Chapter 3 Preparing to Use Volume Shadowing

Table of Contents

Configuration Tasks

Licensing Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS

Volume Shadowing Parameters

Guidelines for Using Volume Shadowing Parameters

Bitmap System Parameters

Setting System Parameters
Displaying System Parameters

Dynamic Volume Expansion (Integrity servers and Alpha)

Using the /SIZE Qualifier With the INITIALIZE Command
When to Increase the Expansion Limit on Each Volume

Booting from a System Disk Shadow Set

Booting Satellite Nodes from a Served, System Disk Shadow Set

This chapter describes the configuration tasks that are required before you can use volume shadowing on your system, including setting system parameters and installing licenses (unless volume shadowing is licensed with your OpenVMS Integrity server operating environment). This chapter also documents booting from a system disk and booting satellite nodes.