[Info-vax] Preserving the essence of a system...

[H Vlems]

On 24 dec, 20:04, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
> I am trying to compile a list of files that give the system its
> "identity", and have those recorded for posterity in text form.
>
> Anyone I have forgotten ?
>
> Core:
>
>         SYS$STARTUP_VMS.COM (and custom file it calls)
>         SYLOGICALS.COM
>         SYLOGIN.COM
>         SYS$ANNOUNCE, SYS$WELCOME
>
>         Anything "SYSTARTUP"
>
>         The SYSGEN file (VAXVMSSYS.PAR on VAX for instance)
>         MODPARAMS.DAT
>
> Can one get NCP to generate a "command file" that could recreate itself
>   for the DECnet config ? (does NETCONFIG.COM parse the NCP stuff or
> does it start from scratch ?)
>
> How would one do the same for TCPIP services ?
>
> I know that I need to catch some of the /etc (oops, already in unix
> mode... I meant TCPIP$ETC ) files (sysconfigtab if I recall).
>
> What else should one preserve ?

MODPARAMS.DAT
SYS$ANNOUNCE and SYS$WELCOME are logical names.
You might want to save what's in LTLOAD.COM (or is it LAT$STARTUP.COM
now?)
The contents of SYSUAF.DAT and ALTSYSUAF.
And perhaps ACCOUNTG.DAT may be useful as well.
I guess JF that it is quite a lot of work to make this happen !
Hans