VMWare ESXi install - DKA100 goes offline (SOLVED)

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VMWare ESXi install - DKA100 goes offline (SOLVED)

Post by crgnz » Tue May 16, 2023 8:16 pm

Hi All,

FOUND THE ANSWER!

So the Guide had recommended two SATA drives. So I thought I was being clever by adding a second SATA controller, and connecting the second SATA drive to the second SATA controller.

But after seeing "mcr sysman io autoconfigure" panic, it occurred to me that maybe a 2nd SATA controller is not yet supported!

I removed the 2nd SATA controller and the 2nd SATA drive - now the system boots successfully and I can now login as SYSTEM. Yay! Lesson learned: don't try to be too clever!


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Exciting time for VMS hobbyists!

I'm attempting to install 9.2-1 x86 on a VMWare ESXi 8.0 (on a HP DL380 box) following the instructions in vsi-openvms-x86-64-v92-installation-guide.pdf and it appeared that the initial install went smoothly.

VM Guest:
4 virtual CPUS
2 x SATA HD (32 GB each)
12 GB RAM
Serial with Named Pipes
USB 2 Controller
(SCSI controller was removed)

However, after shutting down and restarting after the install to commence the first boot on DKA100 I get an error message
"%SYSTEM-I-MOUNTVER, CALVIN$DKA100: is offline. Mount verification in progress."

The log is as follows:

BOOTMGR> DEVICE

BOOTABLE DEVICES (System Disks, Installation Kits, other):

DKA100 (HD) = FS0 UEFI: E9_2_1 VMS: X86SYS 32768 MB SATA Disk

BOOTMGR> BOOT DKA100
Booting...

%%%%%%%%%%% VSI OpenVMS (tm) x86-64 %%%%%%%%%%%
VSI Primary Kernel SYSBOOT Jan 23 2023 14:03:45

%SYSBOOT-I-VMTYPE, Booting as a VMware (tm) Guest


VMS Software, Inc. OpenVMS (TM) x86_64 Operating System, E9.2-1
Copyright 2023 VMS Software, Inc.

MDS Mitigation active, variant verw(MD_CLEAR)
%DECnet-I-LOADED, network base image loaded, version = 05.92.04

%DECnet-W-ZEROLEN, length of file is zero -- SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSEXE]NET$CONFIG.DAT

%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #3 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #2 has joined the active set.
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #1 has joined the active set.

Installing required known files...

Configuring devices...

%STARTUP-E-NOPAGFIL, No page files have been successfully installed.
%SYSTEM-I-BOOTUPGRADE, security auditing disabled
%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-MAY-2023 23:52:26.88 %%%%%%%%%%%
Operator _CALVIN$OPA0: has been enabled, username SYSTEM

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-MAY-2023 23:52:26.88 %%%%%%%%%%%
Operator status for operator _CALVIN$OPA0:
CENTRAL, PRINTER, TAPES, DISKS, DEVICES, CARDS, NETWORK, CLUSTER, SECURITY,
LICENSE, OPER1, OPER2, OPER3, OPER4, OPER5, OPER6, OPER7, OPER8, OPER9, OPER10,
OPER11, OPER12

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-MAY-2023 23:52:26.89 %%%%%%%%%%%
Logfile has been initialized by operator _CALVIN$OPA0:
Logfile is CALVIN::SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]OPERATOR.LOG;2

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-MAY-2023 23:52:26.89 %%%%%%%%%%%
Operator status for operator CALVIN::SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]OPERATOR.LOG;2
CENTRAL, PRINTER, TAPES, DISKS, DEVICES, CARDS, NETWORK, CLUSTER, SECURITY,
LICENSE, OPER1, OPER2, OPER3, OPER4, OPER5, OPER6, OPER7, OPER8, OPER9, OPER10,
OPER11, OPER12

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-MAY-2023 23:52:26.91 %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on CALVIN
%JBC-E-OPENERR, error opening SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]QMAN$MASTER.DAT;

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-MAY-2023 23:52:26.91 %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on CALVIN
-RMS-E-FNF, file not found

%SYSTEM-I-BOOTUPGRADE, security server not started
%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-MAY-2023 23:52:27.00 %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on CALVIN
TDF-I-SETTDF TDF set new timezone differential

NET$STARTUP, Network not started due to UPGRADE boot
%SYSTEM-I-BOOTUPGRADE, Coordinated Startup not performed
%SYSTEM-I-MOUNTVER, CALVIN$DKA100: is offline. Mount verification in progress.

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-MAY-2023 23:53:51.36 %%%%%%%%%%%
Device CALVIN$DKA100: is offline.
Mount verification is in progress.


It has been sitting on this Mount verification is in progress for quite a while now.
I'm reasonably sure I followed the installation guide faithfully, so I thought I'd ask here if anyone else has encountered this issue? I pretty much selected all the default options during the install procedure.

Thanks in advance!
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Re: VMWare ESXi install - DKA100 goes offline (SOLVED)

Post by m_detommaso » Wed May 17, 2023 5:23 am


An excerpt from "VSI OpenVMS x86-64 E9.2-1 Release Notes" :

"VSI has tested VSI OpenVMS x86-64 E9.2-1 with the following VMware products:

VMware Product Version Tested by VSI -

Workstation Pro V16.2.3
Workstation Player V17.0.1
Fusion Pro V13.0
ESXi V6.7.3, V7.0.2, V7.0.3

Warning
VSI is currently testing OpenVMS E9.2-1 on VMware ESXi 8 and does not recommend you use this combination in your environment until further notice."

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Re: VMWare ESXi install - DKA100 goes offline (SOLVED)

Post by reinhardtjh » Wed May 17, 2023 7:28 am

I had seen the same disclaimer in he E9.2-1 Release Notes. I also thought I'd seen a report somewhere - either on the VSI Forums or one of the several VMS/DEC related news groups but I can't find it. I did, however, find a post by Clair Grant himself on comp.os.vms that he had ESXi 8.0 running on an HP DL580 so it must be possible under some circumstances. I"m using ESXi V7.0u3 myself. I did have one instance of DKA0: (the boot device) go offline when I was FTPing all the VSI install kits. I got one Mount Verification message but the FTP did not crash and there are no errors logged.
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Re: VMWare ESXi install - DKA100 goes offline (SOLVED)

Post by cgrant » Wed May 17, 2023 9:24 am

We are adding ESXi 8.0 to our "officially tested" list for the V9.2-1 release. We have had it on multiple hosts for a number of months at this point.

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Re: VMWare ESXi install - DKA100 goes offline (SOLVED)

Post by crgnz » Wed May 17, 2023 9:19 pm

Thanks to those who have replied, I appreciate it!

Ok I have some more clues: it appears the that boot disk goes offline when a "mcr sysman io autoconfigure" occurs:

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NET$STARTUP, Network not started due to UPGRADE boot
%SYSTEM-I-BOOTUPGRADE, Coordinated Startup not performed
$mcr sysman io connect mpa0/noadapter/driver=sys$pipedriver
$mcr sysman io autoconfigure
%SYSTEM-I-MOUNTVER, CALVIN$DKA100: is offline.  Mount verification in progress.

%%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  18-MAY-2023 01:16:10.13  %%%%%%%%%%%
Device CALVIN$DKA100: is offline.
Mount verification is in progress.


Full (very long) boot log with all verbose progress options turned on follows !:

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BOOTMGR> BOOT
Booting...

%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-MAIN,    Updating the environment store.
%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-MAIN,    Allocating Kernel Memory.
%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-SMP,     Enumerating Processors.
%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-MEMDISK, [BLOCKIO] Booting a local system disk image.
%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-MEMDISK, Loading DMM0...
%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-MEMDISK, Extracting SYSBOOT from DMM0...
%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-HWRPB,   Initializing Kernel Data Structures.
%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-HWRPB,   Initializing HWRPB for Primary Kernel.
%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-HWRPB,   Configuring System Clocks... (~3 second delay)
%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-HWRPB,   Initializing HWRPB for Dump Kernel.


%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-TRANSFER: Starting VSI OpenVMS


%%%%%%%%%%% VSI OpenVMS (tm) x86-64 %%%%%%%%%%%


Current date and time: 05-18-2023 01:14:06
Welcome to VSI OpenVMS SYSBOOT, Baselevel XGF4, built on Jan 23 2023 14:03:45

HWRPB address 00000000.00600000, SWRPB address 00000000.00412400
SYSBOOT message flags address 0x00412418 value 0x00000000

_______________________________________________

      GRAPHICAL OUTPUT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
      USE A TERMINAL UTILITY FOR ACCESS
_______________________________________________
%SYSBOOT-I-HPETTIMER, This system is using the HPET as the hardware timer

VSI Primary Kernel SYSBOOT Jan 23 2023 14:03:45

%SYSBOOT-I-VMTYPE, Booting as a VMware (tm) Guest
%SYSBOOT-I-ONEGB, 1-GB pages ARE available on this system
%SYSBOOT-I-MOUNT, Mounting the boot memory disk

%SYSBOOT-I-MEMDISKMNT, Boot memory disk mounted

%SYSBOOT-I-LOADPARAM, Loading parameter file X86_64VMSSYS.PAR
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADFILE, Loaded file [SYS0.SYSEXE]X86_64VMSSYS.PAR
boo$usefile: startup file SYS$SYSTEM:INS_STARTUP.COM
%SYSBOOT-I-CONVBOOT, Invoking conversational boot

SYSBOOT> SET STARTUP_P2 "YES"
SYSBOOT> SET STARTUP_P1 "MIN"
SYSBOOT> CONTINUE
%SYSBOOT-I-DISMOUNT, Dismounting the boot memory disk

%SYSBOOT-I-MEMDISKDISMNT, Boot memory disk dismounted
Best PXML memory PA ranges: 10000000:afffffff and 100000000:1bfffffff
System physical memory address range is 00000000.00000000 to 00000001.bfffffff
Total physical memory size is 0x00000001.c0000000 bytes (7,168 MB)
Physical memory size excluding memory holes is 0x00000001.6fcce000 bytes (5,884 MB)
%SYSBOOT-I-ALLOCMAPBLT, Allocation bitmap built

Allocation area 1   addresses 00000000.10000000 to 00000000.afffffff, size a0000000 bytes
Allocation area 1   PFNs 10000 to affff, count a0000 PFNs
Allocation bitmap 1 addresses 00000000.10000000 to 00000000.10013fff, size 14000 bytes
Allocation area 2   addresses 00000001.00000000 to 00000001.bfffffff, size c0000000 bytes
Allocation area 2   PFNs 100000 to 1bffff, count c0000 PFNs
Allocation bitmap 2 addresses 00000001.00000000 to 00000001.00017fff, size 18000 bytes
Creating the S0 space page tables
%SYSBOOT-I-S0PT_CREATED, S0 space page tables created
Remapping Boot MemoryDisk to S2 space
MemoryDisk PA = 00000000.00c00000, size = 0x5c00000 bytes
Boot memdisk size 0x5c00000 bytes
Mapping the boot memory disk into megapages
MemoryDisk VA = ffff8300.00000000, size = 0x5c00000 bytes
%SYSBOOT-I-MAP_MD, Boot MemoryDisk remapped to S2 space
%SYSBOOT-I-MOUNT, Mounting the boot memory disk

%SYSBOOT-I-MEMDISKMNT, Boot memory disk mounted
Base RAD memsize 0x17ffa0 4-kB PFNs

system PHD sysphdln 0x10000 bytes
nonpaged pool 0x1800000 exec_data_bytes 0x1810000
paged pool 0x400000 exec_data_bytes 0x1c10000
errorlogs 0x4000 exec_data_bytes 0x1c14000
exec_data_pages 0x1000 8-kB pages exec_data_bytes 0x1c14000

S2 pool size (initial param)= 0x2 MB
boo$gq_npagedynsz_s2 (initial) 0x200000
S2 erlbuf = 0x4000 bytes bufcnt 0x4 bufpagelets 0x8
 Final boo$gq_npagedynsz_s2 0x3fc000 Final: boo$gq_npagexpvir_s2 0x7fc000
giga page size 0x40000 pages slice size 0x400000 bytes
ldr$init_mem: LDRHP PA 00000000.10020000
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapping big pages, type 1
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapped huge page,  type 1, VA ffffffff.80400000, PA 00000000.10400000, size 0x01000000, alignment 0x00400000
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapped huge page,  type 2, VA ffffffff.81400000, PA 00000000.11400000, size 0x02000000, alignment 0x00002000
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapped huge page,  type 3, VA ffffffff.883fe000, PA 00000000.13800000, size 0x00400000, alignment 0x00002000
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapped huge page,  type 4, VA ffffffff.887fe000, PA 00000000.14000000, size 0x00400000, alignment 0x00002000
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapped huge page,  type 5, VA ffff8300.05c00000, PA 00000000.14800000, size 0x00400000, alignment 0x00002000
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapping big pages, type 6
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapped huge page,  type 6, VA ffff8300.06400000, PA 00000000.15000000, size 0x02000000, alignment 0x00400000
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapped huge page,  type 7, VA ffff8300.08400000, PA 00000000.17000000, size 0x01400000, alignment 0x00002000
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapped huge page,  type 8, VA ffff8300.09800000, PA 00000000.18800000, size 0x00400000, alignment 0x00002000
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapping big pages, type 9
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapped huge page,  type 9, VA ffffffff.88c00000, PA 00000000.19000000, size 0x00800000, alignment 0x00400000
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapped huge page,  type 10, VA ffffffff.89400000, PA 00000000.19800000, size 0x00800000, alignment 0x00002000
ldr$map_huge_page: Mapped huge page,  type 11, VA ffff8300.09c00000, PA 00000000.1a400000, size 0x00400000, alignment 0x00002000
%SYSBOOT-I-ALLOCPGS, Loader huge pages allocated

Loading base system images
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADFILE, Loaded file [VMS$COMMON.SYSLIB]SYS$PUBLIC_VECTORS.EXE
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADFILE, Loaded file [VMS$COMMON.SYS$LDR]SYS$BASE_IMAGE.EXE
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADSYSIMGS, Base system images loaded
%SYSBOOT-I-CONIO, ConIoData: 0xFF50898, ComPortBAR: 0x3F8
PFN database ffff8300.0a400000, mapped 2, big 0
PFN database allocated starting at VA ffff8300.0a400000 ending at VA ffff8300.0dbfffff
%SYSBOOT-I-INITDATA, Key system data cells initialized

Balance set slots size 0x78 PFNs each 2 num 1e
 from PHD 388 maxpstct 100 SEC 30
Working set slots size 0x21c PFNs each 9
 from wslpte 4 emptpte 5 wsllen 8
 from pql$gdwsdefault_pages c00 sgn$gl_maxwscnt_pages 2000
Creating the SYSPHD
Allocating the error log buffers
%SYSBOOT-I-ALLOCERL, Allocated Error Log Buffers
Creating paged and nonpaged pools
Allocating USB Addressable Pool (UAP)
HWRPB 00000000.00600000 Kernel Base area PA 00000000.00100000
PK UAP offset 100000 size 100000
DK UAP offset 200000 size 100000
UAP allocated size 0x100000 bytes, mmg$gq_bap ffffffff.89c78000
UAP physical addresses 200000 to 2fffff
%SYSBOOT-I-POOLINIT, Created Paged and Nonpaged Pools
Copying PXML database to S2 space
PXML database copied to address ffff8300.0de1e000
%SYSBOOT-I-PXMLCOPY, Copied PXML Database to S2 space
Primary CPU database ffffffff.81c00000
%SYSBOOT-I-CREATECPUDB, Created the CPU Database
Copying the SWRPB and remapping the HWRPB
HWRPB size 0x9a000 bytes
Remapped HWRPB to ffffffff.89d78000 copied SWRPB to ffffffff.81c01140
%SYSBOOT-I-REMAP, Moved HWRPB and SWRPB to system space
Gathering CPUID information
%SYSBOOT-I-CPUID, Gathered CPUID information
Remapping the IDT
IDT size 0x1000 bytes
Remapping IDT from 00000000.0ff45000 to ffffffff.89e13000
%SYSBOOT-I-REMAPIDT, Remapped IDT to system space
Initializing the primary CPU database and kernel stack
Allocating the system kernel stack
kernel stack allocated at VA ffffffff.89e16000 for 0xc pages
Kernel stack pointer/base ffffffff.89e21e00 limit ffffffff.89e16000
icpudb: mcheck logout 00000000.00000000, still to be done
%SYSBOOT-I-INITCPUDB, Initialized Primary CPU Database
Slot VA ffffffff.89d7f000
Slot cycle counter freq = cc421c87
Slot clock int freq = 0
Slot itc freq = dc75c8
Initializing the global page table
GPT addr ffff8300.0de22000 size 0x2002000 bytes
%SYSBOOT-I-INITGPT, Initialized Global Page Table
Creating the boot SYI and PFN memory maps
%SYSBOOT-I-PFNMAP, Created PFN Memory Map

%SYSBOOT-i-PFNDB, Creating the PFN database
%SYSBOOT-I-CREATEPFNDB, Created PFN Database

%SYSBOOT-I-UEFIREMAP, Remapping UEFI Services...
%SYSBOOT-I-UEFIRUNVIRT, Enabling Virtual Runtime Services.
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADEXEC, Loading execlets...
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADFILE, Loaded file [VMS$COMMON.SYS$LDR]SYS$PLATFORM_SUPPORT.EXE
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADFILE, Loaded file [VMS$COMMON.SYS$LDR]ERRORLOG.EXE
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADFILE, Loaded file [VMS$COMMON.SYS$LDR]SYS$ACPI.EXE
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADFILE, Loaded file [VMS$COMMON.SYS$LDR]SYSTEM_PRIMITIVES_7_MIN.EXE
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADFILE, Loaded file [VMS$COMMON.SYS$LDR]SYSTEM_SYNCHRONIZATION_UNI.EXE
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADFILE, Loaded file [VMS$COMMON.SYS$LDR]SYS$OPDRIVER.EXE
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADFILE, Loaded file [VMS$COMMON.SYS$LDR]EXEC_INIT.EXE
%SYSBOOT-I-LOADEXEC, Execlets loaded
Copying boot port allocation class list
empty paclist
%SYSBOOT-I-PARMSCOPIED, System parameters copied to the base image

Summary of Huge Pages
   Huge Page Type      Description                      Start VA          End VA        Physical Address    Size (Bytes)
 0 GH_EXEC_CODE      SHOULD BE EMPTY                00000000.00000000 00000000.00000000 00000000.00000000h             0h
 1 GH_EXEC_DATA      execlet image RW data  S0 URKW ffffffff.80400000 ffffffff.813fffff 00000000.10400000h       1000000h
 2 EXEC S0 region    exec runtime RW data   S0 ERKW ffffffff.81400000 ffffffff.833fffff 00000000.11400000h       2000000h
 3 GH_RES_CODE       resident image code    S0 URX  ffffffff.883fe000 ffffffff.887fdfff 00000000.13800000h        400000h
 4 GH_RES_DATA       resident image data    S0 URKW ffffffff.887fe000 ffffffff.88bfdfff 00000000.14000000h        400000h
 5 EXEC S2 region    exec runtime RW data   S2 ERKW ffff8300.05c00000 ffff8300.05ffffff 00000000.14800000h        400000h
 6 GH_EXEC_CODE_S2   execlet code           S2 URX  ffff8300.06400000 ffff8300.083fffff 00000000.15000000h       2000000h
 7 GH_RES_CODE_S2    resident image code    S2 URX  ffff8300.08400000 ffff8300.097fffff 00000000.17000000h       1400000h
 8 GH_EXEC_DATA_S2   execlet image RW data  S2 ERKW ffff8300.09800000 ffff8300.09bfffff 00000000.18800000h        400000h
 9 GH_RO_EXEC_S0     execlet image RO data  S0 URX  ffffffff.88c00000 ffffffff.893fffff 00000000.19000000h        800000h
10 GH_RO_RES_S0      resident image RO data S0 URX  ffffffff.89400000 ffffffff.89bfffff 00000000.19800000h        800000h
11 GH_RES_DATA_S2    resident image data    S2 ERKW ffff8300.09c00000 ffff8300.09ffffff 00000000.1a400000h        400000h

       Bitmap VA     Bitmap Size (Bytes)  Slice Size (Bytes)     Used    Free    Total
 0 00000000.00000000  00000000.00000000h  00000000.00000000h        0       0        0
 1 ffffffff.80000680  00000000.00001000h  00000000.00000200h    1,372  31,396   32,768
 2 ffffffff.80001680  00000000.00000400h  00000000.00001000h    7,188   1,004    8,192
 3 ffffffff.80001a80  00000000.00000400h  00000000.00000200h        0   8,192    8,192
 4 ffffffff.80001e80  00000000.00000400h  00000000.00000200h        0   8,192    8,192
 5 ffffffff.80002280  00000000.00000080h  00000000.00001000h    1,024       0    1,024
 6 ffffffff.80002300  00000000.00004000h  00000000.00000100h   13,059 118,013  131,072
 7 ffffffff.80006300  00000000.00000280h  00000000.00001000h        0   5,120    5,120
 8 ffffffff.80006580  00000000.00000400h  00000000.00000200h        0   8,192    8,192
 9 ffffffff.80006980  00000000.00000800h  00000000.00000200h    2,026  14,358   16,384
10 ffffffff.80007180  00000000.00000800h  00000000.00000200h        0  16,384   16,384
11 ffffffff.80007980  00000000.00000400h  00000000.00000200h        0   8,192    8,192
%SYSBOOT-I-TRANSFER, Transferring to EXEC_INIT at: ffff8300.066e8000
%EXECINIT-I-PERCPU, initializing per-CPU database
%EXECINIT-I-INITS, calling initialization routines


        VMS Software, Inc. OpenVMS (TM) x86_64 Operating System, E9.2-1
                    Copyright 2023 VMS Software, Inc.

%EXECINIT-I-INIT_MMG, init free list, outer mode page tables and PFN database
%EXECINIT-I-DELBS, deleting bootstrap VA space
%EXECINIT-I-SWIS_PRIM, initializing SWIS on primary CPU
  MDS Mitigation active, variant verw(MD_CLEAR)
%EXECINIT-I-INITS, calling initialization routines
%EXECINIT-I-EPB, defining erase pattern buffer
%EXECINIT-I-SHELLF, building SHELL filespec
%EXECINIT-I-BTINIT, initializing boot driver

%SYSBOOT-I-MEMDISKMNT, Boot memory disk mounted
                                               %EXECINIT-I-LDIMGS, loading exec images
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading EXCEPTION.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading IO_ROUTINES.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYSDEVICE.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading PROCESS_MANAGEMENT.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading LOCKING.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SHELL8K.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading LOGICAL_NAMES.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading F11BXQP.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading RMS.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading IMAGE_MANAGEMENT.EXE

%SYSBOOT-I-MEMDISKMNT, Boot memory disk mounted
                                               %EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SECURITY.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYSGETSYI.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$XFCACHE.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$VM.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading MESSAGE_ROUTINES.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYSLICENSE.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$VFS.EXE
%EXECINIT-E-LOADERR, error loading SYS$VFS.EXE, status = 00000910
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$GFS2.EXE
%EXECINIT-E-LOADERR, error loading SYS$GFS2.EXE, status = 00000910
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$VAFS.EXE
%EXECINIT-E-LOADERR, error loading SYS$VAFS.EXE, status = 00000910
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$TRANSACTION_SERVICES.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$UTC_SERVICES.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$NETWORK_SERVICES.EXE
%DECnet-I-LOADED, network base image loaded, version = 05.92.04

%SYSBOOT-I-MEMDISKMNT, Boot memory disk mounted

%DECnet-W-ZEROLEN, length of file is zero -- SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSEXE]NET$CONFIG.DAT
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$IPC_SERVICES.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYSLDR_DYN.EXE

%SYSBOOT-I-MEMDISKMNT, Boot memory disk mounted
                                               %EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$MME_SERVICES.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SYS$NTA.EXE
%EXECINIT-E-LOADERR, error loading SYS$NTA.EXE, status = 00000910
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SSPI.EXE
%EXECINIT-E-LOADERR, error loading SSPI.EXE, status = 00000910
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading ACME.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-LOADING, loading SWIS$DEBUG.EXE
%EXECINIT-I-IOCONFIG, configuring the I/O database
%GPS-I-ACPI_SUPPORT,  Initializing ACPI Operating System Layer...
%GPS-I-ACPI_SUPPORT,  Configuring IOAPICs...
%GPS-I-ACPI_SUPPORT,  Configuring ACPI Devices...

%SYSBOOT-I-MEMDISKMNT, Boot memory disk mounted
                                               %GPS-I-ACPI_SUPPORT,  Configuring GPE Blocks...
%GPS-I-ACPI_SUPPORT,  Configuring ACPI CPUs...
        CommandReg New:0402

PCI  81CF8580 81CF90C8 00000000.0000003F 0010  DD  15D0                         00000000 0002
Vector Table Statistics
-----------------------
MSIXcontrol   : C001
Size          : 0020
BasePA in PCI : 00000000.FFBF0000 contents of BAR
DataOffset    : 00000000
VtbPA in PCI  : 00000000.FFBF0000 BasePA + DataOffset
TRA Offset    : 00000000.00000000 from ADP
IOHANDLE addr : FFFFFFFF.81CD22C0
Base PA       : 00000000.FFBF0000 VtbPA + TRA
Base VA       : FFFFFFFF.8A056000
Byte offset   : 00000000
Request Size  : 00000020
Mapped Size   : 00000020
VA of PTE     : FFFF807F.FFC502B0 VA of PTE for VA of mapped PA
PTE Contents  : 90000000.FFBF0013

Pending Bit Array Statistics
----------------------------
BasePA in PCI : 00000000.FFBF0000 contents of BAR
DataOffset    : 00001000
PbaPA in PCI  : 00000000.FFBF1000 BasePA + DataOffset
TRA Offset    : 00000000.00000000
IOHANDLE addr : FFFFFFFF.81CD8E80
Base PA       : 00000000.FFBF1000 PbaPA + TRA
Base VA       : FFFFFFFF.8A06A000
Byte offset   : 00001000
Request Size  : 00000001
Mapped Size   : 00000001

VA of PTE     : FFFF807F.FFC50350 VA of PTE for VA of mapped PA
PTE Contents  : 90000000.FFBF0013

Addr Offset: 00000000 - Addr: 00000000.FEE00000
Data Offset: 00000008 - Data: 000000DD
Ctrl Offset: 0000000c - Ctrl: 00000000

Addr Offset: 00000010 - Addr: 00000000.FEE00000
Data Offset: 00000018 - Data: 000000DD
Ctrl Offset: 0000001c - Ctrl: 00000000

        CommandReg New:0406

PCI  81CF9B00 81CFA0F8 00000000.00000210 0010  D8  1580                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0400

PCI  81CF9B00 81CFA208 00000000.00000218 0011  D7  1570                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0400

PCI  81CFCE00 81CFD1D8 00000000.00000300 FFFF  D6  1560                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81CFCE00 81CFD2E8 00000000.000000A9 FFFF  D5  1550                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81CFCE00 81CFD3F8 00000000.000000AA FFFF  D4  1540                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81CFCE00 81CFD508 00000000.000000AB FFFF  D3  1530                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81CFCE00 81CFD618 00000000.000000AC FFFF  D2  1520                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81CFCE00 81CFD728 00000000.000000AD FFFF  D1  1510                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81CFCE00 81CFD838 00000000.000000AE FFFF  D0  1500                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81CFCE00 81CFD948 00000000.000000AF FFFF  CF  14F0                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0402

PCI  81CFDB40 81CFDF18 00000000.00000300 0012  CE  14E0                         00000000 0005
Vector Table Statistics
-----------------------
MSIXcontrol   : C004
Size          : 0050
BasePA in PCI : 00000000.FEA50000 contents of BAR
DataOffset    : 00000000
VtbPA in PCI  : 00000000.FEA50000 BasePA + DataOffset
TRA Offset    : 00000000.00000000 from ADP
IOHANDLE addr : FFFFFFFF.81CD8F40
Base PA       : 00000000.FEA50000 VtbPA + TRA
Base VA       : FFFFFFFF.8A06C000
Byte offset   : 00000000
Request Size  : 00000050
Mapped Size   : 00000050
VA of PTE     : FFFF807F.FFC50360 VA of PTE for VA of mapped PA
PTE Contents  : 90000000.FEA50013

Pending Bit Array Statistics
----------------------------
BasePA in PCI : 00000000.FEA50000 contents of BAR
DataOffset    : 00002000
PbaPA in PCI  : 00000000.FEA52000 BasePA + DataOffset
TRA Offset    : 00000000.00000000
IOHANDLE addr : FFFFFFFF.81CD8F80
Base PA       : 00000000.FEA52000 PbaPA + TRA
Base VA       : FFFFFFFF.8A06E000
Byte offset   : 00000000
Request Size  : 00000001
Mapped Size   : 00000001

VA of PTE     : FFFF807F.FFC50370 VA of PTE for VA of mapped PA
PTE Contents  : 90000000.FEA52013

Addr Offset: 00000000 - Addr: 00000000.FEE00000
Data Offset: 00000008 - Data: 000000CE
Ctrl Offset: 0000000c - Ctrl: 00000000

Addr Offset: 00000010 - Addr: 00000000.FEE00000
Data Offset: 00000018 - Data: 000000CE
Ctrl Offset: 0000001c - Ctrl: 00000000

Addr Offset: 00000020 - Addr: 00000000.FEE00000
Data Offset: 00000028 - Data: 000000CE
Ctrl Offset: 0000002c - Ctrl: 00000000

Addr Offset: 00000030 - Addr: 00000000.FEE00000
Data Offset: 00000038 - Data: 000000CE
Ctrl Offset: 0000003c - Ctrl: 00000000

Addr Offset: 00000040 - Addr: 00000000.FEE00000
Data Offset: 00000048 - Data: 000000CE
Ctrl Offset: 0000004c - Ctrl: 00000000

        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D1A680 81D1AA58 00000000.000000B0 FFFF  CD  14D0                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D1A680 81D1AB68 00000000.000000B1 FFFF  CC  14C0                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D1A680 81D1AC78 00000000.000000B2 FFFF  CB  14B0                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D1A680 81D1AD88 00000000.000000B3 FFFF  CA  14A0                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D1A680 81D1AE98 00000000.000000B4 FFFF  C9  1490                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D1A680 81D1AFA8 00000000.000000B5 FFFF  C8  1480                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D1A680 81D1B0B8 00000000.000000B6 FFFF  C7  1470                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D1A680 81D1B1C8 00000000.000000B7 FFFF  C6  1460                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D3C080 81D3C458 00000000.000000B8 FFFF  C5  1450                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D3C080 81D3C568 00000000.000000B9 FFFF  C4  1440                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D3C080 81D3C678 00000000.000000BA FFFF  C3  1430                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D3C080 81D3C788 00000000.000000BB FFFF  C2  1420                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D3C080 81D3C898 00000000.000000BC FFFF  C1  1410                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D3C080 81D3C9A8 00000000.000000BD FFFF  C0  1400                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D3C080 81D3CAB8 00000000.000000BE FFFF  BF  13F0                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D3C080 81D3CBC8 00000000.000000BF FFFF  BE  13E0                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D62C00 81D62FD8 00000000.000000C0 FFFF  BD  13D0                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D62C00 81D630E8 00000000.000000C1 FFFF  BC  13C0                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D62C00 81D631F8 00000000.000000C2 FFFF  BB  13B0                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D62C00 81D63308 00000000.000000C3 FFFF  BA  13A0                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D62C00 81D63418 00000000.000000C4 FFFF  B9  1390                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D62C00 81D63528 00000000.000000C5 FFFF  B8  1380                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D62C00 81D63638 00000000.000000C6 FFFF  B7  1370                         FEE00000        CommandReg New:0007

PCI  81D62C00 81D63748 00000000.000000C7 FFFF  B6  1360                         FEE00000  %EXECINIT-I-HWCLOCK, reading the HW clock

%SYSBOOT-I-MEMDISKDISMNT, Boot memory disk dismounted
                                                     %EXECINIT-I-INITSMP, initializing SMP environment
%EXECINIT-I-PBM, building process bitmap
%EXECINIT-I-PSTATE, setting process states
%EXECINIT-I-PHV, filling process header vector
%EXECINIT-I-PAGSWPVEC, filling page/swap file vector
%EXECINIT-I-INITS, calling initialization routines
%EXECINIT-I-SVAPTE, setting up EXE$GL_SVAPTE
%EXECINIT-I-BLD_LOCKID, building the lock id table
%EXECINIT-I-BLD_RESHASH, building the resource hash table
%EXECINIT-I-CLRWARM, clearing warm-start flag
%EXECINIT-I-CLRCOLD, clearing cold-start flag
%EXECINIT-I-ACTIVESET, joining ACTIVE set
%EXECINIT-S-CIAO, transferring to the scheduler
%SWAPPER-I-SHUFFLE, executing SWAPPER initialization code
%SWAPPER-I-POOL, initializing paged pool
%SWAPPER-I-INIT, calling initialization routines
%SWAPPER-I-RSDM, joining system resource domain
%SWAPPER-I-P1, initializing SWAPPER P1 cells
%SWAPPER-I-PAGED, paged system initialization
%SWAPPER-I-HASH, creating the logical name hash tables
%SWAPPER-I-DEFINE, defining the system logical names
%SWAPPER-I-CREPRC, creating the SYSINIT process
%SWAPPER-I-MAINLOOP, entering SWAPPER main loop
%SWAPPER-I-INSWAP, inswapped process EPID: 00000022 PID: 00010002 PCB: FFFFFFFF81DD7D00

%SYSINIT-I-START, SYSINIT process execution begins
%SYSINIT-I-UNLOAD, unloading EXEC_INIT
%SYSINIT-I-ENTROPY, starting entropy harvest collector
%SYSINIT-I-AUDIT, initializing security auditing
%SYSINIT-I-LOAD, loading RECOVERY_UNIT_SERVICES.EXE
%SYSINIT-I-LOAD, loading DDIF$RMS_EXTENSION.EXE
%SYSINIT-I-LOAD, loading SYSMSG.EXE
%SYSINIT-I-LOAD, loading VMS_EXTENSION.EXE
%SYSINIT-I-LOAD, loading NT_EXTENSION.EXE
%SYSINIT-I-LOAD, loading MULTIPATH(_MON).EXE
%SYSBOOT-I-MEMDISKMNT, Boot memory disk mounted

                                               %SYSINIT-I-ALTLOAD, loading site specific execlets

Loaded Image List:
Seq  Image Name                      Base               End                Link Base
 5E  [SYS$LDR]MULTIPATH.EXE          FFFF8300.066DC100  FFFF8300.066EC830  00000000.80000000
 5C  [SYS$LDR]NT_EXTENSION.EXE       FFFF8300.066D2000  FFFF8300.066D7850  00000000.80000000
 5A  [SYS$LDR]VMS_EXTENSION.EXE      FFFF8300.066CBF00  FFFF8300.066CF780  00000000.80000000
 56  [SYS$LDR]DDIF$RMS_EXTENSION.EX  FFFF8300.066C5E00  FFFF8300.066C9428  00000000.80000000
 54  [SYS$LDR]RECOVERY_UNIT_SERVICE  FFFF8300.066C1D00  FFFF8300.066C38D0  00000000.80000000
 50  SYS$LDDRIVER                    FFFF8300.07456400  FFFF8300.0747BCE0  00000000.80000000
 4E  SYS$SRDRIVER                    FFFF8300.07448100  FFFF8300.07450910  00000000.80000000
 4C  SYS$DKDRIVER                    FFFF8300.07415800  FFFF8300.0743C6B8  00000000.80000000
 4A  SYS$PKDDRIVER                   FFFF8300.073D8900  FFFF8300.07404F78  00000000.80016000
 48  SYS$DMDRIVER                    FFFF8300.073BE100  FFFF8300.073C1968  00000000.80000000
 46  SYS$TTDRIVER                    FFFF8300.0738D900  FFFF8300.073B1A28  00000000.80000000
 44  SYS$ISA_SUPPORT                 FFFF8300.07387700  FFFF8300.0738A310  00000000.80000000
 42  SYS$PCI_SUPPORT                 FFFF8300.0736CF00  FFFF8300.0737F0E8  00000000.80000000
 40  SWIS$DEBUG                      FFFF8300.07366D00  FFFF8300.07369B08  00000000.80000000
 3E  ACME                            FFFF8300.0734C900  FFFF8300.073600C0  00000000.80000000
 3C  SYS$MME_SERVICES                FFFF8300.07348800  FFFF8300.0734A608  00000000.80000000
 3A  SYSLDR_DYN                      FFFF8300.0731DA00  FFFF8300.0733B348  00000000.80000000
 38  SYS$IPC_SERVICES                FFFF8300.07236400  FFFF8300.072E4F08  00000000.80000000
 34  SYS$UTC_SERVICES                FFFF8300.07156600  FFFF8300.07159C38  00000000.80000000
 32  SYS$TRANSACTION_SERVICES        FFFF8300.070F3200  FFFF8300.07131D80  00000000.80018000
 30  SYSLICENSE                      FFFF8300.070C0D00  FFFF8300.070D3F60  00000000.80006000
 2E  MESSAGE_ROUTINES                FFFF8300.0708C200  FFFF8300.070B1968  00000000.80000000
 2C  SYS$VM                          FFFF8300.06F11600  FFFF8300.07044D38  00000000.80000000
 2A  SYS$XFCACHE                     FFFF8300.06E63200  FFFF8300.06EE1FF0  00000000.80000000
 28  SYSGETSYI                       FFFF8300.06E46C00  FFFF8300.06E5A688  00000000.80000000
 26  SECURITY                        FFFF8300.06DD3D00  FFFF8300.06E29200  00000000.80000000
 24  IMAGE_MANAGEMENT                FFFF8300.06D80500  FFFF8300.06DBF8F8  00000000.80000000
 22  RMS                             FFFF8300.06BAF700  FFFF8300.06D15508  00000000.80002000
 20  F11BXQP                         FFFF8300.06A89400  FFFF8300.06B65F40  00000000.80000000
 1E  LOGICAL_NAMES                   FFFF8300.06A68E00  FFFF8300.06A809E8  00000000.80000000
 1C  SHELL8K                         FFFF8300.06A5EB00  FFFF8300.06A65308  00000000.80000000
 1A  LOCKING                         FFFF8300.06A17F00  FFFF8300.06A4CA40  00000000.80000000
 18  PROCESS_MANAGEMENT              FFFF8300.068E5300  FFFF8300.069CAE30  00000000.80000000
 16  SYSDEVICE                       FFFF8300.068D3000  FFFF8300.068DE480  00000000.80000000
 14  IO_ROUTINES                     FFFF8300.067F4A00  FFFF8300.06894810  00000000.80000000
 12  EXCEPTION                       FFFF8300.06732200  FFFF8300.067CF810  00000000.80000000
 0E  SYS$OPDRIVER                    FFFF8300.066B3A00  FFFF8300.066BC030  00000000.80000000
 0C  SYSTEM_SYNCHRONIZATION_UNI      FFFF8300.06674A00  FFFF8300.0669FBE8  00000000.80000000
 0A  SYSTEM_PRIMITIVES_7_MIN         FFFF8300.06565E00  FFFF8300.06568F68  00000000.80000000
 08  SYS$ACPI                        FFFF8300.0648A300  FFFF8300.06510C60  00000000.80000000
 06  ERRORLOG                        FFFF8300.06482000  FFFF8300.06487310  00000000.80000000
 04  SYS$PLATFORM_SUPPORT            FFFF8300.06414200  FFFF8300.064640B8  00000000.80000000
 02  SYS$BASE_IMAGE                  FFFF8300.06402100  FFFF8300.064101C0  00000000.80000000
 00  SYS$PUBLIC_VECTORS              FFFF8300.06400000  FFFF8300.06400028  00000000.80000000

 %SYSINIT-I-TIME, setting the system time
%SYSINIT-I-SYSDISK, checking status of system disk
%SYSINIT-I-STACONFIG, STACONFIG finished
%SYSINIT-I-INIT, initializing the XQP
%SYSINIT-I-CLUSTER, cluster/lock manager initialization
%SYSINIT-I-SHADOW, shadow driver initialization
%SYSINIT-I-DEFINE, defining system logical names
%SYSINIT-I-MOUNT, mounting the system disk
%SYSINIT-I-TIME, setting the system time
%SYSINIT-I-FILCACHE, deallocating the primitive file cache
%SYSINIT-I-DEFINE, defining SYS$TOPSYS
%SYSINIT-I-MEMCONNECTING, connecting to memory disk
%SYSINIT-I-MEMCONNECTED, connected to memory disk
%SYSINIT-I-MEMDISK, using device CALVIN$LDM3304:
%SYSINIT-I-RECERL, recovering error log buffers
                                               %SYSINIT-I-CREPRC, creating the STARTUP process
%SYSINIT-I-FINISH, SYSINIT process execution completed
$START:
$sayblank = "write sys$output """""
$say = "write sys$output"
$saylong = "@SYS$SYSTEM:X86VMS$PCSI_INSTALL_MESSAGES.COM"
$no_messages = 1
$if f$search("SYS$SYSTEM:X86VMS$PCSI_INSTALL_MESSAGES.COM") .eqs. ""
$else
$if f$trnlnm("messsages:") .gts. "" then close messages:
$open/read messages: SYS$SYSTEM:X86VMS$PCSI_INSTALL_MESSAGES.COM
$message_read_verify = 0
$save_message_read_verify = f$verify(message_read_verify)
$close messages:
$no_messages = 0
$endif
$root = f$getdvi("SYS$SYSDEVICE","fulldevnam") - "_"
$if f$trnlnm("SYS$TOPSYS","LNM$SYSTEM") .nes. "" then -
root = root + "[" + f$trnlnm("SYS$TOPSYS","LNM$SYSTEM") + ".]"
$define/system/exec/nolog/translation=(terminal,concealed) -
sys$specific CALVIN$DKA100:[SYS0.]
$if f$search("SYS$SPECIFIC:[000000]SYSCOMMON.DIR") .eqs. ""
$endif
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$sysdisk sys$sysroot:
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$config sys$sysroot:[sys$config]
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$errorlog sys$sysroot:[syserr]
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$examples sys$sysroot:[syshlp.examples]
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$help sys$sysroot:[syshlp]
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$instruction sys$sysroot:[syscbi]
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$library sys$sysroot:[syslib]
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$maintenance sys$sysroot:[sysmaint]
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$manager sys$sysroot:[sysmgr]
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$update sys$sysroot:[sysupd]
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$test sys$sysroot:[systest]
$define/system/exec/nolog sys$etc sys$sysroot:[syshlp.unsupported]
$define/system/exec/nolog X86$library sys$sysroot:[syslib]
$define/system/exec/nolog X86$loadable_images sys$sysroot:[sys$ldr]
$define/system/exec/nolog agen$images sys$manager:vms$images_master.dat
$define/system/exec/nolog clue$inhibit yes
$if f$search("SYS$SPECIFIC:[000000]PSX$SEMAPHORES.DIR") .eqs. ""
$endif
$say "
    Installing required known files..."

    Installing required known files...
$run sys$system:install
sys$share:dismntshr/open/header/shared/protect/nopurge
sys$share:mountshr/open/header/shared/protect
sys$share:secureshrp/open/header/shared/protect
sys$share:secureshr/open/header/shared
sys$share:libots/open/header/shared
sys$share:librtl/open/header/shared
sys$share:decc$shr/open/header/shared
sys$share:cma$tis_shr/open/header/shared
sys$share:dpml$shr/open/header/shared
sys$share:ipc$share/open/header/shared/protect
sys$share:init$shr/open/header/shared/protect
sys$share:mmeshr/open/header/shared/protect
sys$share:mailshrp/open/header/shared/protect
$say "
    Configuring devices...
"

    Configuring devices...

$@sys$system:startup upgrade ""
%STARTUP-E-NOPAGFIL, No page files have been successfully installed.
%%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  18-MAY-2023 01:14:43.90  %%%%%%%%%%%
Operator _CALVIN$OPA0: has been enabled, username SYSTEM

%%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  18-MAY-2023 01:14:43.90  %%%%%%%%%%%
Operator status for operator _CALVIN$OPA0:
CENTRAL, PRINTER, TAPES, DISKS, DEVICES, CARDS, NETWORK, CLUSTER, SECURITY,
LICENSE, OPER1, OPER2, OPER3, OPER4, OPER5, OPER6, OPER7, OPER8, OPER9, OPER10,
OPER11, OPER12

%SYSTEM-I-BOOTUPGRADE, security auditing disabled
%%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  18-MAY-2023 01:14:43.92  %%%%%%%%%%%
Logfile has been initialized by operator _CALVIN$OPA0:
Logfile is CALVIN::SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]OPERATOR.LOG;7

%%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  18-MAY-2023 01:14:43.92  %%%%%%%%%%%
Operator status for operator CALVIN::SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]OPERATOR.LOG;7
CENTRAL, PRINTER, TAPES, DISKS, DEVICES, CARDS, NETWORK, CLUSTER, SECURITY,
LICENSE, OPER1, OPER2, OPER3, OPER4, OPER5, OPER6, OPER7, OPER8, OPER9, OPER10,
OPER11, OPER12

%SYSTEM-I-BOOTUPGRADE, security server not started
%%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  18-MAY-2023 01:14:44.04  %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on CALVIN
TDF-I-SETTDF TDF set new timezone differential

NET$STARTUP, Network not started due to UPGRADE boot
%SYSTEM-I-BOOTUPGRADE, Coordinated Startup not performed
$mcr sysman io connect mpa0/noadapter/driver=sys$pipedriver
$mcr sysman io autoconfigure
Added in 10 minutes 19 seconds:
FOUND THE ANSWER!

So the Guide had recommended two SATA drives. So I thought I was being clever by adding a second SATA controller, and connecting the second SATA drive to the second SATA controller.

But after seeing "mcr sysman io autoconfigure" panic, it occurred to me that maybe a 2nd SATA controller is not yet supported!

I removed the 2nd SATA controller and the 2nd SATA drive - now the system boots successfully and I can now login as SYSTEM. Yay! Lesson learned: don't try to be too clever!


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Re: VMWare ESXi install - DKA100 goes offline (SOLVED)

Post by pjacobi » Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:53 pm

I have reproduced the problem with 2 AHCI SATA controllers on ESXi 8.0. Has anyone tried this configuration on ESXi 7.x?

We have also observed that 2 LSI SCSI controller fail on ESXi 8.0 but works on ESXi 7.x. On VBOX, I have configuration with 6 AHCI SATA controllers without any problems. We are continuing to investigate.

Note on bare metal, adding additional I/O controllers includes adding I/O processors that offload the CPU for usually more performance. In the virtual environment, adding additional virtual controllers simply adds more load on the Hypervisor that may or may not provide more performance. It is possible that additional virtual controllers might even cause lower performance.


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VMS Software, Inc.


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Re: VMWare ESXi install - DKA100 goes offline (SOLVED)

Post by pjacobi » Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:32 am

Here is what my investigation has found:

ESXi has a "feature" to make the system reset go faster by initializing only select controllers. This left the second SATA port in an unexpected state causing the driver to go into a reset loop resulting in the hang. To disable this feature, power-off the VM and add this parameter:

efi.quickBoot.enabled = FALSE

Multiply SATA or LSI parallel SCSI controllers will then work correctly. It's possible that a future release might include changes to the driver to automatically set the controller in the correct state, but for now please set the ESXi parameter to avoid the problem.

Paul A. Jacobi
VMS Software

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