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To get more detailed information, boot OpenVMS and issue a "show dev device /full" command:

$ show device /full

Disk PFCAXP$DKA0:, device type RZ28, is online, mounted, file-oriented device,
 shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.
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Disk PFCAXP$DKA100:, device type RZ22, is online, file-oriented device,
 shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.
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Disk PFCAXP$DKA200:, device type RZ23, is online, file-oriented device,
 shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.
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Disk PFCAXP$DQA0:, device type TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-222BB, is online, file-oriented
 device, shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.
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Disk $1$DGA0: (PFCAXP), device type RZ24, is online, file-oriented device,
 shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.
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Magtape PFCAXP$MKA600:, device type Virtual SCSI Tape, is online, file-oriented
 device, available to cluster, error logging is enabled, device supports
 fastskip (per_io).
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Terminal OPA0:, device type VT102, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
 control.
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Device EWA0:, device type DE500, is online, network device, device is a template
 only.
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Device FGA0:, device type KGPSA Fibre Channel, is online, shareable, error
 logging is enabled.
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Device PGA0:, device type SCSI FCP, is online, error logging is enabled.

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Device PKA0:, device type Qlogic ISP1020 SCSI port, is online, error logging is
 enabled.
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Device $1$GGA32767:, device type Generic SCSI device, is online, shareable.

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So the collected information about the HP AlphaServer ES40 system is:

Component	Value
System Type	AlphaServer ES40 6/667
Serial Number	SN01234567
Number of CPUs	4
System memory	512 Mb

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In some particular situations it is also important to know the exact placement of all the peripheral devices on HP Alpha PCI bus. To get that information issue a "show config" command at ">>>" prompt of HP Alpha console, for example:

>>>show config

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PCI Bus

Bus 00 Slot 03: DECchip 21142 Network Controller
ewa0.0.0.3.0 00-00-F8-03-9A-6D

Bus 00 Slot 07: Cypress PCI Peripheral Controller

Bus 00 Slot 07: Function 1: PCI IDE

Bus 00 Slot 07: Function 2: PCI IDE

Bus 00 Slot 07: PCI USB

Bus 00 Slot 08: DECchip 21052 PCI to PCI Bridge

Bus 01 Slot 08: ISP1040 Scsi Controller
pka0.7.0.1008.0 SCSI Bus ID 7
dka0.0.0.1008.0 RZ2DD-KS
dka400.4.0.1008.0 RRD45

>>>

The "show config" command collects the following information of placement of peripheral devices on PCI bus:

Bus number
Slot number
Function number

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Creation of CHARON-AXP configuration file

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#
# HP AlphaServer model: AlphaServer ES40 6/667
#

set session hw_model = AlphaServer_ES40
set ace cpu_architecture = EV67
set rom dsrdb[0] = 1820 system_name = "AlphaServer ES40 6/667"

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# Override default System Serial Number, set it to "SN01234567"
#

set rom system_serial_number = SN01234567

#
# Specify RAM size: 512 Mb
#

set ram size=512

#
# Map OPA0 console to "Putty" terminal emulator (included in the xtem from which CHARON-AXP kit)runs
#

load virtualoperator_serial_line OPA0 port=10003 application="putty -load OPA0"console OPA0

#
# ?onnect Connect the emulator's DQA0 to the host's ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive.
#

set ide container="\\.\CdRom0/dev/cdrom"

#
# Load optional DE500BA PCI Ethernet Adapter (EWA0) and map it to the "Charoneth1" host network interface
#

load DE500BA/dec21x4x EWA interface=EWA0
load packet_port/chnetwrk EWA0 interface="connection:Charoneth1"

#
# Load DEC-KZPBA SCSI controller and map it to 3 disk containers and 1 tape container
#

load KZPBA PKA scsi_id = 7

set PKA container[0] = "C:\My disks\/my_disks/bootable.vdisk"
set PKA container[100] = "C:\My disks\/my_disks/RZ22.vdisk"
set PKA container[200] = "C:\My disks\/my_disks/RZ23.vdisk"

set PKA container[600] = "C:\My tapes\/my_tapes/my_tape.vtape"

#
# Load DEC-KGPSA-CA PCI FC adapter and map it to a disk container
#

load KGPSA FGA

set FGA container[0] = "C:\My disks\/my_disks/RZ24.vdisk"

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Create special directories for storing disk and tape images, as needed. Created directories are referenced in the sample configuration file above.

...> cd C:

\
C:\> mkdir "My disks"

C:\> mkdir "My tapes"

This operation can also be done using Windows Explorer.

Start the "MkDisk" utility from the "Start" menu to create disk images:

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The main dialog of the utility will appear:

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Select "Alpha AXP" in the "Select System" drop-down menu, "SCSI" in the "All Controllers" drop-down menu and "RZ24" (for example) in the "Select Disk Type" drop-down menu. Press then the "Create Disk Image" button:

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The utility will ask you to specify the output file name. Select the "C:\My disks" directory created just before (or create it directly in the dialog) and press "Save" button:

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The "MkDisk" utility will create the requested disk image:

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$ mkdir /my_disks
$ mkdir /my_tapes

Next, create disk images using the "mkdskcmd" utility:

$ mkdskcmd -d rz24 -o /my_disks/rz24.vdisk
Please wait...
100% done
Success.
$ mkdskcmd -d rz23 -o /my_disks/rz23.vdisk
Please wait...
100% done
Success.
$ mkdskcmd -d rz22 -o /my_disks/rz22.vdisk
Please wait...
100% done
Success.
$ mkdskcmd -d rz28 -o /my_disks/bootable.vdisk
Please wait...100% done
Success.

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The example configures the CHARON-AXP AlphaServer ES40 system for installation of HP OpenVMS from a distribution CD-ROM (usually it is "\\.\CdRom0/dev/cdrom" if the host has only one CD-ROM drive):

# # DEC-KZPBA SCSI controller is mapped to 5 disk containers; one of them (DKA300) - for migration purposes; # another one (DKA400) - for installation of fresh HP OpenVMS system from distributive
#

load KZPBA PKA scsi_id = 7

set PKA container[0] = "C:\My my_disks\bootable.vdisk"
set PKA container[100] = "C:\My my_disks\RZ22.vdisk"
set PKA container[200] = "C:\My my_disks\RZ23.vdisk" set PKA container[300] = "C:\My my_disks\migration.vdisk" set PKA container[400] = "C:\My my_disks\fresh_openvms.vdisk"

#
# CD-ROM for HP OpenVMS installation (DQA0)
#

set ide container="\\.\CdRom0/dev/cdrom"

DKA300 will be the disk where all the source disks will be copied, so its size needs to be big enough to store all the disk backup images

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Run CHARON-AXP and boot from the CDROM named "dqa0" ("migration.cfg" is the configuration file we use in this example):

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.cfg" is the configuration file we use in this example):

$ es40.exe migration.cfg

initializing ...

polling for units on kzpba0, slot 2, bus 0, hose 1 ...
pka0.0.0.2.1 PKA0 Q-Logic/ISP PCI SCSI HBA

... enter console

P00>>>boot dqa0

Install HP Alpha/VMS including DECnet on "dka400". DECnet address must belong to the same area as the source HP Alpha system.

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Login to the source HP Alpha system. Stop all the batch queues, kick off the users, stop all application applications and close databases if any. The commands listed in SYS$MANAGER:SYSHUTDWN.COM may be helpful. The goal is to close as many files as possible. The system disk will have several files opened (pagefile, swapfile, etc.), but this is normal.

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Next, restore the new savesets to their corresponding virtual disks. Login to CHARON-AXP and issue this sequence of commands to restore all the savesets created on the previous step:

newvms$ MOUNT/FOREIGN DKA0:
newvms$ BACKUP BACKUP/IMAGE DKA300:[000000]DKA0.BCK/SAVE DKA0:
newvms$ DISMOUNT DISMOUNT DKA0:
newvms$ MOUNT/FOREIGN FOREIGN DKA100:
newvms$ BACKUP/IMAGE DKA300:[000000]DKA100.BCK/SAVE DKA100:
newvms$ DISMOUNT DKA100:
newvms$ MOUNT/FOREIGN FOREIGN DKA200:
newvms$ BACKUP/IMAGE DKA300:[000000]DKA200.BCK/SAVE DKA200:
newvms$ DISMOUNT DKA200:

If you are going to have CHARON-AXP and the original physical HP Alpha on the network at the same time, you must change the network identity of one (usually the CHARON-AXP).

The easiest way is to boot the CHARON-AXP virtualized system on the restored system disk with the network Disabled and configure new addresses, as needed.

The NIC can be disabled with a "connection:disabled" statement in the CHARON configuration file.

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Connect a SCSI tape drive to CHARON-AXP host via a PCI card
- Map the tape drive in the CHARON-AXP configuration file
  a. Restore source HP Alpha system backups from tape to disk images via OpenVMS running on CHARON-AXP.
  b. Boot from standalone backups and restore its content to CHARON-AXP virtual disks
- Dump source HP Alpha system backups to tape images with "mtd" utility and:
  a. Boot from freshly installed OpenVMS system and restore the tape images to CHARON-AXP virtual disks
  b. Boot from standalone backups and restore its content to CHARON-AXP virtual disks
Create a network cluster between the source HP Alpha system and CHARON-AXP (it is possible to use the source system as boot server); then simple backup from one disk to another:
$ BACKUP/IMAGE/IGNORE=INTERLOCK REAL$DKA0: DKA0:

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