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Emergency (Conversational) System Startup?

April 26, 2017Conversational emergency startup system

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Emergency (Conversational) System Startup?

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If you need to perform system management operations on an OpenVMS system and cannot access the system through normal means-the password on the SYSTEM username was forgetten and no other privileged usernames are available, or one or more core system product authorization key (PAK) software licenses are unavailable or expired-then you must perform a conversational (emergency) bootstrap. Here are the steps: 1 Halt the system.