Chapter 4 Before Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System
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Table of Contents
- 4.1 Preupgrade Tasks
- 4.2 Documentation References
- 4.3 Notes, Cautions, and Restrictions
- 4.4 Software That Must Be Manually Removed
- 4.5 Software That Must be Deconfigured (Integrity servers Only)
- 4.6 Saving Archived Files from Being Deleted by the Upgrade
- 4.7 Preparing the System Disk
- 4.7.1 Checking the Directory Structure and Preserving Your Security Protections
- 4.7.2 Checking the SYSCOMMON Directories
- 4.7.3 Purging Duplicate Files from the System Disk
- 4.7.4 Examining the System Disk
- 4.7.5 Checking the Size of the System Disk
- 4.7.6 Returning Authorization and AGEN$INCLUDE Files to the System Disk
- 4.7.7 Verifying System Parameters
- 4.8 Ensuring You Have a Recent FEEDBACK.DAT File
- 4.9 Shadowing Environment
- 4.10 Backing Up the System Disk
- 4.11 Finishing Preupgrade Tasks
This chapter describes which tasks you should perform prior to beginning an upgrade. Section 4.1 includes a checklist that you can use to make sure you perform all the tasks described in this chapter.