HP OpenVMS Versions 8.3-1H1 for Integrity Servers Upgrade and Installation Manual

This manual, "HP OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 for Integrity Servers Upgrade and Installation Manual" (October 2007), provides comprehensive instructions for installing and upgrading to OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 on HP Integrity servers. It is intended for anyone responsible for these operations, including system startup, shutdown, and backup.

Key updates in this edition include:

• Support for the latest HP Integrity servers (e.g., BL860c) and Intel Itanium Dual-Core processors, including those without built-in CD/DVD drives.
• Enhanced management capabilities through HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), supporting provisioning and virtual media (vMedia) for network installations.
• Support for Virtual Connect (VC) on HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures.
• VGA console and USB keyboard support.
• Additional time zones.

The document covers:

• Getting Started: Key terms, Integrity server overview, hardware/software components, and navigating the operating system installation menu.
• Installation & Upgrade Preparation: Detailed pre-installation and pre-upgrade tasks for standalone and OpenVMS Cluster environments, including system disk preparation and review of cluster information.
• Operating System Installation & Upgrade: Step-by-step procedures for installing or upgrading OpenVMS, including booting from various media (local DVD, InfoServer, HP SIM, vMedia), specifying target disks, managing volume labels and on-disk structures (ODS-2/ODS-5), and configuring boot options.
• Post-Installation & Post-Upgrade Tasks: Configuring networking (DECnet, TCP/IP), security components (CDSA, Kerberos, SSL), performance data collection (TDC_RT), system tuning with AUTOGEN, license registration, creating user accounts, and testing the system.
• Advanced Operations: Configuration and management of HP Integrity server hardware and boot operations (EFI), network booting using InfoServer, installing via HP SIM and vMedia, setting up Fibre Channel storage devices, backing up and restoring the system disk, installing internationalization data, preparing OpenVMS Management Station, and removing the operating system.