HP OpenVMS Systems Documentation

Chapter 4 Before Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System

HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Upgrade and Installation Manual

Chapter 4 Before Upgrading the OpenVMS Operating System

Table of Contents

4.1 Preupgrade Tasks

4.2 Documentation References

4.3 Notes, Cautions, and Restrictions

4.3.1 Upgrade Paths
4.3.2 Update License Requirements
4.3.3 Components You Choose Not to Install
4.3.4 Licenses and Layered Products

4.4 Software That Must Be Manually Removed

4.4.1 Remove Older Versions of DECram for OpenVMS (Alpha Only)
4.4.2 Remove TDC Version 2.0 (Alpha Only)

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

4.9.1 Setting the Boot Device
4.9.2 Creating a Nonshadowed Target Disk

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.