HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Guide to Operations

Upgrading from ABS V2.X/V3.X to V4.x Environment
D.2 Upgrading from ABS/MDMS V2.x/V3.x to V4.x
• To convert the ABS Policy database to V4.x format, use SYS$SYSTEM:
ABS$CONVERT_V3_TO_V4.EXE. See Section D.2.6, “Converting ABS V3.x RMS Policy
Database to ABS V4.x (MDMS Server Database)” for more information.
D.2.2 Converting ABS V3.0B and MDMS 2.x to ABS/MDMS V4.x
MDMS V2.x uses TAPESTART.COM, Volume and Magazine databases. You might want to convert
them into the MDMS databases or create new objects. ABS V3.0B uses the ABS policy
databases which must be moved to the MDMS database.
• To convert TAPESTART.COM, Volume and Magazine databases into MDMS V4.x, use the
command procedure MDMS$SYSTEM: MDMS$CONVERT_V2_TO_V4. See Section
B.2.4.1, “Converting SLS/MDMS V2.x Symbols and Database Files to ABS/MDMS V4.x”
for more information.
• To convert the ABS policy database into the V4.x format, use ABS$SYSTEM:
ABS$CONVERT_V3_TO_V4.EXE. See Section D.2.6, “Converting ABS V3.x RMS Policy
Database to ABS V4.x (MDMS Server Database)” for more information.
D.2.3 Converting ABS/MDMS V3.1x or 3.2x to ABS/MDMS V4.x
MDMS V3.x needs no conversion to work with ABS/MDMS V4.x. ABS V3.1 or V3.2 uses the
ABS policy database that must be moved into the MDMS database.
• To convert the ABS Policy database to V4.x format, use ABS$SYSTEM:
ABS$CONVERT_V3_TO_V4.EXE.
D.2.4 Converting ABS V2.x Catalogs to V4.x Format
If you are upgrading from ABS V2.1, 2.1A or 2.1B, you must convert the catalog format before
using them in ABS V4.x. The catalog upgrade utility upgrades catalogs from their previous formats
to the new V4.x formats and also deletes expired summary records from those catalogs.
The log file ABS_LOG:ABS_CATALOG_V22_UPGRADE.LOG is generated with information
about all of the catalog entries that are modified or deleted.
The catalog upgrade has an update parameter called “p1” that requires the name of the catalog
you want to upgrade, as the input.
You can use the catalog upgrade to upgrade a single ABS catalog or all the ABS catalogs. To
upgrade a single ABS catalog, specify the catalog name as to the input to the “p1” parameter. To
upgrade all the catalogs, enter an asterisk “*” as the wildcard character or leave the “p1” parameter
blank.
Follow these steps to execute the utility:
1. Define the following symbol:
$ CATALOG_UPGRADE :== $ABS_SYSTEM:ABS$CATALOG_UPGRADE.EXE
2. Enter one of the following commands:
$ CATALOG_UPGRADE ! upgrades all ABS catalogs
$ CATALOG_UPGRADE * !equivalent to example above
$ CATALOG_UPGRADE ABS_CATALOG ! Upgrades a catalog named ABS_CATALOG
D–2 Upgrading from ABS V2.X/V3.X to V4.x Environment