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Creating a Single-Instance Galaxy with GCU  



To use the Galaxy Configuration Utility (GCU) to create a single-instance Galaxy on an Alpha system, use the following procedure:

  1. Run the GCU on the OpenVMS Alpha system on which you want to use the single-instance Galaxy.
  2. If the GCU is run on a non-Galaxy system, it asks you if you want to create a single-instance Galaxy. Click on OK.
  3. The GCU prompts next for the amount of memory to designate as shared memory. Enter any value that is a multiple of 8 MB. Note that you must specify at least 8 MB of shared memory if you want to boot as a Galaxy instance.
  4. Once the GCU has displayed the configuration, it has already written the file GLX$GCT.BIN to the current directory. You can exit the GCU at this point. If you made a mistake or want to alter the configuration, you can close the current model and repeat the process.

 
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