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Jane.doe at 18:58, 12 December 2019

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	=See also=		=See also=
	* {{Template:UtilitiesII}} for use instructions		* {{Template:UtilitiesII}} for use instructions

			[[Category:Utilities]]

Marty.stu at 09:57, 16 July 2019

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	[[System Parameters\|System parameters]] and the site-independent startup command procedure values are stored in a files, and SYSGEN needs to know which file to use for displaying and modifying these values. The following parameter files can be used:		[[System Parameters\|System parameters]] and the site-independent startup command procedure values are stored in a files, and SYSGEN needs to know which file to use for displaying and modifying these values. The following parameter files can be used:

	* ACTIVE - the active system in memory (loaded by default)		* ACTIVE - the active system parameter value in memory (loaded by default)
	* DEFAULT - a parameter set build into SYSGEN that allows the operating system to boot on any standard configuration		* DEFAULT - a parameter set build into SYSGEN that allows the operating system to boot on any standard configuration
	* CURRENT - the current system parameter file on disk (SYS$SYSTEM:ALPHAVMSSYS.PAR on [[Alpha]] and SYS$SYSTEM:IA64VMSSYS.PAR on [[Integrity]]).		* CURRENT - the current system parameter file on disk (SYS$SYSTEM:ALPHAVMSSYS.PAR on [[Alpha]] and SYS$SYSTEM:IA64VMSSYS.PAR on [[Integrity]]).

Darya.zelenina at 09:18, 2 July 2019

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	'''SYSGEN''', or the '''System Generation Utility''', is a utility that facilitates management of [[System ~~parameters~~\|system parameters]], [[Page File\|page]], [[Swap File\|swap]] and [[Dump File\|dump]] files, and other system settings (see Uses below). It resides in [[SYS$SYSTEM]] and is invoked with RUN or MCR.		'''SYSGEN''', or the '''System Generation Utility''', is a utility that facilitates management of [[System Parameters\|system parameters]], [[Page File\|page]], [[Swap File\|swap]] and [[Dump File\|dump]] files, and other system settings (see Uses below). It resides in [[SYS$SYSTEM]] and is invoked with RUN or MCR.

	=Uses=		=Uses=

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'''SYSGEN''', or the '''System Generation Utility''', is a utility that facilitates management of [[System parameters|system parameters]], [[Page File|page]], [[Swap File|swap]] and [[Dump File|dump]] files, and other system settings (see Uses below). It resides in [[SYS$SYSTEM]] and is invoked with RUN or MCR.

=Uses=
* system parameter modification
* managing devices and device drivers (taken over by [[SYSMAN]] in modern versions of OpenVMS)
* creating and installing [[Page File|page]], [[Swap File|swap]] and [[Dump File|dump]] files
* managing [[Startup Command Procedures|startup command procedures]]

=Parameter Sets=
[[System Parameters|System parameters]] and the site-independent startup command procedure values are stored in a files, and SYSGEN needs to know which file to use for displaying and modifying these values. The following parameter files can be used:

* ACTIVE - the active system in memory (loaded by default)
* DEFAULT - a parameter set build into SYSGEN that allows the operating system to boot on any standard configuration
* CURRENT - the current system parameter file on disk (SYS$SYSTEM:ALPHAVMSSYS.PAR on [[Alpha]] and SYS$SYSTEM:IA64VMSSYS.PAR on [[Integrity]]).
* custom - any file specification can be used. Parameter files can be created with the SYSGEN WRITE command.

=See also=
* {{Template:UtilitiesII}} for use instructions