Installation Operating Environment¶
With the release of OpenVMS V9.2-3, a new convenience feature called the Installation Operating Environment (OE) was introduced to streamline the setup process for freshly installed systems.
The Installation OE is a license that is limited in both scope and time and is generated during installation. It has a termination date of midnight of the 4th day after the date of installation. For example, if you install OpenVMS on Monday, the license will terminate at midnight on Friday. The Installation OE will be installed even if the customer chooses to register license PAKs during the installation dialogue.
Note that only the following products are included in the Installation OE license:
- The base OpenVMS operating system
- TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
- DECnet end node
Note
An operating system installation takes place when the INITIALIZE option is selected in the installation menu, causing the software to be placed on the target disk without preserving any previous content on the target device. A system upgrade occurs when the PRESERVE option is selected and the target device contains a previous version of the OpenVMS operating system, preserving the existing content of the target disk while the new software is installed. The Installation OE applies only to installations, not upgrades.
The benefits of the Installation OE include:
- The ability to use a (virtual) serial terminal line to set up the system rather than requiring access to the system console terminal.
- The ability to configure and start TCP/IP or DECnet network services, which may then be used to copy files to the new node directly.
- Removing the necessity to type in initial license PAKs by hand during installation.
- Permitting automatically enabling DHCP for initial TCP/IP configuration upon system installation.
After the system is configured, you may delete or disable the OPENVMS-X86-INSTOE PAK to prevent messages about an expired PAK during boot.