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=Startup Phases=
 
=Startup Phases=
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1. Start the CLUSTER_SERVER process.
 
1. Start the CLUSTER_SERVER process.
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2. Define logical names needed for basic operations and install images listed in SYS$MANAGER:VMSIMAGES.DAT.
 
2. Define logical names needed for basic operations and install images listed in SYS$MANAGER:VMSIMAGES.DAT.
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3. Execute [[SYCONFIG.COM]].
 
3. Execute [[SYCONFIG.COM]].
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4. Add any new drivers by executing AUTOCONFIGURE ALL<sup>VAX</sup>/IO AUTOCONFIGURE<sup>Alpha and I64</sup>
 
4. Add any new drivers by executing AUTOCONFIGURE ALL<sup>VAX</sup>/IO AUTOCONFIGURE<sup>Alpha and I64</sup>
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5. Install the primary swap file, if the file is present.
 
5. Install the primary swap file, if the file is present.
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6. Start the CONFIGURE process unless [[NOAUTOCONFIG]] is set to 1 or [[STARTUP$AUTOCONFIGURE_ALL]] is defined as [[False]] by [[SYCONFIG.COM|SYS$MANAGER:SYCONFIG.COM]].
 
6. Start the CONFIGURE process unless [[NOAUTOCONFIG]] is set to 1 or [[STARTUP$AUTOCONFIGURE_ALL]] is defined as [[False]] by [[SYCONFIG.COM|SYS$MANAGER:SYCONFIG.COM]].
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7. Execute SYLOGICALS.COM. At this point, all the devices are available either through the AUTOCONFIGURE command or through the CONFIGURE process.
 
7. Execute SYLOGICALS.COM. At this point, all the devices are available either through the AUTOCONFIGURE command or through the CONFIGURE process.
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8. If the system is a satellite node in a VAXcluster or an OpenVMS Cluster environment, execute SATELLITE_PAGE.COM to install page and swap files on a local disk. [[SATELLITE_PAGE.COM]] is created when you execute the [[CLUSTER_CONFIG.COM]] procedure.
 
8. If the system is a satellite node in a VAXcluster or an OpenVMS Cluster environment, execute SATELLITE_PAGE.COM to install page and swap files on a local disk. [[SATELLITE_PAGE.COM]] is created when you execute the [[CLUSTER_CONFIG.COM]] procedure.
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9. Execute [[SYPAGSWPFILES.COM]].
 
9. Execute [[SYPAGSWPFILES.COM]].
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10. Perform the following steps in no specified order:
 
10. Perform the following steps in no specified order:
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* Install required images
 
* Install required images
 
* Start various operating system processes (OPCOM, CACHE_SERVER, ERRFMT, JOBCTL)
 
* Start various operating system processes (OPCOM, CACHE_SERVER, ERRFMT, JOBCTL)
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* On VAX systems, start the [[SECURITY_SERVER]] which manages the [[Proxy database|proxy database]] and [[Intrusion database|intrusion database]]
 
* On VAX systems, start the [[SECURITY_SERVER]] which manages the [[Proxy database|proxy database]] and [[Intrusion database|intrusion database]]
 
* Start the [[License Management Facility|LMF]] and load all appropriate [[Product Authorization Keys|PAK]] from the LMF database.
 
* Start the [[License Management Facility|LMF]] and load all appropriate [[Product Authorization Keys|PAK]] from the LMF database.
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11. Perform the following steps in no specified order:
 
11. Perform the following steps in no specified order:
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* Enable [[OPCOM|operator consoles]] and the [[Operator log|operator log]] files
 
* Enable [[OPCOM|operator consoles]] and the [[Operator log|operator log]] files
 
* Start the [[SMISERVER]] process
 
* Start the [[SMISERVER]] process
  
 
The order of the startup phases is determined in the database file [[VMS$PHASES.DAT]].
 
The order of the startup phases is determined in the database file [[VMS$PHASES.DAT]].

Latest revision as of 05:35, 14 February 2019

System startup is a complex of events that occur when an OpenVMS system is booted.

Startup Phases

1. Start the CLUSTER_SERVER process.

2. Define logical names needed for basic operations and install images listed in SYS$MANAGER:VMSIMAGES.DAT.

3. Execute SYCONFIG.COM.

4. Add any new drivers by executing AUTOCONFIGURE ALLVAX/IO AUTOCONFIGUREAlpha and I64

5. Install the primary swap file, if the file is present.

6. Start the CONFIGURE process unless NOAUTOCONFIG is set to 1 or STARTUP$AUTOCONFIGURE_ALL is defined as False by SYS$MANAGER:SYCONFIG.COM.

7. Execute SYLOGICALS.COM. At this point, all the devices are available either through the AUTOCONFIGURE command or through the CONFIGURE process.

8. If the system is a satellite node in a VAXcluster or an OpenVMS Cluster environment, execute SATELLITE_PAGE.COM to install page and swap files on a local disk. SATELLITE_PAGE.COM is created when you execute the CLUSTER_CONFIG.COM procedure.

9. Execute SYPAGSWPFILES.COM.

10. Perform the following steps in no specified order:

  • Install required images
  • Start various operating system processes (OPCOM, CACHE_SERVER, ERRFMT, JOBCTL)
  • Execute SYSECURITY.COM and starts the AUDIT_SERVER process
  • On VAX systems, start the SECURITY_SERVER which manages the proxy database and intrusion database
  • Start the LMF and load all appropriate PAK from the LMF database.

11. Perform the following steps in no specified order:

The order of the startup phases is determined in the database file VMS$PHASES.DAT.