The OpenVMS Version 8.2-1 operating system includes procedures
(such as the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility) that allow
you to easily upgrade the operating system. You can boot from a
local DVD drive or from the network. For instructions on booting
from a virtual DVD drive over the network, refer to
Setting Up and Performing Network Booting.
To boot a local OpenVMS I64 OE DVD, follow these steps. To
boot the DVD on a cell-based server, a DVD device must be accessible
for the nPartition that OpenVMS is being installed on.
Make sure your
Integrity server is powered on. If your system has an attached
external device, make sure it is turned on and operational.
Insert the DVD into the drive.
Cycle power.
From the main EFI boot menu (for cell-based servers,
this must be the EFI boot menu for the nPartition on which OpenVMS
is to be booted), select the appropriate item from the boot options
list. Note that the EFI boot menu is timed; press any key to stop
the countdown timer.
For some systems, the
boot option to select is the Internal Bootable DVD option. If that
option is not listed in your EFI boot menu, move to the Boot From
a File menu and select the Removable Media Boot option, if present.
Alternatively (and this method is recommended for cell-based
servers), boot the DVD drive from the EFI Shell prompt by entering
the command shown in the following example, where fsn:
corresponds to the Integrity server DVD drive (such as fs0:). Note
that if you have navigated to a particular file system, the EFI
Shell prompt would reflect that file system; for example, if the
current file system is fs0:, the EFI Shell prompt would be fs0:>.
Shell>fsn:\efi\boot\bootia64.efi
To determine which device is the bootable DVD drive, examine
the list of mapped devices and look for an fs device listing that
includes the letters "CDROM", as in the following line,
where fsn is the file system associated with
the drive, which is usually fs0: (instead of "fsn",
you might see something similar to "V8.2-1"; instead of Ata, you
might see Scsi, depending on the server model): fsn : Acpi(HWP0002,400)/Pci(4|1)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(Entry0) You can use the following command to display the mapping of
various EFI device names to OpenVMS device names, where fsn is
the device you want to check (such as fs0:):
Shell>fsn:\efi\vms\vms_show dev -fs
On most Integrity servers, the DVD drive is DQA0:. On systems
that include a SCSI bus, such as the Integrity Superdome server,
the DVD drive is DKA0:. For more information about the vms_show command, refer to the HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
.
Remember that by default EFI interprets the Delete
(or Backspace) key differently than do OpenVMS Alpha systems or
Microsoft Windows computers. Use Ctrl/H to delete the last character
entered. For more information, refer to
Using the Delete or Backspace Key with Integrity Server Utilities.
When the DVD boots properly, the OpenVMS operating system
banner appears, followed by the operating system menu. You can now
upgrade your OpenVMS I64 operating system on the target disk (refer
to
Performing the Upgrade). If
the methods documented in this section do not succeed to boot the DVD,
refer to
Alternate Method of Using EFI to Boot the DVD.
When booting OpenVMS from the installation DVD for the
first time on any OpenVMS I64 system with a SAN storage device,
you might experience a delay in EFI initialization because the entire
SAN is scanned. Depending on the size of the SAN, this delay might
range from several seconds to several minutes.
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Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System
