Installing OpenVMS

OpenVMS was installed from CD-ROM using the ALPHA084 Hobbyist ISO, all installation/configuration options were geared towards a non-clustered install with a focus on maximising performance (building the SWB is estimated to take 10-12hrs on a DS20e).

Hard drive for installation: DKA0, and this was INITALIZEd as ODS-5 with hard links enabled.
DECnet: not installed
DECwindows Motif: installed
DECnet-Plus: not installed
DECnet Phase IV: not installed
HP TCP/IP Service: installed

Once installation was complete, the LPKs were installed and the system rebooted

Next steps were to decompress all the system libraries:

$ @SYS$UPDATE:LIBDECOMP.COM

Then a few additional modifications to the drive structure, namely enabling Access Dates, and disabling high water marking:

$ SET VOLUME DKA0: /VOLUME_CHARACTERISTICS=(ACCESS_DATES) /NOHIGHWATER_MARKING

Then all the OS patches I could find were installed:

DEC AXPVMS VMS84A_PCSI V4.0
DEC AXPVMS VMS84A_UPDATE V11.0
DEC AXPVMS VMS84A_MANAGE V2.0
DEC AXPVMS VMS84A_LDAP V3.0
DEC AXPVMS VMS84A_F11X V3.0
DEC AXPVMS VMS84A_ENCRYPT V2.2
DEC AXPVMS VMS84A_ACMELDAP v3.0
HP AXPVMS HPBINARYCHECKER V1.2

Followed by various TCPIP patches, and upgrading the core SSL

DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.7-13ECO5
DEC AXPVMS TELNET_PAT V5.7-13ECO5A
DEC AXPVMS TCPIP_CVE_PAT V5.7-ECO5
HP AXPVMS SSL V1.4-502
HP AXPVMS SSL1 V1.0-2C

I know there are newer versions of OpenSSL available, and will compile and install them in due course - I just wanted to first get the official HP versions installed.

If anyone has any additional/new patches I'd love to get hold of them...