HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Upgrade and Installation Manual

This document is the HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Upgrade and Installation Manual, published in June 2010. It serves as a comprehensive guide for installing and upgrading the HP OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS for Integrity servers operating systems to version 8.4.

The manual covers:

• Initial setup: Key terms, hardware and software components, and preliminary procedures.
• Installation: Detailed steps for installing the OpenVMS operating system, including booting from various media (CD/DVD, InfoServer, HP SIM provisioning, vMedia), and installing it as a guest OS in an OpenVMS Integrity VM environment.
• Upgrade preparation: Tasks to perform before upgrading, including reviewing documentation, handling notes/cautions/restrictions, removing old software, saving archived files, and preparing the system disk. Specific guidance for upgrading in an OpenVMS Cluster environment is also provided, detailing concurrent and rolling upgrade types.
• Upgrade execution: Step-by-step instructions for performing the upgrade using the operating system menu, including selecting initialization/preservation options, specifying target disks, handling recovery data, and setting volume labels and on-disk structure levels.
• Post-installation/upgrade tasks: Essential steps after the main installation or upgrade, such as backing up the system disk, registering licenses, tuning system parameters (using AUTOGEN), configuring networking (DECnet, TCP/IP Services), initializing other installed components (CDSA, Availability Manager, Kerberos, SSL, WBEM), and creating user accounts and login messages.
• System management appendices: Detailed information on booting and shutting down OpenVMS Alpha and Integrity servers, configuring boot behavior, network booting with InfoServer, using HP SIM and vMedia for provisioning, setting up and booting Fibre Channel storage devices, backing up/restoring system disks, installing internationalization data, and preparing/using OpenVMS Management Station.

The document emphasizes critical procedures like firmware updates, boot option configuration, system parameter tuning, and cluster management, providing checklists and troubleshooting tips throughout.