Booting the New OpenVMS System Disk

After you have successfully installed the OpenVMS operating system, the next step is to make the new system disk the default boot device. For OpenVMS I64 systems, this step may already have been done (see step 21 of the installation procedure in Section ), in which case you can boot the OpenVMS I64 system disk by performing the steps in Section .

Booting the OpenVMS I64 System Disk

The following steps explain how to boot your new OpenVMS I64 system disk. For more information about this and special booting operations, see Section . You can also use vMedia to boot an OpenVMS system disk; see Section .




	NOTE: Make sure you remove the DVD from the DVD/CD drive before booting the system disk.

The actions you take to boot the system disk depend on whether you have configured your system with a boot option for your system disk:

If you have configured your system with a boot option for your system disk, your system disk is displayed as a boot option in the EFI Boot Manager menu. Select your system disk and press Enter. If your system disk is the first option in the EFI Boot Manager menu, it might boot automatically after the 10-second countdown.
If you have not configured your system with a boot option for your disk, follow these steps:
1. Press Enter or any other key. (You might see text that instructs you to "hit any key to cold reboot.") The machine displays several boot-related messages and then displays the EFI Boot Manager menu.
2. Go to the EFI Shell prompt by selecting the EFI Shell [Built-in] option from the EFI Boot Manager menu. (This might be selected automatically if you do not make a selection before the EFI countdown completes.) A display similar to the following appears. An explanation of the two types of devices shown (blk and fs) follows the example.
  fs
  The fs devices are file-structured logical partitions on physical disks that are included with your Integrity server system. One or more fs device exists for each volume with a bootable partition or diagnostic partition. Generally, fs0: corresponds to the target disk on which you installed OpenVMS I64 (unless the DVD was not removed, in which case fs1: corresponds to the target disk). For example, if the target disk is DKA0, then fs0: most likely corresponds to the target disk. On the other hand, if the target disk is a DKA100 or DKB200 or similar, the corresponding EFI device depends on what partitions are configured on the target disk.
  blk
  The blk devices are block devices. Multiple blk devices exist for each volume that has a bootable partition or diagnostic partition. These devices may include the DVD device as well as the diagnostic partitions on OpenVMS system disks. Diagnostic partitions are intended and reserved for use by HP Services. (For more information about this partition, see Appendix I.)
3. To boot the OpenVMS I64 system disk, enter the following command at the EFI Shell prompt, where fsn: is the device associated with the system disk (probably fs0:):
  Shell> fsn:\efi\vms\vms_loader.efi
  The OpenVMS I64 operating system now starts booting. A display similar to the following appears, followed by the prompt for user name and password:
  HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version 8.3-1H1 (c) Copyright 1976-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
  Note that HP Integrity servers maintain a system event log (SEL) within system console storage, and OpenVMS I64 automatically transfers the contents of the SEL into the OpenVMS error log. On certain machines, during a successful boot operation while using a console, you might see a message indicating that the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) SEL is full. You can safely continue when the BMC SEL is full by following the prompts; OpenVMS processes the contents of the SEL.

Next Steps

When you boot OpenVMS from a new system disk, a special startup procedure runs that does the following:

Gives you the opportunity to configure the system for standalone or OpenVMS Cluster operation (see Section ).
Runs AUTOGEN to evaluate your hardware configuration, estimate typical workloads, and set system parameters (see Section ).
Reboots your system with the new parameters (see Section ).

After the system is rebooted with the new parameters, you can log into your SYSTEM account, as explained in Section . On Integrity servers, if you did not allow the OpenVMS installation procedure to create a boot option for your system disk, you can set up such an option now, as explained in Section . Appendix A includes additional information regarding setting up and booting HP Integrity servers.

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