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Installing VAX/VMS on a VAX-11/150
from Magnetic Tape
Order Number: AA-Z2258-TE-2

April 1986

Revision/Update Information:

This is a revised document for Version 4.4.

Software Version:

VAX/VMS Version 4.4

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April 1986
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Installing VAX/VMS on a VAX-11/750 from Magnetic Tape
You should use this procedure only if you are installing VAX/VMS Version
4.4 on a VAX-ll/750 processor from a magnetic tape distribution kit.
WARNING

The software installation procedure overwrites the entire contents of the system disk. You should install VAX/VMS on
your processor only if it is new, or if you want to destroy the
contents of the system disk. If your system disk contains files
that you wish to save, you should upgrade to the new version
of VAX/VMS. See the VAX/VMS Release Notes, Version 4.4 for
instructions on upgrading to Version 4.4 of VAX/VMS.
Before you install the system software, your hardware must be installed
and checked for proper operation.
If your configuration has a CI750 device, obtain the DECnet area number
and node number for your processor from either your network or cluster
manager before starting the installation. You will need this information to
complete step 27 of the installation procedure.

Here are definitions of some terms used in this procedure that may not be
familiar to you.
Term

Definition

load device

The drive that holds the distribution tape during
the installation. You should use the physical device
name when you are prompted for the load device.

system device

The drive that holds the disk you are building. You
should use the physical device name when you are
prompted for the system device.

boot

Literally "bootstrap load"; the process of software
loading itself into a computer.

console TUS8

The TUS8 that contains the console program.

spin up/spin down

To spin up means to bring a disk drive up to
operating speed and to spin down means to bring it
to a gradual stop.

Be sure you have all the items listed on the distribution kit bill of materials. If your kit is incomplete, notify the DIGITAL Software Distribution
Center and request priority shipment of any missing components.
Installing VAX/VMS on a VAX-ll /150 from Magnetic Tape

This procedure assumes the system is not powered up when you start the
installation. If you need help with any of the installation steps, please
refer to the Guide to VAX/VMS Software Installation.
1. Decide which drive will hold the distribution tape and which drive will
hold the system disk.
If you build your system on a UDA disk, select a unit numbered in the
range 0 through 3.
2. Tum on the console terminal, if you have not already done so.
3. Check that the console TUS8 is in the console drive. Be sure that your
console medium is P /N BE-T204*-ME. The asterisk (*) identifies the
revision level and should be the letter G or greater. If your console
medium is not revision G or greater, contact your DIGITAL field service
representative and order the correct medium through the Field Change
Order Process.
4. At the processor control panel, set the POWER ON ACTION switch to
HALT.
5. Position the keylock switch to LOCAL.
6. Verify that the POWER lamp turns on and the ERROR lamp is dimly
lit. If the ERROR lamp is brightly lit, use the RESET switch to reset the
system.
7. If your system disk is an HSC (hierarchical storage controller) device,
be sure the CI7S0 is powered up and the HSCSO or HSC70 is powered
up and on line. See the HSC User Guide, order number AA-GMEAATK, for details on how to set the HSC system identification and the
HSC name. Note that HSCs must have unique names and system
identifications to operate properly.
8. Thread the distribution tape on the load device and put it on line. Be
sure the write-enable ring is removed from the tape reel.
9. If you are building a removable system disk, place a blank disk in the
system device.
10. Spin up the system disk but do not write protected it.
11. When you get the console prompt (> > > ), enter this command to
invoke BOOTS8:
>>>-B/800 DDAO

12. When you get the BOOTS8 prompt (BOOTS8> ), enter this command
to begin the standalone BACKUP boot sequence:
BOOT68>~CSABOO.CMD

Installing VAX/VMS on a VAX-ll/750 from Magnetic Tape

13. The procedure prompts you to successively place the three volumes
containing the standalone BACKUP kit in the console drive.
The first prompt directs you to replace the console TU58 with the first
standalone volume (VAX/VMS V4.4 5/ A BKUP T58 1/4) and to enter
YES, or simply Y, when you are ready to continue.
When you enter YES, the procedure displays this message:,
Resuming load operation on volume 'label', please stand by ...

14. When the first volume is booted, the procedure prompts you to replace
it with the second standalone volume (VAX/VMS V4.4 5/A BKUP T58
2/4) and to enter YES when you are ready to continue.
When you enter YES, the procedure displays this message:
Resuming load operation on volume 'label', please stand by ...

15. When the second is booted, the procedure prompts you to replace it
with the third standalone volume (VAX/VMS V4.4 5/ A BKUP T58
3/4) and to enter YES when you are ready to continue.
When you enter YES, the procedure displays this message:
Resuming load operation on volume 'label', please stand by ...

16. When the third volume finishes booting, the standalone system announces itself and asks for the date and time:
VAX/VMS Version V4.4 16-AP~-1986 22:29
PLEASE ENTER. DATE AND TIME, (DD-MMM-YYYY HH: MM)

17. Enter the date in day-month-year format, and the time in hours and
minutes using the 24-hour clock format. For example, if the time is
3:58 P.M. and the date is April 17, 1986, type
PLEASE ENTER. DATE AND TIME (DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM) 17-APR-1986 16:68

If applicable, the standalone system configures and lists your HSC and
MSCP-served devices. If you are building your system on an HSC
disk, enter the appropriate device name from this list in place of the
variable system-device when you restore the required save set.
18. Next, the procedure prompts you to replace the third volume with the
fourth volume labeled BACKUP (VSX/VMS V4.4 5/A BKUP T58 4/4),
and to enter YES when you are ready to continue.

Installing VAX/VMS on a VAX-ll/150 from Magnetic Tape

When you enter YES, the procedure displays this message:
Resuming load operation on volume 'BACKUP' please stand by ...

19. When the application TUSS cassette is booted, standalone BACKUP
identifies itself and presents the DCL prompt ($):
XBACKUP-I-IDENT. standalone BACKUP V4.4; the date is <DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM>

•Do not remove the BACKUP TUSS cassette from the drive until

directed to do so.
20. Use the following command to restore the required save set. See the
accompanying chart to determine the appropriate values for the loaddevice and system-device variables. If you are restoring the operating
system to an HSC disk, select a system-device name from the list of
devices configured by the standalone system in step 17.
• BACKUP/VERIFY load-device:REQUIRED/SAVE system-device:

Device Type

Device Namel

RK07

DMeu

RP05,RP06

DBeu

RM03,RM05 ,RMBO,RP07

DReu 2

RA60

DJeu 3

RABO,RABI

DUeu

TU7B

MFeu

TSll,TUBO

MSeu

TE16,TU45,TU77

MTeu

TUBI

MUeu

IVariable c deSignates the device controller; variable u is the device unit number.
2When you boot the RM03, RM05, RM80 or RP07, use device code DBcu.
3 When you boot the RA60, use device code DUcu.

This BACKUP command builds a system disk that includes a DIGITALprovided set of volume parameters, including a cluster factor (disk
access scheme) of 1. Most volume parameters can be changed later
with the SET VOLUME command. However, to change the cluster
factor you must back up the system to a volume that has been previously initialized to the desired cluster factor. To save the volume's
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Installing VAX/VMS on a VAX-ll /150 from Magnetic Tape

initial parameter values, use the /NOINITIALIZE qualifier when you
back up the system. For more information on the cluster factor, see the

VAX/VMS System Manager's Reference Manual.
21. It takes approximately 15 minutes to restore the required files. The
following message indicates the start of the verification pass:
%BACKUP-I-STARTVERIFY, starting verification pass

Approximately 15 minutes later, standalone BACKUP identifies itself
and presents the DCL prompt ($) indicating the verification pass is
finished.
%BACKUP-I-IDENT, standalone BACKUP V4.4; the date is <DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM>

•

22. Press CTRL/P to put the system in console mode.
23. Replace the third standalone BACKUP cassette with the console TUS8.
24. Boot the system disk using the device name for the system device:
»> B system-device

If your system device is under control of an HSC, use the following
procedure to boot it. Note that all numeric entries are made using
hexadecimal notation.
a. Set the BOOT SELECT switch to position A.
b. Invoke BOOTS8 with this command:
»> B/8oo DDAO

c. When you get the BOOTSS> prompt, deposit the HSC node
number into register R2 using the following command format:
BOOT6S> DIG 2 node-number

For example, if the HSC is node number 12 on the CI750, you use
this command:
BOOT6S> DIG 2 OC

NOTE
If the system device is accessible to two HSCs, deposit
both node numbers putting the greater number in digits
3 and 2, and the lesser in digits 1 and O. For example, if
one HSC is numbered 15 (hexadecimal OF) and the other
is numbered 10 (hexadecimal OA), the proper command
is
BOOT6S> DIG 2 OFOA

Installing VAX/VMS on a VAX-ll /750 from Magnetic Tape

d. Deposit the unit number of the system device into register R3 using
the following console command format:
BOOT6S> D/G 3 unit-number

For example, if the load device is unit number 21, deposit a hexadecimal 15 into R3:
BOOT6S> DIG 3 16

e. Enter this command to boot the system disk:
BOOT6S> OCIBOO.CMD

25. When the boot is complete, you get the following message:

xx
VAX/VMS Version 4.4 16-APR-1986 22:29

XXXXXXXXXXX OPCOM <DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM:SS.S> XXXXXXXXXXX
Logfile has been initialized by operator _SALONE.OPAO:
Logfile is SYS.SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]OPERATOR.LOG;1
Please enter the date and time (DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM):

Enter the date in day-month-year format, and the time in hours and
minutes using the 24-hour clock format. For example, if the time is
3:58 P.M. and the date is Apri117, 1986, type
Please enter the date and time (DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM): 17-APR-1986 16:58

26. The procedure asks you which drive holds the distribution tape. Enter
the device name for the load device:
Enter drive holding distribution kit (DDCU): load-device:

27. This step only applies if your system includes a CI750; if it does not,
go to the next step.
a. The procedure gives you the opportunity to build a common system
disk:
If this node is part of a VAXcluster. you may want to set up your HSC-based
system disk to run multiple cluster nodes from a single disk.
Do you want to know more about cluster common system disks [N]?

b. The procedure displays the following message if you enter Y:
If you have an HSC-based system disk. it can be made to run
multiple systems with up to 14 nodes sharing all files except
PAGEFILE.SYS. SWAPFILE.SYS. SYSDUMP.DMP and VAXVMSSYS.PAR.

Installing VAX/VMS on a VAX-ll /750 from Magnetic Tape

c. The procedure asks
Do you want to generate a cluster common system disk [N]?

d. Enter Y if you want a common system disk; if not, press the
RETURN key.
e. If you select the common system disk option, see Chapter 4 of the
Guide to VAX/VMS Software Installation for instructions on building
system roots for the other nodes in your cluster.
f. The next message prompts you for the first of two SYSGEN parameters:
In order to successfully boot the system, you must provide a nonzero value
for the SYSGEN parameter SCSSYSTEMID and a nonblank value for the SYSGEN
parameter SCSNODE. See the Guide to VAXclusters for information on
setting up other SYSGEN parameters after the system is installed.
Enter this node's SCSSYSTEMID value:

Enter a value equal to 1024 times the DECnet-VAX area number
plus your system's DECnet-VAX node number in decimal.
For example, if your DECnet-VAX area number is 5, and your
DECnet-VAX node number is 122, the value for SCSSYSTEMID is
calculated as follows:
(6 • 1024) + 122 = 6242

g. The procedure prompts you for the second parameter:
Enter this node's SCSNODE name:

Enter your system's DECnet-VAX node name.
28. The procedure restores the rest of the operating system and displays
appropriate messages:
Restoring library save set.
XBACKUP-I-STARTVERIFY, starting verification pass
Restoring optional save set.
XBACKUP-I-STARTVERIFY, starting verification pass

29. If you have elected to build a common system disk, the procedure
creates a V4COMMON directory tree at this point.
30. The procedure prompts you for new passwords for the SYSTEM,
SYSTEST, and FIELD accounts. Passwords must be at least six characters in length.

Installing VAX/VMS on a VAX-ll/750 from Magnetic Tape

31. When you have changed the passwords, the procedure creates your
RIGHTS database and then displays the following message:
AUTOGEN computes the SYSGEN parameters for your configuration
and then reboots the system with the new parameters.
After the reboot you may want to do one or more of the following tasks
(consult the VAX/VMS System Manager's Reference Manual for detailed
information):

AUTOGEN will reboot the system only if you are building a non-HSC
system disk and the default bootstrap command procedure is set to
boot it. See step 33 if AUTOGEN does not reboot the system disk.
Note that the suggested tasks are to be done after the reboot when
your system is up and running.
a. The first suggested task is to delete the installation procedure itself:
- Delete SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.INS

b. The next suggestion is to decompress the system library files:
- DECOMPRESS THE SYSTEM LIBRARIES - For space considerations, many of the system
libraries are shipped in a data compressed format. If you have enough disk
space, you may decompress them for faster access. Use SYS$UPDATE:LIBDECOMP.COM
to data expand the libraries. If you choose not to decompress these libraries
there will be a negative impact on the performance of the HELP and LINK
commands.

The decompressed libraries require approximately 5000 additional
blocks of disk space and the decompression process may take up to
1 hour.
c. If your system includes a CI750, the procedure reminds you to
run AUTOGEN after the final boot if you want to be part of a
VAXcluster.
If your system is to be part of a VAXcluster, you will need to invoke
AUTOGEN with this command:
~SYS'UPDATE:AUTOGEN

SAVPARAMS REBOOT

d. The procedure displays the following suggestion only if you are
building a common system disk.
- Create system directory trees for other nodes in your cluster.
(See the Guide to VAXclusters for details).

32. The procedure indicates the start of AUTOGEN with this message:
Running

AUTOGEN - Please wait.

Installing VAX/VMS on a VAX-l1 /750 from Magnetic Tape

When AUTOGEN finishes, you get a sequence of shutdown messages
that begins like this:
The system is shutting down to allow the V4.4 system to boot with the
generated site-specific parameters and installed images.
The system will automatically reboot after the shutdown and the
upgrade to VAX/VMS Version 4.4 will be complete.

33. The system reboots automatically only if your default bootstrap command procedure is set to boot your non-HSC system disk. If your
system disk is an HSC disk, or the default bootstrap command procedure is not set to boot your non-HSC system disk, follow the procedure
described in step 24 to boot the system disk.
When you get the following message, the reboot is complete and the
operating system is running. If your system includes a CI, it will come
up with the VAXCLUSTER parameter set to 1 and will form a cluster.
XX
VAX/VMS Version 4.4 16-APR-19S6 22:29
XXXXXXXXXXX OPCOM <DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM:SS.S> XXXXXXXXXXX
Logfile has been initialized by operator _SALONE$OPAO:
Logfile is SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]OPERATOR.LOG;1
XSET-I-INTSET. login interactive limit=64. current interactive value = 0
SYSTEM
job terminated at DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM:SS.CC

34. Reread step 31. You may perform any of the suggested tasks at this
time. Note that if your configuration includes a CI750 device you must
rerun AUTOGEN at this time if you want to be part of a VAXcluster.
35. Install the mandatory update. The VAX/VMS Release Notes, Version 4.4
contains instructions for installing the mandatory update.
With your system running, you should set up DEFBOO.CMD to boot your
system disk. See the VAX/VMS System Manager's Reference Manual.
If your system is part of a VAXcluster, see the Guide to VAXclusters for
detailed descriptions of cluster-related SYSGEN parameters.

You should now run the User Environment Test Package (UETP) to verify
the installation (see the Guide to VAX/VMS Software Installation.) After
you run the UETP, refer to the VAX/VMS System Manager's Reference
Manual for instructions on customizing and using your system.

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