CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  Part I

  1      The Installation, Upgrade, and Update Procedures

  1.1    What Happens During an Installation

  1.2    What Happens During an Upgrade

  1.3    What Happens During an Update

  2      Hardware

  2.1    Turning On the Monitor

  2.2    The On/Off Switch

  2.3    The Halt Button

  2.4    Alternate Console Terminal

  2.5    Disk and Tape Drives

  2.6    The TZ30 Tape Cartridge Drive

  2.7    The TK50 Tape Cartridge Drive
    2.7.1      Tape Cartridges
    2.7.2      Inserting a Tape Cartridge in a TZ30 Drive
    2.7.3      Inserting a Tape Cartridge in a TK50 Drive
    2.7.4      Initializing a Tape Cartridge
    2.7.5      Mounting a Tape Cartridge
    2.7.6      Dismounting a Tape Cartridge
    2.7.7      Removing a Tape Cartridge from a TZ30 Drive
    2.7.8      Removing a Tape Cartridge from a TK50 Drive

  2.8    The Compact Disc Drive
    2.8.1      Inserting a Compact Disc
    2.8.2      Removing a Compact Disc

  2.9    Using RX23 Floppy Diskettes

  3      Before Installing VMS

  3.1    The Distribution Media and System Disk

  3.2    Device Names

  3.3    Choosing a System Disk

  3.4    Information on VAXcluster Environments

  4      Installing VMS

  4.1    Installing VMS on Large-Memory Systems

  4.2    Turning On the System

  4.3    Preparing the System Disk

  4.4    Booting Standalone BACKUP
    4.4.1      Tape Cartridge Kit
    4.4.2      Compact Disc

  4.5    Booting the New System Disk

  Part II

  5      Startup and Shutdown Procedures

  5.1    Overview of Booting

  5.2    Booting the System

  5.3    The SET BOOT Command

  5.4    Automatic Boot

  5.5    Booting from [SYSF] During an Upgrade

  5.6    Conversational Boot

  5.7    Booting with XDELTA

  5.8    If the System Does Not Boot

  5.9    Shutting Down the System
    5.9.1      Types of Shutdowns
    5.9.2      Emergency Shutdown with CRASH Commands

  5.10   If the System Fails

  6      Backup Procedures

  6.1    Overview of Standalone BACKUP
    6.1.1      Installing Standalone BACKUP on the System Disk
    6.1.2      Booting Standalone BACKUP from the System Disk
    6.1.3      Installing Standalone BACKUP on a Tape Cartridge
    6.1.4      Booting Standalone BACKUP from a Tape Cartridge

  6.2    Using Standalone BACKUP
    6.2.1      Backing Up the System Disk
    6.2.2      Restoring the System Disk

  A   Release Notes

  A.1    Restrictions on the Use of the Tape Drive

  A.2    Restriction on the Use of the Compact Disc Drive

  A.3    TZK50 Expansion Box from a VAXstation 2000

  A.4    Performance on the TZK50 and TZ30 Tape Drives

  B   SCSI Disk and Tape Drives

  B.1    Changing the Identification Number of the CPU

  B.2    SCSI Bus Termination

  C   Bad Block Support

  C.1    SCSI Concepts

  C.2    Console Disk Formatter

  C.3    BAD Utility

  C.4    The INITIALIZE Command and the File System

  C.5    SCSI Disk Class Driver

  C.6    Error Recovery Parameters

  C.7    What the Disk Class Driver Does When it Detects an Error

  Glossary

  FIGURES

  2-1        The On/Off Switch and the Halt Button

  2-2        Alternate Console Switch

  2-3        TZ30 Tape Cartridge Drive

  2-4        TK50 Tape Cartridge Drive

  2-5        Inserting a Label on a Tape Cartridge

  2-6        Positioning the Write-Protect Switch

  2-7        Inserting a TZ30 Tape Cartridge

  2-8        Inserting a TK50 Tape Cartridge

  2-9        Compact Disc Drive on the System Unit

  2-10       Compact Disc Drive in an Expansion Box

  2-11       Inserting a Compact Disc

  TABLES

  2-1        Disk and Tape Drives

  2-2        TZ30 Drive Controls

  2-3        TZ30 Indicator Lights

  2-4        TK50 Drive Controls

  2-5        TK50 Indicator Lights

  5-1        SYSGEN Commands Used in SYSBOOT

  B-1        SCSI ID Numbers