CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Console Subsystem

  1.1     Console Terminal
    1.1.1      Console Command Language
    1.1.2      Console-Generated Messages
    1.1.3      Console-Generated Error Log Entries

  1.2     Console Devices
    1.2.1      Console Hard Disk
    1.2.2      Console Tape Cartridge Drive

  1.3     Control Panel
    1.3.1      Key Switches
      1.3.1.1      Power Switch
      1.3.1.2      Startup Switch
      1.3.1.3      Service Processor Access Switch

  2      Installing the VMS Operating System

  2.1     Turning On the System

  2.2     Before Installing VMS
    2.2.1      Determining Device Names
    2.2.2      Booting During an Installation

  2.3     Booting Standalone BACKUP

  2.4     Booting the New System Disk

  3      System Startup and Shutdown Procedures

  3.1     Booting the System
    3.1.1      Booting Manually
    3.1.2      Creating Default Boot Command Procedures
    3.1.3      Booting with DEFBOO.CMD
    3.1.4      Performing a Conversational Boot
    3.1.5      Booting from a Different Directory Root on the System Disk
    3.1.6      Booting from [SYSF] During an Upgrade
    3.1.7      Booting with XDELTA
    3.1.8      If the System Does Not Boot

  3.2     Shutting Down the System
    3.2.1      Orderly Shutdown with SHUTDOWN.COM
    3.2.2      Emergency Shutdown with OPCCRASH.EXE
    3.2.3      Emergency Shutdown with CRASH

  4      Backup Procedures

  4.1     Using Standalone BACKUP
    4.1.1      Booting Standalone BACKUP from the Console Hard Disk
    4.1.2      Updating Standalone BACKUP on the Console Hard Disk
    4.1.3      Installing Standalone BACKUP on the System Disk
    4.1.4      Booting Standalone BACKUP from the System Disk

  4.2     Backing Up the System Disk

  4.3     Restoring the System Disk

  A   How the System Assigns Controller Letters

  Glossary
    boot or bootstrap . . . KDM70
    Local Area VAXcluster . . . standalone BACKUP
    standalone system . . . vector processor

  FIGURES

  1-1        Control Panel

  TABLES

  1-1        Commonly Used Console Commands

  1-2        Startup Switch Settings

  1-3        Service Processor Access Switch Settings

  2-1        Device Codes for the VAX 9000 Series

  2-2        Boot Command Procedures

  3-1        Boot Command Procedures and Abbreviations

  3-2        Boot Command Qualifiers

  3-3        SYSGEN Commands Used in SYSBOOT

  A-1        Controller Naming Example