK.DAT
Fibre Channel
as system disk
configuring booting on
Files
restoring on the system disk
Firmware
Integrity server
Management Processor (MP)
revision checking
updating
OpenVMS Alpha
revision checking
updating
FIELD account
creating after installation or upgrade

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Graphics
console device
interface, DECwindows
option
multihead configuration

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Halting the system
Hard links
specifying
Hardware components
preinstallation
Hardware problem
diagnosing (Alpha computers)
diagnosing (Integrity server)
HSx device
defined
definition
specifying
HSx drive
defined

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InfoServer
booting
defined
losing connection
Installable products
displaying
Installation See also Preinstallation tasks, Postinstallation tasks
and AUTOGEN
booting
new system disk
operating system kit
checklist
completing the procedure
component options, list of
differences between Alpha/I64
help text
information needed for OpenVMS Cluster
layered products
after installation or upgrade
license registration
on target disk
OpenVMS Debugger clients
POLYCENTER Software Installation utility
procedure
prompts
rebooting system
recording
selecting component options
setting passwords
specifying OpenVMS Cluster configuration
stages of
system information, providing
third-party neworking software
windowing and networking products
Installed products
displaying
Installed products
removing
Integrity servers
boot behavior
configuring
Integrity servers
boot device
setting
showing
booting
automatic
conversational
emergency
failure
from a different root
manually
Integrity servers
booting
with minimum startup
Integrity servers
booting
with XDELTA
commands
compared with Alpha computers
documentation
firmware
revision checking
INITIALIZE
command
option
alternative
option (OpenVMS main menu)
Integrity servers
halting
hangs or crashes
powering on
powering on or off with Management Processor (MP)
System Event Log (SEL)
Integrity servers
setting up
Integrity servers
setting up and booting
shutting down
troubleshooting procedures
utilities and console options
Internationalization (VMSI181N) data kit
installation

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Kerberos
configuring
defined
installing
installing or upgrading
upgrading

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Layered products
defined
installing
after OpenVMS installation or upgrade
alternative procedure
during OpenVMS installation
during OpenVMS upgrade
installing or upgrading independently of system
Layered products
installing or upgrading independently of system
Layered products
reconfiguring
registering
system upgrade effect on
Libraries
expanding
Licenses See also Product Authorization Key (PAK)
OpenVMS Alpha
OpenVMS I64
registering
after installation or upgrade
during installation
LIBDECOMP.COM
LICENSE (License Management utility)
using
LICENSE (License Management utility)
using during installation
Licenses
update requirements for system upgrade
upgrade effect on layered products
Local area OpenVMS Cluster
defined
Local drive
defined
Log
for installation
Logging in
when errors in login procedures prevent
when errors in startup procedures prevent
when forgotten passwords prevent
Logical names
UAFALTERNATE
Login command procedures
booting without
when errors prevent you from logging in
Login welcome message
defining

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Magnetic media
defined
Management Processor (MP)
co command
Management Processor (MP)
defined
description
firmware
help command
Internet browser interface
Management Processor (MP)
network console interface
optional features
using
Management Processor (MP)
powering Integrity server on or off
setting as console interface
vfp command
Migration support
Migration support
Minimum startup
Mixed-architecture OpenVMS Cluster systems
Mixed-architecture OpenVMS Cluster systems
Mixed-architecture OpenVMS Cluster systems
OpenVMS Management Station
Mixed-version OpenVMS Cluster systems
Mixed-version OpenVMS Cluster systems
MODPARAMS.DAT (parameter file)
modifying after installation or upgrade
modifying after upgrade
modifying before upgrade
modifying for cluster
modifying for single system after upgrade
MOP server
defined
MP See Management Processor (MP)
Multihead system
configuring

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Network proxy authorization files
creating
Networking products See also TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS, DECnet, DECnet Phase IV, DECnet-Plus
configuring
installing
reconfiguring
NETCONFIG.COM procedure
running
Networking products
third-party
installing
upgrading

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ODS-2
selecting on installation
selecting on upgrade
ODS-5
selecting on installation
selecting on upgrade
OE See Operating Environment for OpenVMS (OE)
On-disk structure level
specifying
OpenVMS
component options
OpenVMS Alpha
boot behavior
configuring
OpenVMS Alpha
boot flags
OpenVMS Alpha
booting
automatic
conversational
from a different root
manually
OpenVMS Alpha
booting
with minimum startup
OpenVMS Alpha
booting
with XDELTA
OpenVMS Alpha
firmware
operating system CD
OpenVMS Alpha
operating system CD
booting
operating system files, removing
OpenVMS Alpha
shutting down
OpenVMS Cluster
and OpenVMS Management Station
OpenVMS Cluster
becoming a member
during installation
during upgrade
OpenVMS Cluster
becoming a member
preupgrade requirements
BACKUP caution
configuring
after installation
during installation
defined
EXPECTED_VOTES parameter
group number
rules for creating
information required for OpenVMS installation
installation
prompts during
suggested answers to questions
supplying ALLOCLASS parameter
installation of TDC_RT
installing
label for system disk
local area
mixed-version support
parameters
after upgrade
OpenVMS Cluster
password
rules for creating
OpenVMS Cluster
quorum
maintaining during rolling upgrades
quorum disk
choosing during installation
rebooting members
OpenVMS Cluster
upgrade
concurrent
OpenVMS Cluster
upgrade
preparing for
rolling
setting membership information
tasks after shutdown
types of
OpenVMS Debugger
installing clients on a PC
OpenVMS Galaxy
creating an instance
OpenVMS I64
boot flags
setting
booting
automatic
conversational
from a different root
manually
with minimum startup
with XDELTA
Operating Environment DVD
booting
operating system files, removing
shutting down
OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager (BOOT_OPTIONS.COM) utility
OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager (BOOT_OPTIONS.COM) utility See also EFI Boot Manager
OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager (BOOT_OPTIONS.COM) utility
adding boot entry for system disk
OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager (BOOT_OPTIONS.COM) utility
changing EFI boot timeout value
OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager (BOOT_OPTIONS.COM) utility
displaying boot options
OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager (BOOT_OPTIONS.COM) utility
overview
OpenVMS I64 Operating Environment
DVD
booting
layered products
installing
OpenVMS instance
defined
OpenVMS internationalization (VMSI181N) data kit
installation
OpenVMS Management Station
and OpenVMS clusters
OpenVMS Management Station
caching storage configuration data
OpenVMS Management Station
controlling printer and storage
OpenVMS Management Station
defined
defining TCP/IP nodes
disk quotas
distribution files
error log
OpenVMS Management Station
getting started
OpenVMS Management Station
installation directory
installation procedure (TNT032.EXE)
OpenVMS Management Station
memory and disk space
OpenVMS Management Station
preparing system
preparing to use
OpenVMS Management Station
printer and storage database
printing environment
OpenVMS Management Station
problem reporting
OpenVMS Management Station
PC preparation
recovering from errors
OpenVMS Management Station
removing
OpenVMS Management Station
software requirements
OpenVMS Management Station
starting server on other nodes
storage environment
OpenVMS Management Station
system files
OpenVMS Management Station
third-party TCP/IP stacks
uninstalling
OpenVMS Management Station
uninstalling V2.1 client
Operating Environment
DVD
defined
for OpenVMS (OEs)
defined
Operating system CD
defined
Operating system media
defined
OPCCRASH.EXE
Output
saving from installation

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Page file
checking size
modifying size
Password
forgotten
minimum length
setting during installation
Patches
installing
PAK See Product Authorization Key (PAK)
PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)
defined
PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)
supported versions
PCSI See POLYCENTER Software Installation utility
Performance Data Collector base software
defined (TDC_RT)
Performance Data Collector base software (TDC_RT)
compatibility with prior releases
Performance Data Collector base software (TDC_RT)
initializing and running
Performance Data Collector base software (TDC_RT)
installing
Performance Data Collector base software (TDC_RT)
installing
in OpenVMS Clusters
Performance Data Collector base software (TDC_RT)
installing or upgrading
Performance Data Collector base software (TDC_RT)
running the software
startup file
Performance Data Collector base software (TDC_RT)
upgrading
preparing for
Performance Data Collector base software (TDC_RT)
user privileges and quotas
Performance Data Collector (TDC)
defined
PMAD TURBOchannel adapter
booting system
PMAZB TURBOchannel adapter
booting system
PMAZC TURBOchannel adapter
booting system
POLYCENTER Software Installation utility
and recovery data
installing layered products independently
installing patches
installing the operating system
POLYCENTER Software Installation utility
upgrading the operating system
Postinstallation tasks
accounts
backing up the system disk
BAP system parameters
Postinstallation tasks
checklist
Postinstallation tasks
customizing the system
DECnet
layered products
license registration
login welcome message
multihead system
MODPARAMS.DAT
network proxy authorization files
OpenVMS Debugger clients
OpenVMS Management Station
patches
print queues
queue manager and default queues
shadow sets
system parameters
SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM
system files
system libraries
Postinstallation tasks
SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM
Postinstallation tasks
TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
testing the system
third-party networking software
tuning the system
Postupgrade tasks
accounts
backing up the system disk
BAP system parameters
cluster members
command procedure templates
customizing the system
DECnet
dump file size
layered products
license registration
Postupgrade tasks
login welcome message
Postupgrade tasks
multihead system
MODPARAMS.DAT
network proxy authorization files
OpenVMS Debugger clients
OpenVMS Management Station
page file size
patches
print queues
queue manager and default queues
shadow sets
license required
SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM
swap file size
system file sizes
system files
system libraries
TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
third-party networking software
tuning the operating system
POSSE See Pre-OS System Environment (POSSE)
Preinstallation tasks
collecting information you will need
firmware revision checking
Integrity server
OpenVMS Cluster environment
Preinstallation tasks
software and hardware components
Preupgrade tasks
backing up system disk
checklist
Preupgrade tasks
checklist
OpenVMS Cluster
Preupgrade tasks
DECamds and DECram
FEEDBACK.DAT file
shutting down system
system disk
Preupgrade tasks
system disk
Preupgrade tasks
volume shadowing
Pre-OS System Environment (POSSE)
defined
HP implementation of EFI
Print queue
creating after installation or upgrade
Print queue
default
creating
Printer
recording installation on
PRESERVE option
Problems
booting
fix by booting with default parameter values
troubleshooting
forgotten password
fix by boot without UAF
fix by booting without UAF
logging in
Product Authorization Key (PAK)
registering after an installation or upgrade
registering during an installation
Proxy files See Network proxy authorization files
PRODUCT INSTALL
PRODUCT REMOVE command
files not removed with
PRODUCT REMOVE command
files not removed with
PRODUCT REMOVE command
removing operating system files

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Queue database
creating
Queue manager
starting
Quorum
maintaining during rolling upgrades
Quorum disk
choosing during OpenVMS Cluster installation

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Reboot See also Boot, Booting
after AUTOGEN
after installation
automatic after AUTOGEN
example
OpenVMS Cluster members
Recovery data
checking for during upgrade
Release notes
after installation or upgrade
before installation
Releases
upgrade paths
Remedial kits
deleting archived files
saving archived files
Removing operating system files
Restoring system disk
Restoring system disk
without booting the OpenVMS CD or DVD
Restrictions
for OpenVMS Alpha upgrade
Rolling upgrades
caution
Rolling upgrades
defined
how they work
maintaining cluster quorum
operating system version required
Rolling upgrades
preparing for
Rolling upgrades
restrictions
tasks after shutdown

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Satellite node
defined
Save sets
transferring to system disk
SCSNODE system parameter
specifying
SCSSYSTEMID system parameter
specifying
SDA (System Dump Analyzer)
SET AUTO_ACTION command
SET BOOT command
SET BOOTDEF_DEV command
SET BOOT_OSFLAGS command
Selecting active console devices
SETBOOT utility
Shadow sets See also Volume shadowing
backing up system disk
forming
license required
system parameters
reforming
system disk
upgrading
Shutdown
after installation
before an upgrade
procedures
Shutdown option
SHOW BOOTDEF_DEV command
SHOW BOOTDEF_DEV command
SHOW CRASH command
SHUTDOWN.COM
Site-specific command procedures
restored during upgrade
SIPs See System-integrated products (SIPs), Layered products
Source drive
defined
Standalone Backup
Startup command procedure
booting without
when errors prevent you from logging in
Swap file
checking size
modifying size
SWAPFILES.COM procedure
executing to change system file sizes
System
customizing
files
adding
removing
hang
OpenVMS Alpha
OpenVMS I64
libraries
expanding
parameters
booting with default
for volume shadowing
incorrect values prevent boot
modifying after installation or upgrade
modifying after upgrade
modifying before upgrade
verifying
problems
troubleshooting
shutting down before upgrade
startup in an emergency
OpenVMS Alpha
OpenVMS I64
with default system parameters
without startup and login procedures
without the UAF
System account
forgotten password
logging in
setting password
System disk
adding boot entry to EFI Boot Manager menu
adding system files
analyzing and repairing
backing up
after an installation
after installation or upgrade
alternate disk for
before an upgrade
from OpenVMS main menu
booting
after installation
after transferring required save set
checking amount of free space on
creating
defined
initializing
alternative methods
OpenVMS Alpha
booting
System disk
OpenVMS I64
booting
partitions
System disk
preparing an alternate for backup
preparing for upgrade
preserving
removing system files
System disk
restoring
System disk
restoring files on
SYSBOOT.EXE
commands
SYSGEN
ALLOCLASS parameter
System disk
space needed
for upgrade
to decompress libraries
specifying
during installation
during upgrade
unique volume label requirement
upgrading
System Dump Analyzer See SDA
System Event Log (SEL)
System Generation utility See SYSGEN
SYSGEN
commands for conversational boot
SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM
editing to control DECnet Phase IV
for starting network software at boot
updating to start layered products and print queues
SYSTEST account
creating after installation or upgrade
SYSUAFALT.DAT file
SYS$BATCH
creating
SYS$EFI.SYS
and writing a boot block
SYS$PRINT
creating
SYS$UPDATE.STABACKIT.COM
SYS$WELCOME
defining
System-integrated products (SIPs)
defined
installing after installation or upgrade

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Target disk
using backup copy for
Target drive
Target drive
defined
TCP/IP
third-party
installing
OpenVMS Management Station
TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
configuring
TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
defined
installing
installing or upgrading
upgrade
remove older versions prior to
upgrading
TDC See Performance Data Collector base software (TDC_RT), Performance Data Collector (TDC)
TDC_RT See Performance Data Collector base software (TDC_RT)
TDF
setting during an installation
Time zones
setting during an installation
Time zones
updating during an upgrade
Timeout
EFI boot option
Troubleshooting
system problems
Tuning operating system
TURBOchannel
booting
with alternate adapter
with PMAD adapter
with PMAZB adapter
with PMAZC adapter

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UAFALTERNATE logical name
UETP (User Environment Test Package)
defined
Uninstall
recovery data for
Upgrade See also Preupgrade tasks, Postupgrade tasks
cautions and restrictions
checklist
DECnet Phase IV
DECnet-Plus
DECram
disk space requirement
effect
on command procedures
on layered products
on MODPARAMS.DAT
OpenVMS Cluster
adding a new CPU
notes and cautions
preliminary tasks
preparing for
required operating system version
Performance Data Collector base software (TDC_RT)
POLYCENTER Software Installation utility
preparation checklist
recovery data
shadowed disks
stages of
TCP/IP Services, removing older versions
time zones
Upgrade paths
OpenVMS releases
User accounts
creating after installation or upgrade
User authorization file See also UAF
User Environment Test Package See also UETP

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VGA graphics as console device
VGA graphics as console device
Virtual Front Panel (Integrity servers)
VMSINSTAL
installing layered products independently
Volume label
OpenVMS Alpha operating system CD
OpenVMS I64 Operating Environment DVD
OpenVMS operating system CD
requirement for OpenVMS Clusters
Volume label
specifying
during installation
Volume label
specifying
during upgrade
Volume shadowing See also Shadow sets
backing up the system disk
defined
forming shadow set
license required
system parameters
preparing for upgrade
reforming shadow set
VOTES parameter
checking for rolling upgrades
vms_bcfg command
vms_show command

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Warranted support
Warranted support
Welcome message
defining
Windowing products
installing
reconfiguring
upgrading
Writeboot utility

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