CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Console Subsystem

  1.1     Console Terminal

  1.2     Control Panel
    1.2.1      Key Switches
    1.2.2      Restart Button
    1.2.3      Status Indicator Lights

  1.3     TK50 and TK70 Tape Cartridge Drives
    1.3.1      TK50 Tape Cartridge Drive
    1.3.2      TK70 Tape Cartridge Drive

  1.4     Console Command Language

  2      Using a Compact Disc Drive

  2.1     Inserting a Compact Disc

  2.2     Removing a Compact Disc

  3      Installing the VMS Operating System

  3.1     Turning On the System

  3.2     Before Installing VMS
    3.2.1      Determining Device Names
    3.2.2      Booting During an Installation

  3.3     Booting Standalone BACKUP
    3.3.1      Booting Standalone BACKUP from a Tape Cartridge
    3.3.2      Booting Standalone BACKUP from a Remote Compact Disc

  3.4     Booting the New System Disk

  4      System Startup and Shutdown

  4.1     Booting the System
    4.1.1      Booting from a Local Disk Drive
    4.1.2      Booting from an HSC Disk Drive
    4.1.3      Performing a Conversational Boot
    4.1.4      Automatic Restart
      4.1.4.1      Warm Start
      4.1.4.2      Cold Start-Setting a Default Disk
    4.1.5      Booting with XDELTA
    4.1.6      Booting from [SYSF] During an Upgrade
    4.1.7      Booting from a Different Directory on the System Disk
    4.1.8      Using SET BOOT
    4.1.9      If the System Does Not Boot

  4.2     Shutting Down the System
    4.2.1      Orderly Shutdown with SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN.COM
    4.2.2      Emergency Shutdown with OPCCRASH.EXE
    4.2.3      Emergency Shutdown with CRASH Commands

  5      Backup Procedures

  5.1     Using Standalone BACKUP
    5.1.1      Installing Standalone BACKUP on the System Disk
    5.1.2      Booting Standalone BACKUP from the System Disk
    5.1.3      Installing Standalone BACKUP on a Tape Cartridge
    5.1.4      Booting Standalone BACKUP from a Tape Cartridge
    5.1.5      Booting Standalone BACKUP from a Remote Compact Disc

  5.2     Backing Up the System Disk

  5.3     Restoring the System Disk

  A   How the System Assigns Controller Letters

  B   Writing a New Boot Block on the System Disk

  Glossary
    boot or bootstrap . . . DEBNI
    DEMNA . . . Mass Storage Control Protocol (MSCP)
    media . . . standalone system
    system disk . . . XMI

  FIGURES

  1-1        Control Panel

  1-2        TK50 Tape Cartridge Drive

  1-3        TK70 Tape Cartridge Drive

  2-1        RRD40 Compact Disc Drive in Expansion Box

  2-2        InfoServer with Internal RRD40 Compact Disc Drives

  2-3        Inserting and Removing a Compact Disc

  TABLES

  1-1        Upper Key Switch Settings

  1-2        Lower Key Switch Settings

  1-3        Restart Button Functions

  1-4        Status Indicator Lights

  1-5        TK50 Controls

  1-6        TK50 Indicator Lights

  1-7        TK70 Controls

  1-8        TK70 Indicator Lights

  1-9        Commonly Used Console Commands

  3-1        Device Codes for VAX 6000 Series Systems

  4-1        Boot Command Qualifiers (Local Disks)

  4-2        Boot Command Qualifiers (HSC Disks)

  4-3        SYSGEN Commands Used in SYSBOOT

  A-1        Controller Naming Example