Customizing the System (New Installations, Some Upgrades)

Creating Network Proxy Authorization Files

After a new installation of OpenVMS that includes DECnet, or after an upgrade in which you have added DECnet, create your network proxy authorization files. These files include security authorization information for users using network proxy accounts. If you do not create these network authorization files before starting up your system, you might see messages such as the following during startup:

   Message from user SYSTEM on HOMER
   %SECSRV-E-NOPROXYDB, cannot find proxy database file NET$PROXY.DAT
   %RMS-E-FNF, file not found

The NET$PROXY.DAT file is the primary network proxy authorization file. The other network authorization file to be created is NETPROXY.DAT. To create the network proxy authorization files, enter the following commands:

   $ SET DEFAULT SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]
   $ MC AUTHORIZE CREATE/PROXY
   $ SET DEFAULT SYS$LOGIN

	NOTE: Be sure you create the network proxy authorization files before starting the queue manager (as described in “Creating Network Proxy Authorization Files”). If you see messages similar to the following when you create the proxy files, you can ignore them: %UAF-W-NETCHANERR, error assigning a channel to NET: -SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available

For more information about network proxy accounts and files, see the HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 1: Essentials. For more information about the Authorize utility, see the HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual: A--L.

Setting Up the Queue Manager and Default Queues

The initial installation of OpenVMS does not create the queue manager or any queues. HP recommends that you create the queue manager and your default batch and print queues now. When you install layered products (as described in “Installing and Configuring Layered Products (New Installations, Some Upgrades)”), some of these products expect such queues to be present or try to create queues themselves.

	NOTE: Normally, you create a queue manager only once. The system stores the START QUEUE command in the queue database to enable the queue manager to start automatically whenever the system reboots. If the queue manager has been started before on your system, do not specify this START QUEUE command again; the /NEW_VERSION qualifier causes your system to overwrite your current queue database files. To configure shared files on multiple system disks or off the system disk, edit the SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGICALS.COM file as described in HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 1: Essentials.

To set up the queue manager and a batch queue, enter the following commands at the DCL prompt:

   $ START QUEUE /MANAGER /NEW_VERSION
   $ INITIALIZE /QUEUE /START /BATCH SYS$BATCH

As noted, the queue manager starts automatically the next time you boot your OpenVMS system. To have the SYS$BATCH queue start automatically, edit the line in the SYS$STARTUP:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM file that starts the SYS$BATCH queue by removing the exclamation mark (!) and, if present, the extra dollar sign ($). The following example shows the line before and after editing. In that section, you can also define a default system print queue (SYS$PRINT).

Before: $!$ START /QUEUE SYS$BATCH

After: $ START /QUEUE SYS$BATCH

For more information about starting and creating queues, see the HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 1: Essentials.

Configuring a Multihead System (Optional)

A multihead configuration consists of a single system (such as an HP AlphaServer ES40) that supports multiple graphics options. A graphics option consists of a graphics controller (card) and a graphics display interface (monitor).

Your system can be configured automatically for multihead use if you copy the private server setup template file to a command procedure file type (.COM). The DECwindows Motif server loads this command procedure on startup or restart.

To set up your system for multihead support, perform these steps:

For more information about customizing your DECwindows environment using the SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM file, see the most recent version of the DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Installation Guide and Managing DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Systems.

Configuring DECnet

If you installed DECnet, or if you added DECnet during an upgrade, you must now configure DECnet. Follow the instructions provided for the version of DECnet you installed. To use either version of DECnet, you must first register and load the license for the product. If you have not yet done this, perform the steps described in “Registering Your Licenses”.

If you installed DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS software, see the DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Release Notes and the HP DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Installation and Configuration manual for information about how to configure this software using the NET$CONFIGURE procedure.

If you installed DECnet Phase IV, see the DECnet for OpenVMS Guide to Networking manual for information about configuring this software using the NETCONFIG command procedure.

Once you have configured DECnet Phase IV, edit SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM so that the software starts when the system reboots. (This step is not required if you are running DECnet Phase V.) You can have the software start interactively or in batch mode by making one of the following changes:

	IMPORTANT: If you intend to run DECnet Phase IV with a TCP product, DECnet must start first. In this case, HP recommends starting DECnet using interactive mode.

For information about editing STARTUP-VMS.COM, see “Updating SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM to Start Layered Products and Print Queues”.

Configuring HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS

If you plan to run TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS software, note the following:

	IMPORTANT: Do not configure TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS without first starting the queue manager.

Installing and Configuring Third-Party Networking Software

You need networking software to download patches and as a requirement for certain layered products. If you are using neither DECnet nor TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS, you should install and configure third-party networking software now. See the appropriate vendor’s product documentation.