CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Console Subsystem

  1.1     Console Terminal

  1.2     Control Panel
    1.2.1      Indicator Lights
    1.2.2      Switches
      1.2.2.1      Power On Action Switch
      1.2.2.2      Boot Device Switch
      1.2.2.3      Reset Button
      1.2.2.4      Keylock Switch

  1.3     Tape Cassette Drive
    1.3.1      Inserting and Removing a Tape Cassette

  1.4     Console Command Language

  2      Installing the VMS Operating System

  2.1     Before Installing VMS

  2.2     Turning On the System

  2.3     Booting Standalone BACKUP
    2.3.1      Booting Standalone BACKUP from Magnetic Tape
    2.3.2      Booting Standalone BACKUP from a Local Disk
    2.3.3      Booting Standalone BACKUP from an HSC Disk Drive

  2.4     Booting the new System Disk
    2.4.1      Booting from a Local System Disk
    2.4.2      Booting from an HSC System Disk

  3      Startup and Shutdown Procedures

  3.1     Booting the System
    3.1.1      Boot Command Procedures
    3.1.2      Using BOOT58 to Boot from a Local or an HSC Drive
    3.1.3      BOOT58 Commands
    3.1.4      Booting from a Local Drive with the Boot Device Switch
    3.1.5      Booting from an HSC Drive
      3.1.5.1      Creating Default Boot Command Procedures
      3.1.5.2      Booting with DEFBOO.CMD
    3.1.6      Conversational Boot
      3.1.6.1      Local Drive
      3.1.6.2      HSC Drive
    3.1.7      Booting from SYSF During an Upgrade
    3.1.8      Booting from a Different Directory on the System Disk
    3.1.9      Booting with XDELTA
    3.1.10     Suggestions for Improving System Boot Time
    3.1.11     If the System Does Not Boot
    3.1.12     Writing a New Boot Block on the System Disk

  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 Crash

  4      Backup Procedures

  4.1     Using Standalone BACKUP
    4.1.1      Installing Standalone BACKUP on the System Disk
    4.1.2      Booting Standalone BACKUP from the System Disk
      4.1.2.1      Local Drive
      4.1.2.2      HSC Drive
    4.1.3      Installing Standalone BACKUP on Tape Cassettes
    4.1.4      Booting Standalone BACKUP from Tape Cassettes

  4.2     Backing Up the System Disk

  4.3     Restoring the System Disk

  4.4     Backing Up the Console TU58

  Glossary

  FIGURES

  1-1        VAX-11/750 Control Panel

  1-2        Inserting a Tape Cassette

  3-1        File Structure of the Console TU58

  TABLES

  1-1        Status Lights on the VAX-11/750

  1-2        VAX-11/750 Remote Diagnostic Lights

  1-3        Keylock Switch Settings

  1-4        Commonly Used Console Mode Commands

  2-1        Device Names for VAX-11/750 Devices

  3-1        Device Codes for VAX-11/750 Disks

  3-2        BOOT58 Commands

  3-3        SYSGEN Commands Used in SYSBOOT