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CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

1 Overview of This Manual

1.1 Using the OpenVMS System Manager's Manual

1.2 How This Manual Relates to Other System Management Documentation

1.3 Finding Information About Managing Complex Environments

1.4 Finding Information About Managing Small Systems

2 Using OpenVMS System Management Utilities and Tools

2.1 Understanding OpenVMS System Management Tools

2.1.1 OpenVMS Management Station

2.1.1.1 Managing Resources

2.1.1.2 Managing Operations

2.1.2 DCL Commands

2.1.3 System Messages

2.1.4 DCL Command Procedures

2.1.5 System Management Utilities

2.1.6 MGRMENU.COM Command Procedure

2.2 Logging In to the SYSTEM Account

2.3 Using the System Management Utility (SYSMAN) to Centralize System Management

2.3.1 Understanding SYSMAN

2.3.1.1 Privileges Required

2.3.1.2 Tools and Commands

2.3.2 Enabling a Remote System to Execute SYSMAN Commands

2.3.3 Understanding a SYSMAN Management Environment

2.3.4 Defining the SYSMAN Management Environment

2.3.4.1 Defining Another Node as the Environment

2.3.4.2 Using Logical Names to Organize Management Environments

2.3.4.3 Defining a VMScluster Environment

2.3.5 Understanding Your SYSMAN Profile

2.3.6 Adjusting Your SYSMAN Profile

2.3.6.1 Changing Your Current Privileges

2.3.6.2 Changing Your Default Device and Directory

2.3.7 Setting DCL Verification

2.3.8 Executing DCL Commands from SYSMAN

2.3.9 Creating SYSMAN Command Procedures

2.3.10 Setting Up SYSMAN with an Initialization File

2.4 Using OPCOM to Communicate with System Users

2.4.1 Starting OPCOM

2.4.2 Sending Messages to Users

2.4.3 Controlling the Use of OPA0: as an Operator Terminal

2.4.4 Designating Operator Terminals

2.4.5 Sending Requests to an Operator

2.4.6 Replying to Operator Requests

2.5 Using VMSKITBLD.COM to Modify a System Disk

2.5.1 Using VMSKITBLD.COM to Build a New System Disk

2.5.1.1 Completing a System Disk Built with VMSKITBLD.COM

2.5.2 Using VMSKITBLD.COM to Copy System Files to an Existing Disk

2.5.3 Using VMSKITBLD.COM to Add an Alternate System Root Directory

2.5.3.1 Configuring a System Root Added with VMSKITBLD

3 Installing, Upgrading, and Updating Software

3.1 Installing, Upgrading, and Updating the Operating System

3.1.1 Installing or Upgrading the OpenVMS Alpha Operating System

3.1.2 Installing or Upgrading from a Running Alpha System

3.1.3 Installing the OpenVMS VAX Operating System

3.1.4 Upgrading the OpenVMS VAX Operating System

3.1.5 Updating the OpenVMS Alpha or OpenVMS VAX Operating System

3.2 Installing or Upgrading Layered Products

3.3 Preparing Your System to Run VMSINSTAL.COM

3.3.1 Performing Preliminary Operations

3.3.2 Registering and Loading Licenses

3.3.3 Preventing Nodes from Sharing PAKs

3.4 Running VMSINSTAL.COM

3.4.1 Selecting a Product List

3.4.2 Selecting the Source

3.4.3 Selecting Options

3.4.4 Selecting the Destination

3.4.5 Verifying, Logging, and Confirming the Operation

3.4.6 Completing the Installation

3.5 Recovering from a System Failure

3.6 Selecting VMSINSTAL.COM Options

3.6.1 Using the Autoanswer Option ( A ) (Layered Products Only)

3.6.2 Using the Alternate Working Device Option (AWD=)

3.6.3 Using the Get Save Set Option ( G ) (Layered Products Only)

3.6.3.1 Storing a Product Save Set

3.6.3.2 Installing a Product

3.6.3.3 Specifying Backup Qualifiers

3.6.4 Using the File Log Option ( L )

3.6.5 Using the Release Notes Option ( N )

3.6.6 Using the Alternate Root Option ( R )

3.7 Using the POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility

3.7.1 Interfaces to Use

3.7.2 Operations to Perform

3.7.3 Product Files and Databases

3.7.4 Format of Software Product Kits

3.7.5 Software Product Name Conventions

3.7.5.1 Version Identification Format

3.7.5.2 Looking at Software Product Name Examples

3.7.6 Creating a Product Configuration File (PCF)

3.7.6.1 Configuration Options

3.7.6.2 Configuration Commands

3.7.6.3 Recording Configuration Choices

3.7.6.4 Modifying an Existing PCF

3.7.7 Using a Product Database

3.7.7.1 Adding Information to the Database

3.7.7.2 Registering a Noncompliant Product

3.7.7.3 Detecting and Tracking Software Dependencies

3.8 Installing with the POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility

3.8.1 Performing Preliminary Steps

3.8.1.1 Assigning Privileges

3.8.1.2 Installing Prerequisite Software

3.8.1.3 Identifying Postinstallation Procedures

3.8.2 Extracting a Product's Release Notes

3.8.3 Installing a Product

3.8.3.1 Using an Existing PCF

3.8.3.2 Creating a New PCF During the Installation

3.8.4 Responding to Installation Questions

3.8.4.1 Requesting an Explanation to Questions

3.8.4.2 Accepting Default Answers

3.8.5 Confirming Your Answers

3.8.6 Performing the Installation as a Batch Job

3.9 Performing Other Operations on Installed Software Products

3.9.1 Reconfiguring an Installed Product

3.9.2 Recording a Change in Volume Label in the Product Database

3.9.3 Copying a Software Kit to a New Location

3.9.4 Converting a Software Kit from One Format to Another

3.9.5 Retrieving Product Information

3.9.5.1 Displaying Information About Objects

3.9.5.2 Displaying Information About the Products

3.10 Removing Installed Software Products and Kits

3.11 Using the DECwindows Motif Interface

3.11.1 The POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility Main Window

3.11.2 Specifying Operations to Perform

3.11.3 Selecting Products and Product Options

3.11.4 Performing an Operation

3.11.5 Customizing the DECwindows Motif Interface

4 Starting Up and Shutting Down the System

4.1 Understanding Booting and System Startup

4.1.1 Booting and Startup Processes

4.1.2 Types of Booting Operations

4.1.2.1 Nonstop Boot: The Most Common Booting Operation

4.1.2.2 Conversational Boot: For Special Booting Functions

4.1.3 System Startup and STARTUP.COM

4.1.4 Messages Indicating Booting and Startup Progress

4.2 Booting with Modified System Parameter Values

4.2.1 Booting After Showing or Modifying Individual System Parameter Values

4.2.2 Booting with an Alternate System Parameter File

4.3 Booting in an Emergency

4.3.1 Booting with Default System Parameters

4.3.2 Booting Without Startup and Login Procedures

4.3.3 Booting Without the User Authorization File

4.4 Booting with Controlled Startup

4.4.1 Booting with an Alternate Site-Independent Startup Procedure

4.4.2 Specifying an Alternate Default Startup Command Procedure

4.4.3 Booting with Minimum Startup

4.4.4 Booting While Displaying Startup Procedure Commands

4.4.5 Displaying Startup Procedure Commands with SYSMAN

4.5 Solving Booting Problems

4.6 Writing a New Boot Block on the System Disk

4.7 Using the Snapshot Facility to Reboot Nonclustered Systems (VAX Only)

4.7.1 Preparing Your Workstation for a System Image Snapshot (VAX Only)

4.7.2 Taking the Saved Image Snapshot (VAX Only)

4.7.3 Problem Solving When Using the Snapshot Facility (VAX Only)

4.8 Shutting Down the System

4.8.1 Performing an Orderly Shutdown with SHUTDOWN.COM

4.8.2 Understanding the Order of Shutdown Events

4.8.3 Customizing SHUTDOWN.COM to Perform Site-Specific Operations

4.8.3.1 Defining Logical Names

4.8.3.2 Modifying the Site-Specific Shutdown Command Procedure

4.8.4 Performing an Orderly Shutdown with the System Management Utility (SYSMAN)

4.8.5 Performing an Emergency Shutdown with the OPCCRASH.EXE Program

4.8.6 Performing an Emergency Shutdown Using Console Commands

5 Customizing the Operating System

5.1 Adding and Deleting Optional Files

5.2 Modifying Site-Specific Startup Command Procedures

5.2.1 Understanding Site-Specific Startup Command Procedures

5.2.2 Understanding the Order of Startup Events

5.2.3 Modifying SYPAGSWPFILES.COM to Install Page and Swap Files

5.2.4 Modifying SYCONFIG.COM to Configure Devices

5.2.4.1 Connecting Nonstandard Devices

5.2.4.2 Suppressing Autoconfiguration of Devices

5.2.5 Modifying SYLOGICALS.COM to Define Systemwide Logical Names

5.2.6 Modifying SYSECURITY.COM to Set Up Security Auditing

5.2.7 Modifying SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM to Perform General Operations

5.2.7.1 Mounting Public Disks

5.2.7.2 Mounting Disks That Must Be Available Early in Startup

5.2.7.3 Setting Terminal and Printer Characteristics

5.2.7.4 Starting Queues and Enabling Autostart for Queues

5.2.7.5 Installing Known Images

5.2.7.6 Installing Resident Images (Alpha Only)

5.2.7.7 Setting Up the OpenVMS InfoServer Client Software

5.2.7.8 Running the System Dump Analyzer

5.2.7.9 Purging the Operator Log File

5.2.7.10 Submitting Batch Jobs to Run at Startup Time

5.2.7.11 Creating Systemwide Announcements

5.2.7.12 Starting Up and Customizing the LAT Protocol Software

5.2.7.13 Starting the DECnet for OpenVMS Network

5.2.7.14 Starting the DIBOL Message Manager

5.2.7.15 Defining the Number of Interactive Users

5.3 Modifying Login Command Procedures to Customize User Environments

5.4 Customizing Startup Databases with the System Management Utility (SYSMAN)

5.4.1 Understanding Startup Databases

5.4.2 Understanding the Layered Product Startup Database

5.4.3 Specifying the Current Startup Database

5.4.4 Showing the Name of the Target Startup Database

5.4.5 Showing the Contents of a Startup Database

5.4.6 Adding Startup Files to a Startup Database

5.4.7 Changing Information Associated with a Startup File

5.4.8 Deleting a Record from a Startup Database

5.4.9 Preventing a Startup File from Executing

5.4.10 Allowing a Previously Disabled Startup File to Execute

5.5 Registering Images That Have System Version Dependencies (VAX Only)

5.5.1 Understanding System Version Dependency and the Image Registry (VAX Only)

5.5.2 Using the Image Registry Facility (VAX Only)

5.6 Customizing the Help Message Database

5.6.1 Accessing $STATUS Values for Uninstalled Messages

5.6.2 Creating System-Level Database Search Paths

5.6.3 Deleting Digital-Supplied Messages from the Database

5.6.4 Adding Comments to Digital-Supplied Messages

5.6.5 Changing Digital-Supplied Data

5.6.6 Adding Messages to Digital-Supplied Database Files

5.7 Customizing MAIL

5.8 Setting Up Your System to Compensate for Different Time Zones

5.8.1 Understanding the Time Differential Factor (TDF)

5.8.2 Determining Your System's Time Differential Factor (TDF)

5.8.3 Using the UTC$CONFIGURE_TDF.COM Command Procedure

5.8.4 Setting Your System's TDF Using DAYLIGHT_SAVINGS.COM

5.8.5 Setting Time in a VMScluster Environment

5.9 Choosing Languages, and Date and Time Formats

5.9.1 Specifying Languages Other Than English

5.9.2 Invoking LIB$DT_STARTUP.COM

5.9.3 Defining System Default Date and Time Formats

5.9.3.1 Defining Your Own Format

5.9.3.2 Using Predefined Formats

5.9.4 User Definitions of Language, and Date and Time Formats

5.10 Saving Your Customization

6 Managing User Accounts

6.1 Understanding the User Authorization File (UAF)

6.1.1 Priority

6.1.2 Limits and Quotas

6.1.3 Privileges

6.2 Understanding the Protection of Authorization Files

6.3 Understanding UAF Login Checks

6.4 Managing System-Supplied UAF Accounts

6.4.1 Understanding System-Supplied UAF Accounts

6.4.2 Creating Accounts on Alpha Systems (Alpha Only)

6.4.2.1 Creating Field Service Accounts (Alpha Only)

6.4.2.2 Creating SYSTEST and SYSTEST_CLIG Accounts (Alpha Only)

6.4.3 Maintaining System-Supplied Accounts (VAX Only)

6.4.4 Using the SYSTEM Account

6.4.5 Using AUTHORIZE to Maintain UAF Accounts

6.5 Preparing to Add User Accounts

6.5.1 Choosing an Account Type

6.5.2 Performing Additional Tasks

6.5.2.1 Selecting a User Name and Password

6.5.2.2 Assigning the User Identification Code (UIC)

6.5.2.3 Adding a Disk Quota Entry

6.5.2.4 Setting the User Default Device for an Interactive Account

6.5.2.5 Setting the User Default Device for a Captive Account

6.5.3 Understanding Account Security

6.6 Adding User Accounts

6.6.1 Adding a User Account with AUTHORIZE

6.6.2 Adding a User Account with a Command Procedure

6.7 Maintaining User Accounts

6.7.1 Using Command Procedures for Interactive Accounts

6.7.2 Modifying a User Account

6.7.3 Listing User Accounts

6.7.4 Maintaining the User Environment

6.7.5 Deleting a User Account

6.7.6 Using BACKUP to Remove User Files

6.7.7 Disabling a User Account

6.8 Restricting the Use of Accounts

6.8.1 Setting Day Types

6.8.2 Restricting Logins to Specific Times

6.8.3 Restricting Login Functions

6.8.4 Using Login Command Procedures for Restricted or Captive Accounts

6.8.5 Setting Priorities for User Processes

6.9 Setting Up Special Accounts

6.9.1 Setting Up an Automatic Login Account with SYSMAN

6.9.2 Setting Up a Project Account with ACL Identifiers

6.9.3 Understanding Network Proxy Accounts

6.9.4 Creating Network Proxy Authorization Files

6.9.5 Adding Proxy Accounts

6.9.6 Removing Proxy Accounts

6.9.7 Displaying Proxy Accounts

6.9.8 Controlling Proxy Logins

6.10 Managing MAIL

6.10.1 Modifying a User Record

6.10.2 Removing a User Record

6.10.3 AUTHORIZE Flags and MAIL

6.11 Managing System Resources

6.11.1 Understanding Pages and Pagelets

6.11.2 Setting Limits on System Resources

7 Managing Peripheral Devices

7.1 Understanding Device Names

7.2 Getting Information About Devices on the System

7.2.1 Determining If Volumes Need Rebuilding

7.2.2 Getting Information About ISO 9660-Formatted Devices

7.3 Setting Security Protection Characteristics on Devices

7.4 Connecting Devices and Loading Device Drivers

7.4.1 Manually Connecting Devices and Loading Device Drivers (VAX Only)

7.4.2 Manually Connecting Devices and Loading Device Drivers (Alpha Only)

7.4.3 Suppressing Autoconfiguration of Devices

7.5 Managing Terminals

7.5.1 Setting Terminal Characteristics

7.5.1.1 Setting Default Characteristics with System Parameters

7.5.1.2 Setting Characteristics in System Startup

7.5.2 Managing Virtual Terminals

7.5.2.1 Using Virtual Terminals for Dynamic Asynchronous DECnet for OpenVMS (VAX Only)

7.5.2.2 Determining the Physical Terminal Type of a Virtual Terminal

7.6 Managing Printers

7.6.1 Setting Printer Characteristics

7.6.2 Using Spooled Printers

7.6.2.1 Spooling Printers

7.6.2.2 Despooling a Spooled Printer

7.6.2.3 Testing a Spooled Printer

7.7 Managing Tape Drives

7.7.1 Getting Magnetic Tape Device Information

7.7.2 Modifying Magnetic Tape Device Characteristics

7.8 Managing a Card Reader (VAX Only)

7.8.1 Distinguishing the Type of Card Deck (VAX Only)

7.8.1.1 Batch Job Card Deck (VAX Only)

7.8.1.2 Data Card Deck (VAX Only)

7.8.1.3 Setting Card Reader Translation Modes (VAX Only)

7.8.2 Running the Input Symbiont Interactively (VAX Only)

8 Managing Storage Media

8.1 Understanding Storage Media Concepts

8.1.1 Disk Concepts

8.1.1.1 Disk Terminology

8.1.1.2 Disk File Structures

8.1.1.3 CD-ROM File Structures

8.1.2 Tape Concepts

8.1.3 Public and Private Disk Volumes

8.1.3.1 Public Disk Volumes

8.1.3.2 Private Disk Volumes

8.2 Allocating and Deallocating Drives

8.2.1 Allocating Drives

8.2.2 Deallocating Drives

8.3 Initializing Volumes

8.3.1 Using INITIALIZE Command Qualifiers

8.3.2 Assisting Users in Accessing and Initializing Volumes

8.4 Protecting Volumes

8.4.1 Protecting Disk Volumes

8.4.1.1 Specifying Protection When You Initialize Disk Volumes

8.4.1.2 Changing Protection After Disk Volumes Are Mounted

8.4.1.3 Displaying UIC- and ACL-Based Protection

8.4.2 Protecting Tape Volumes

8.4.2.1 Using the /PROTECTION Qualifier with Tape Volumes

8.4.2.2 Protecting Tape Volumes for Interchange Environments

8.4.3 Auditing Volume Access

8.5 Mounting Volumes

8.5.1 Using MOUNT Command Qualifiers When You Mount Disks

8.5.2 Using MOUNT Command Qualifiers When You Mount Tapes

8.5.3 Assisting Users in Mounting Volumes

8.5.4 Mounting a Volume with Protected Subsystems

8.5.5 Modifying Disk Volume Characteristics

8.5.6 Speeding Up Disk Mounting

8.6 Setting Up Disk Volume Sets

8.6.1 Understanding Disk Volume Sets

8.6.1.1 Guidelines for Creating Disk Volume Sets

8.6.1.2 Using the /BIND Qualifier

8.6.2 Creating a Disk Volume Set from New Volumes

8.6.3 Creating a Disk Volume Set from an Existing Volume

8.6.4 Adding Volumes to an Existing Disk Volume Set

8.7 Mounting ISO 9660 Volume Sets and Groups

8.7.1 Mounting ISO 9660 Volume Sets

8.7.2 Mounting ISO 9660 Volume Groups

8.7.3 Handling Partially Mounted ISO 9660 Volume Sets

8.7.4 Handling ISO 9660 Restrictions

8.8 Mounting Tape Volume Sets

8.8.1 Creating a Tape Volume Set

8.8.2 Mounting Continuation Volumes in a Tape Volume Set

8.8.2.1 Creating Labels

8.8.2.2 Enabling Automatic Volume Switching

8.8.2.3 Disabling Automatic Switching

8.8.2.4 Sending Messages Back to Users

8.8.3 Modifying Magnetic Tape Characteristics

8.9 Dismounting Volumes and Volume Sets

8.9.1 Dismounting a Single Volume

8.9.1.1 Dismounting Before Unloading a Volume

8.9.1.2 Dismounting Allocated Devices

8.9.1.3 Using DISMOUNT Command Qualifiers

8.9.2 Dismounting a Volume Set

8.9.3 Dismounting Foreign Volumes

8.9.4 Dismounting a Volume in a VMScluster System

8.10 Using Command Procedures for Media Setup

8.10.1 Sample Command Procedure for Setting Up Disk Volumes

8.10.2 Sample Command Procedure for Setting Up Tape Volumes

8.11 Managing Disk Space

8.11.1 Understanding Disk Quotas

8.11.2 Establishing Disk Quotas

8.11.2.1 Creating a Quota File

8.11.2.2 Monitoring Disk Quotas

8.11.2.3 Suspending Quota Operations

8.11.3 Purging Files

8.11.4 Setting Version Limits on Files

8.11.5 Setting File Expiration Dates

8.12 Using the Analyze/Disk_Structure Utility to Check and Repair Disks

8.12.1 Reporting Errors

8.12.2 Reporting and Repairing Errors

8.12.3 Recovering Lost Files

8.12.4 Erasing Old Home Blocks

8.12.5 Creating a Disk Usage File

8.13 Using Mount Verification for Recovery

8.13.1 Understanding Mount Verification

8.13.2 Using Mount Verification

8.13.2.1 Enabling Mount Verification

8.13.2.2 Controlling Timeout Periods for Mount Verification

8.13.2.3 Recovering from Offline Errors

8.13.2.4 Recovering from Write-Lock Errors

8.13.2.5 Canceling Mount Verification

8.14 Using the Bad Block Locator Utility to Detect Media Errors

9 Using Files and Directories

9.1 Using DCL Commands with Files

9.2 Getting File Information

9.3 Protecting Files

9.3.1 Understanding File Protection Concepts

9.3.2 Displaying File Ownership and Protection

9.3.3 Protecting Disk Files

9.3.3.1 Setting Default Disk File Protection

9.3.3.2 Setting Explicit Disk File Protection

9.3.3.3 Modifying Disk File Protection Characteristics

9.3.3.3.1 Changing File Protection Characteristics

9.3.3.3.2 Using the SET FILE Command

9.3.4 Protecting Disk Directories

9.3.4.1 Changing Directory UIC Protection Characteristics

9.3.4.2 Changing Default ACL Protection

9.3.5 Protecting Magnetic Tape Files

9.4 Accessing Disk Files

9.5 Accessing Tape Files

9.5.1 Understanding Tape File Names

9.5.2 Locating Standard-Labeled Tape Files

9.5.3 Using Wildcard Characters with Tape Volumes

9.5.4 Reading Files on Tape Volumes

9.5.5 Writing Files to Tape Volumes

9.5.5.1 Writing New Files That Overwrite Existing Files

9.5.5.2 Appending or Updating Files

9.6 Copying and Transferring Files

9.6.1 Copying Files to Disk Volumes

9.6.2 Copying Files to Tape Volumes

9.6.3 Continuing to Copy at the End of a Tape

9.6.4 Using the Exchange Utility (EXCHANGE)

9.6.5 Using the EXCHANGE/NETWORK Command

10 Using BACKUP

10.1 Overview of BACKUP Tasks

10.2 Understanding Types of Backups

10.3 Formulating a Backup Strategy

10.4 Understanding the Backup Interfaces

10.4.1 The BACKUP Command Line

10.4.2 The Backup Manager

10.4.2.1 Backup Manager Features

10.4.2.2 Getting Started with Backup Manager

10.5 Understanding Save Sets

10.5.1 Magnetic-Tape Save Sets

10.5.2 Files-11 Disk Save Sets

10.5.3 Network Save Sets

10.5.4 Sequential-Disk Save Sets

10.6 Understanding BACKUP File Formats

10.7 Setting Process Quotas for Efficient Backups

10.8 Using Disks and Tapes

10.8.1 Understanding Volume Initialization

10.8.1.1 When to Initialize Volumes

10.8.1.2 Initializing Tapes

10.8.1.3 Initializing Disks

10.8.2 Mounting a Volume

10.8.3 Dismounting a Volume

10.9 Understanding OPCOM and Volumes

10.9.1 Requesting Operator Assistance

10.10 Listing the Contents of a BACKUP Save Set

10.11 Understanding Multivolume BACKUP Operations

10.11.1 Multivolume Tape Labeling

10.12 Understanding BACKUP Tape Label Processing

10.13 Backing Up Files and Directories

10.13.1 Copying Files to Other Files

10.13.2 Backing Up Files and Directories to a Save Set

10.13.3 Comparing Files

10.13.4 Creating and Listing BACKUP Journal Files

10.14 Restoring Files and Directories

10.14.1 Accessing Files in Deep Directory Structures

10.15 Backing Up User Disks

10.15.1 Preparing to Back Up User Disks

10.15.2 Performing Image Backups to Tape

10.15.3 Performing Image Backups to Disk

10.15.4 Performing Incremental Backups to Tape

10.15.5 Performing Incremental Backups to Disk

10.15.6 Backing Up Your Workstation Disk

10.15.6.1 Using a Command Procedure for Nightly Image Backups

10.15.6.2 Using a Command Procedure for Nightly Incremental Backups

10.15.6.3 Using an Interactive Command Procedure for Backups

10.15.7 Backing Up Volume Shadow Sets

10.15.7.1 Mounting a Disk in a Host-Based Shadow Set

10.15.7.2 Assisted Merging in Mixed-Architecture Clusters

10.16 Restoring User Disks

10.16.1 Restoring Image Backups

10.16.2 Restoring Incremental Backups

10.16.2.1 Restoring to Target Disk Structures

10.16.3 Restoring Volume Shadow Sets

10.17 Backing Up and Restoring the System Disk

10.17.1 Starting the Menu-Driven Procedure

10.17.1.1 How to Perform This Task

10.17.1.2 Example

10.17.2 Understanding Standalone BACKUP (VAX Only)

10.17.2.1 Building Standalone BACKUP on a Disk (VAX Only)

10.17.2.2 Booting Standalone BACKUP from a Disk (VAX Only)

10.17.2.3 Building Standalone BACKUP on a Tape Cartridge (VAX Only)

10.17.2.4 Booting Standalone BACKUP from a Tape Cartridge (VAX Only)

10.17.3 Backing Up the System Disk to Tape

10.17.4 Restoring the System Disk from Tape

10.17.5 Backing Up the System Disk to a Disk

10.17.6 Using InfoServer Tapes to Back Up and Restore System Disks

10.18 Ensuring Data Integrity

10.18.1 /CRC Qualifier

10.18.2 /GROUP_SIZE Qualifier

10.18.3 /IGNORE Qualifier

10.18.4 /LOG Qualifier

10.18.5 /VERIFY Qualifier

10.19 Troubleshooting

10.19.1 BACKUP Fatal Error Options

10.19.2 Tape Label Errors

11 Security Considerations

11.1 Understanding Security Management

11.2 Managing Passwords

11.2.1 Initial Passwords

11.2.2 System Passwords

11.2.3 Primary and Secondary Passwords

11.2.4 Enforcing Minimum Password Standards

11.2.5 Guidelines for Protecting Passwords

11.2.6 Password History

11.3 Using Intrusion Detection Mechanisms

11.4 Understanding Ways to Protect Objects

11.4.1 Interpreting a User Identification Code

11.4.2 Understanding Protection Codes

11.5 Creating Access Control Lists (ACLs)

11.5.1 Kinds of Entries in an ACL

11.5.2 Types of Identifiers

11.6 Assigning ACLs

11.7 Using the ACL Editor

11.7.1 Adding an Identifier ACE

11.7.2 Setting a Default Protection Code

11.7.3 Generating Security Alarms and Audits

11.8 Auditing Security-Relevant Events

11.8.1 Enabling Classes of Security Alarms

11.9 Analyzing Audit Log Files

12 Managing the Queue Manager and Queue Database

12.1 Understanding the Queue Manager

12.1.1 Queue Manager Failover

12.1.2 Multiple Queue Managers

12.2 Understanding the Queue Database

12.3 Specifying the Location of Queue Database Files

12.3.1 Master File

12.3.2 Queue and Journal Files

12.4 Starting the Queue Manager and Creating the Queue Database

12.5 Customizing Queue Manager Failover

12.6 Stopping the Queue Manager

12.7 Restarting the Queue Manager

12.8 Creating an Additional Queue Manager

12.9 Displaying Information About the Queue Manager

12.10 Saving the Queue Database

12.11 Restoring the Queue Database

12.12 Maximizing Queue System Performance

12.13 Solving Queue Manager Problems

12.13.1 Avoiding Common Problems: A Troubleshooting Checklist

12.13.2 If the Queue Manager Does Not Start

12.13.2.1 Investigating the Problem

12.13.3 If the Queuing System Stops or the Queue Manager Does Not Run on Certain Nodes

12.13.3.1 Investigating the Problem

12.13.3.2 Cause

12.13.3.3 Correcting the Problem

12.13.4 If the Queue Manager Becomes Unavailable

12.13.4.1 Correcting the Problem

12.13.5 If the Queuing System Does Not Work on a Certain VMScluster Node

12.13.5.1 Investigating the Problem

12.13.5.2 Cause

12.13.5.3 Correcting the Problem

12.13.6 If You See Inconsistent Queuing Behavior on Different VMScluster Nodes

12.13.6.1 Investigating the Problem

12.13.6.2 Cause

12.13.6.3 Correcting the Problem

12.14 Reporting a Queuing System Problem to Digital

13 Managing Batch and Print Queues

13.1 Managing Queues on Small Systems

13.2 Understanding the Queuing Process

13.3 Understanding Types of Queues

13.3.1 Batch Execution Queues

13.3.2 Output Execution Queues

13.3.3 Generic Batch Queues

13.3.4 Generic Output Queues

13.3.4.1 Logical Queues

13.4 Understanding the Autostart Feature

13.5 Designing Your Batch Queue Environment

13.5.1 Simple Batch Queue Configuration: For Limited Batch Needs

13.5.2 Specialized Batch Queues: Meeting Special Needs

13.5.3 Generic Batch Queues in a VMScluster: Distributing the Work Load

13.6 Designing Your Output Queue Environment

13.6.1 Simple Output Queue Configuration: For Limited Printing Needs

13.6.2 Mixed Printers: Specialized Output Execution Queues

13.6.3 PostScript Printing

13.6.4 LAT Printers: Sharing Printers Among Multiple Systems

13.6.5 Generic Output Queues: Distributing the Work Load

13.6.6 VMScluster Queues: Sharing Devices in a Cluster

13.6.7 Spooled Printers: Printing from Applications

13.6.8 Distributed Printing

13.7 Setting Up and Starting Queues

13.7.1 Setting Up Output Devices

13.7.2 Creating and Starting Queues

13.7.2.1 Autostart Execution Queues

13.7.2.2 Nonautostart Execution Queues

13.7.2.3 Generic Queues

13.7.3 Creating a Command Procedure to Restart Execution Queues on Reboot

13.8 Using Queue Options

13.8.1 Controlling Access to Queues

13.8.1.1 Understanding UIC-Based Queue Protection

13.8.1.2 Setting and Showing UIC-Based Queue Protection

13.8.1.3 Understanding ACL-Based Queue Protection

13.8.1.4 Setting and Showing ACL-Based Queue Protection

13.8.1.5 Understanding How Privileges Affect Queues

13.8.2 Understanding Job Retention Options

13.8.3 Understanding Queue Characteristics

13.8.4 Specifying Queue Characteristics Options

13.8.5 Specifying Batch-Processing Options

13.8.5.1 Base Process Priority

13.8.5.2 Job Limit

13.8.5.3 Working Set Default, Quota, and Extent

13.8.5.4 CPU Default and Maximum

13.8.5.5 Swapping

13.8.5.6 Setting Up Batch Queues on Memory-Constrained Systems

13.8.5.7 Optimizing Batch Queues for the Sort/Merge Utility

13.8.6 Specifying Job Scheduling Options

13.8.7 Understanding Banner Pages

13.8.7.1 Flag and Burst Pages

13.8.7.2 Trailer Pages

13.8.8 Specifying Banner Page Options

13.8.9 Understanding Forms

13.8.10 Specifying Forms Options

13.8.11 Specifying Options for Controlling Page and Line Overflow

13.8.11.1 Controlling Line Overflow with Forms

13.8.11.2 Controlling Page Overflow with the Form-Feed Character

13.8.12 Understanding Device Control Libraries

13.8.13 Specifying Device Control Library Options

13.8.14 Understanding the Order of Device Control Module Output

13.9 Maintaining the Queues

13.9.1 Managing Queues

13.9.1.1 Initializing Queues

13.9.1.2 Starting Nonautostart Queues

13.9.1.3 Enabling Autostart on a Node to Start Autostart Queues

13.9.1.4 Activating an Autostart Queue

13.9.1.5 Monitoring Queue Information

13.9.1.6 Modifying a Queue

13.9.1.7 Pausing a Queue

13.9.1.8 Closing a Queue

13.9.1.9 Stopping a Queue

13.9.1.10 Preventing Autostart Queues from Starting

13.9.1.11 Disabling Autostart on a Node

13.9.1.12 Stopping All Queues on a Node

13.9.1.13 Stopping Queues Before Shutting Down a System

13.9.1.14 Assigning a Logical Queue

13.9.1.15 Moving All Jobs from One Queue to Another

13.9.1.16 Deleting a Queue

13.9.2 Managing Characteristics

13.9.2.1 Defining Characteristics

13.9.2.2 Displaying Characteristics Defined on a System

13.9.2.3 Assigning Characteristics to a Queue

13.9.2.4 Displaying Characteristics Assigned to a Queue

13.9.2.5 Canceling Characteristics Assigned to a Queue

13.9.2.6 Deleting Characteristics

13.9.3 Managing Banner Pages

13.9.4 Managing Forms

13.9.4.1 Defining a Form

13.9.4.2 Displaying Forms Defined on a System

13.9.4.3 Changing the Systemwide Default Form

13.9.4.4 Assigning a Default Form for a Queue

13.9.4.5 Mounting a Form on a Queue

13.9.4.6 Displaying the Form Assigned to a Queue

13.9.4.7 Deleting a Form

13.9.5 Managing Device Control Libraries

13.9.5.1 Creating a Device Control Library and Inserting Modules

13.9.5.2 Assigning a Library to a Queue

13.9.5.3 Creating Forms for Setup and Page Setup Modules

13.9.5.4 Assigning a Reset Module to a Queue

13.9.6 Managing Jobs

13.9.6.1 Monitoring Jobs

13.9.6.2 Modifying Job Processing Options

13.9.6.3 Holding and Releasing a Job

13.9.6.4 Changing the Scheduling Priority of a Job

13.9.6.5 Requeuing an Executing Job

13.9.6.6 Requeuing a Pending Job

13.9.6.7 Retaining Jobs in a Queue

13.9.6.8 Deleting a Job

13.9.6.9 Pausing an Output Queue to Control Print Job Position and Alignment

13.9.6.9.1 Specifying the Position of Print

13.9.6.9.2 Aligning Print Forms

13.10 Solving Queue Problems

13.10.1 Determining the Cause of General Printer Problems

13.10.2 Making Pending Jobs Eligible for Scheduling

13.10.2.1 Fixing Print Jobs That Are Pending Due to Stock Mismatch

13.10.2.2 Fixing Jobs That Are Pending Because of Characteristics Mismatch

13.10.3 Fixing a Stalled Output Queue

13.10.4 Determining Why an Autostart Queue Will Not Start

13.10.5 Solving Problems Deleting a Queue, Form, or Characteristic

13.10.6 Adding or Deleting a Device Control Library Module

13.10.7 Fixing a Disabled Queue

13.10.8 Reporting Queue Problems to Digital

14 Managing System Parameters

14.1 Understanding System Parameters

14.1.1 Default, Current, and Active Values

14.1.2 Pages and Pagelets

14.2 Recommended Method for Changing Parameter Values

14.3 Converting Your Customized Parameter Settings for Use with AUTOGEN

14.4 Understanding the AUTOGEN Command Procedure

14.4.1 AUTOGEN Feedback

14.4.2 Feedback Report (AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT)

14.4.3 AUTOGEN Phases

14.4.4 AUTOGEN Parameter File (MODPARAMS.DAT)

14.5 Modifying System Parameters with AUTOGEN

14.5.1 Controlling AUTOGEN's Parameter Settings with MODPARAMS.DAT

14.5.1.1 Increasing a Value with the ADD_ Prefix

14.5.1.2 Specifying a Minimum Value with the MIN_ Prefix

14.5.1.3 Specifying a Maximum Value with the MAX_ Prefix

14.5.1.4 Specifying an Absolute Value

14.5.1.5 Defining the Number of VAXcluster Nodes (VAX Only)

14.5.1.6 Defining the Number of Ethernet Adapters (VAX Only)

14.5.1.7 Presetting Parameter Values Before Adding Memory (VAX Only)

14.5.1.8 Overriding Parameters Related to DECnet

14.5.2 Specifying a Minimum Required Age for Feedback (VAX Only)

14.5.3 Including an External Parameter File in MODPARAMS.DAT

14.6 Automating AUTOGEN Reports

14.6.1 Changing Parameter Values After Reviewing AUTOGEN Reports

14.7 Managing System Parameters with the System Management Utility (SYSMAN)

14.7.1 Understanding Parameter Values and SYSMAN

14.7.2 Showing Parameter Values with SYSMAN

14.7.3 Modifying a Parameter File with SYSMAN

14.7.4 Modifying Active Values with SYSMAN

14.8 Managing System Parameters with the System Generation Utility (SYSGEN)

14.8.1 Understanding Parameter Values and SYSGEN

14.8.2 Showing Parameter Values with SYSGEN

14.8.3 Modifying the System Parameter File with SYSGEN

14.8.4 Modifying Active Values with SYSGEN

14.8.5 Creating a New Parameter File with SYSGEN

14.9 Modifying System Parameters with a Conversational Boot

15 Managing System Page, Swap, and Dump Files

15.1 Understanding the System Dump File

15.2 Understanding Page and Swap Files

15.3 Displaying Information About Page and Swap Files

15.4 Manually Calculating Appropriate Sizes for Dump, Page, and Swap Files

15.4.1 Calculating System Dump File Size

15.4.2 Calculating Page File Size

15.4.3 Calculating Swap File Size

15.5 Minimizing Dump File Size When Disk Space Is Insufficient

15.6 Using SDA to Analyze the Contents of a Crash Dump

15.7 Using SDA CLUE Commands to Analyze Crash Dump Files (Alpha Only)

15.7.1 Understanding CLUE (Alpha Only)

15.7.2 Displaying Data Using SDA CLUE Commands (Alpha Only)

15.8 Using CLUE to Obtain Historical Information About Crash Dumps (VAX Only)

15.8.1 Understanding CLUE (VAX Only)

15.8.2 Displaying Data Using CLUE (VAX Only)

15.9 Copying Dump Files to Tape or Disk

15.10 Dump File Off the System Disk (VAX Systems Only)

15.10.1 Requirements

15.11 Saving the Contents of the System Dump File After a System Failure

15.12 Freeing Dump Information from the Page File

15.13 Creating Page and Swap Files

15.13.1 Using AUTOGEN (Recommended Method)

15.13.2 Using SYSGEN

15.14 Installing Page and Swap Files

15.14.1 Installing Interactively

15.14.2 Installing in SYPAGSWPFILES.COM

15.15 Removing Page, Swap, and Dump Files

15.16 Changing Page, Swap, and Dump File Sizes

15.16.1 Using AUTOGEN (Recommended Method)

15.16.1.1 Controlling the Size of Page, Swap, and Dump Files in MODPARAMS.DAT

15.16.2 Using SWAPFILES.COM

15.16.3 Using SYSGEN

16 Performance Considerations

16.1 Understanding Performance Management

16.2 Knowing Your Work Load

16.3 Choosing a Workload Management Strategy

16.4 Distributing the Work Load

16.5 Understanding System Tuning

16.6 Predicting When Tuning Is Required

16.7 Evaluating Tuning Success

16.8 Choosing Performance Options

16.9 Using INSTALL to Install Known Images

16.9.1 Understanding Images and Known Images

16.9.2 Understanding Known File Lists

16.9.3 Understanding Attributes You Can Assign to Known Images

16.9.4 Installing Images to Conserve Memory

16.9.5 Installing Images to Improve Image Performance

16.9.6 Installing Resident Images to Improve Performance (Alpha Only)

16.9.7 Installing Images to Enhance Privileges of Images

16.9.7.1 Privileged Executable Images

16.9.7.2 Privileged Shareable Images

16.9.8 Installing Images to Allow Execution of Images Without Read Access

16.9.9 Determining Which Images to Install

16.9.10 Specifying File Names in INSTALL

16.9.11 Installing Images with INSTALL

16.9.12 Displaying Known Images with INSTALL

16.9.13 Defining Logical Names for Shareable Image Files

16.9.14 Removing Known Images

17 Testing the System with UETP

17.1 Overview

17.1.1 Understanding UETP

17.1.2 Summary of How to Use UETP

17.2 Preparing to Use UETP

17.2.1 Logging In

17.2.2 Using the SYSTEST Directories

17.3 Setting Up the Devices to Be Tested

17.3.1 Check Your Devices

17.3.2 System Disk Space Required

17.3.3 How UETP Works on Disks

17.3.4 Prepare Disk Drives

17.3.5 Magnetic Tape Drives

17.3.6 Tape Cartridge Drives

17.3.7 Compact Disc Drives

17.3.8 Optical Disk Drives

17.3.9 Terminals and Line Printers

17.3.10 Ethernet Adapters

17.3.11 DR11-W Data Interface (VAX Only)

17.3.12 DRV11-WA Data Interface (VAX Only)

17.3.13 DR750 or DR780 (DR32 Interface) (VAX Only)

17.3.14 Second LPA11-K Device

17.3.15 Devices That Are Not Tested

17.3.16 VMScluster Testing

17.3.17 Testing a Small-Disk System

17.3.18 DECnet for OpenVMS Phase

17.3.19 Vector Processors and the VVIEF (VAX Only)

17.4 Starting UETP

17.4.1 Running a Subset of Phases

17.4.2 Single Run Versus Multiple Passes

17.4.3 Defining User Load for Load Test

17.4.4 Report Formats

17.4.4.1 Long Report Format

17.4.4.2 Short Report Format

17.5 Stopping a UETP Operation

17.5.1 Using Ctrl/Y

17.5.2 Using DCL Commands

17.5.3 Using Ctrl/C

17.6 Troubleshooting: An Overview

17.6.1 Error Logging and Diagnostics

17.6.2 Interpreting UETP Output

17.6.3 Displaying Information on Your Screen

17.6.4 Example Screen Display (VAX Only)

17.6.5 Example Screen Display (Alpha Only)

17.6.6 Defining a Remote Node for UETP Ethernet Testing

17.6.7 Log Files

17.7 Troubleshooting: Possible UETP Errors

17.7.1 Summary of Common Failures

17.7.2 Wrong Quotas, Privileges, or Account

17.7.3 UETINIT01 Failure

17.7.4 UETVECTOR Failure (VAX Only)

17.7.5 Device Allocated or in Use by Another Application

17.7.6 Insufficient Disk Space

17.7.7 Incorrect Setup of a VMScluster System

17.7.8 Problems During the Load Test

17.7.9 DECnet for OpenVMS Error

17.7.10 Errors Logged but Not Displayed

17.7.11 No PCB or Swap Slots

17.7.12 No Keyboard Response or System Disk Activity

17.7.13 Lack of Default Access for the FAL Object

17.7.14 Bugchecks and Machine Checks

17.8 UETP Tests and Phases

17.8.1 Initialization Phase

17.8.2 Device Test Phase

17.8.2.1 How the Device Phase Works

17.8.2.2 Running a Single Device Test

17.8.2.3 Format of UETINIDEV.DAT

17.8.2.4 Running a Test in Loop Mode

17.8.2.5 Functions of Individual Device Tests

17.8.3 System Load Test Phase

17.8.4 DECnet for OpenVMS Test Phase

17.8.4.1 Environment

17.8.4.2 How the DECnet Phase Works

17.8.5 Cluster-Integration Test Phase

18 Getting Information About the System

18.1 Understanding System Log Files

18.2 Understanding Error Logging

18.3 Using the Error Formatter (ERRFMT)

18.3.1 Restarting the ERRFMT Process

18.3.2 Maintaining Error Log Files

18.3.3 Using ERRFMT to Send Mail

18.3.3.1 Enabling and Disabling ERRFMT to Send Mail

18.3.3.2 Sending Mail to Another User

18.4 Using the Error Log Utility (ERROR LOG)

18.4.1 Understanding the Error Log Utility (ERROR LOG)

18.4.2 Producing Error Log Reports

18.4.3 Producing a Full Error Log Report

18.4.4 Using Other Error Log Report Options

18.5 Using the DECevent Event Management Utility (DECevent) (Alpha Only)

18.5.1 Understanding DECevent (Alpha Only)

18.5.2 Invoking and Exiting DECevent (Alpha Only)

18.5.3 Using DECevent Qualifiers (Alpha Only)

18.5.4 Using Additional DECevent Commands (Alpha Only)

18.5.5 Producing DECevent Reports (Alpha Only)

18.5.5.1 Producing a Full Report (Alpha Only)

18.5.5.2 Producing a Brief Report (Alpha Only)

18.5.5.3 Producing a Terse Report (Alpha Only)

18.5.5.4 Producing a Summary Report (Alpha Only)

18.5.5.5 Producing a Fast Error (FSTERR) Report (Alpha Only)

18.5.6 DECevent Restrictions

18.6 Setting Up, Maintaining, and Printing the Operator Log File

18.6.1 Understanding the Operator Log File

18.6.2 Understanding OPCOM Messages

18.6.2.1 Initialization Messages

18.6.2.2 Device Status Messages

18.6.2.3 Terminal Enable and Disable Messages

18.6.2.4 User Request and Operator Reply Messages

18.6.2.5 Volume Mount and Dismount Messages

18.6.2.6 System Parameter Messages

18.6.2.7 Security Alarm Messages

18.6.2.8 Contents of an Operator Log File

18.6.3 Setting Up the Operator Log File

18.6.3.1 Creating a New Version of the Operator Log File

18.6.3.2 Specifying Logical Names

18.6.4 Maintaining the Operator Log File

18.6.5 Printing the Operator Log File

18.7 Using Security Auditing

18.7.1 Understanding Security Auditing

18.7.1.1 Security Audit Log File

18.7.1.2 Audit Log Files in Mixed-Version Clusters

18.7.2 Displaying Security Auditing Information

18.7.3 Delaying Startup of Auditing

18.7.4 Enabling Security Auditing for Additional Classes

18.7.5 Disabling Security Auditing

18.7.6 Enabling a Terminal to Receive Alarm Messages

18.7.7 Generating Security Reports

18.7.8 Creating a New Version of the Security Audit Log File

18.7.8.1 Creating a New Clusterwide Version of the Log File

18.7.8.2 Creating a New Node-Specific Version of the Log File

18.8 Monitoring Operating System Performance

18.8.1 Understanding the Monitor Utility (MONITOR)

18.8.1.1 MONITOR Classes

18.8.1.2 Display Data

18.8.1.3 Output Types

18.8.2 Invoking the Monitor Utility

18.8.3 Using Live Display Monitoring

18.8.4 Using Live Recording Monitoring

18.8.5 Using Concurrent Display and Recording Monitoring

18.8.6 Using Playback Monitoring

18.8.7 Using Remote Playback Monitoring

18.8.8 Rerecording Monitoring

18.8.9 Running MONITOR Continuously

18.8.9.1 Using the MONITOR.COM Procedure

18.8.9.2 Using the SUBMON.COM Procedure

18.8.9.3 Using the MONSUM.COM Procedure

18.8.10 Remote Monitoring in a Mixed-Version VMScluster System

19 Tracking Resource Use

19.1 Understanding Accounting Files

19.2 Determining Which Resources Are Being Tracked

19.3 Controlling Which Resources Are Tracked

19.4 Starting Up a New Accounting File

19.5 Moving the Accounting File

19.6 Producing Reports of Resource Use

19.7 Setting Up Accounting Groups

19.8 Monitoring Disk Space

20 VMScluster Considerations

20.1 Understanding VMScluster Systems

20.1.1 Setting Up a VMScluster Environment

20.1.2 Clusterwide System Management

20.2 Using DECamds to Analyze Data

20.3 Using the Show Cluster Utility (SHOW CLUSTER)

20.3.1 Understanding the Show Cluster Utility

20.3.2 Beginning to Use SHOW CLUSTER Commands

20.3.2.1 Viewing Information That Is Off the Screen

20.3.2.2 Exiting from a Continuous Display

20.3.2.3 Using SHOW CLUSTER Qualifiers

20.3.3 Adding Information to a Report

20.3.4 Controlling the Display of Data

20.3.4.1 Entering Commands to Display Data

20.3.4.2 Removing Broadcast Messages

20.3.4.3 Refreshing the Screen

20.3.5 Formatting the Display of Data

20.3.5.1 Removing Information from a Report

20.3.5.2 Modifying Field and Screen Size

20.3.5.3 Moving a Report

20.3.5.4 Scrolling a Report

20.3.6 Creating a Startup Initialization File

20.3.7 Using Command Procedures Containing SHOW CLUSTER Commands

20.4 Understanding SYSMAN and VMScluster Management

20.5 Using SYSMAN to Manage Security and System Time

20.5.1 Modifying the Group Number and Password

20.5.2 Modifying the System Time

20.5.2.1 Resetting System Time After January 1

20.6 Using the SYSMAN DO Command to Manage a VMScluster

21 Network Considerations

21.1 Assigning Node Names

21.1.1 Syntax for Full Names

21.1.2 Considerations for Assigning Full Names

21.1.3 Setting Up a Node Name Strategy

21.2 Understanding DECnet for OpenVMS Networks

21.2.1 How an OpenVMS System Can Be Part of a Network

21.2.2 How Nodes Are Connected to the Network

21.2.3 Connecting Multiple Nodes to a SCSI Bus

21.2.4 Understanding the Configuration Database

21.2.5 How Your System Becomes a Node in the Network

21.3 Preparations for Joining a Network

21.4 Providing Security for Your Node

21.5 OpenVMS Support for TCP/IP Networking

21.5.1 Remote Terminal Service

21.5.2 Remote File Access

21.5.3 Remote Directory Listings

21.6 Managing a Network Node

21.6.1 Providing Host Services

21.6.2 Monitoring the Network

21.6.2.1 Using NCP Display Commands

21.6.2.2 NCP Counters

21.6.2.3 Using DECnet Event Logging

21.6.2.4 Using Other Software Tools

21.6.3 Testing the Network

21.6.4 Shutting Down and Restarting the Network

22 Managing the Local Area Network (LAN) Software

22.1 Understanding Local Area Networks

22.1.1 LAN Characteristics

22.1.1.1 Ethernet LANs

22.1.1.2 FDDI LANs

22.1.1.3 Token Ring LANs

22.1.2 LAN Addresses

22.2 Managing Local Area Networks

22.3 Understanding the LANACP LAN Server Process

22.3.1 Running the LANACP LAN Server Process

22.3.2 Stopping the LANACP LAN Server Process

22.4 Understanding the LANCP Utility

22.4.1 Invoking and Exiting LANCP

22.4.2 LANCP Commands

22.4.3 LANCP Miscellaneous Functions

22.5 Managing LAN Devices

22.5.1 Displaying System Devices

22.5.2 Displaying Device Parameters

22.5.3 Setting Device Parameters

22.5.4 Updating Device Firmware

22.6 Managing the LAN Device Databases

22.6.1 Displaying Devices in the LAN Device Databases

22.6.2 Entering Devices into the LAN Device Databases

22.6.3 Deleting Devices from the LAN Device Databases

22.7 Managing the LAN Node Databases

22.7.1 Displaying Nodes in the LAN Node Databases

22.7.2 Entering Nodes into the LAN Node Databases

22.7.3 Deleting Nodes from the LAN Node Databases

22.8 Understanding LAN MOP

22.8.1 Coexistence with DECnet MOP

22.8.2 Migrating from DECnet MOP to LAN MOP

22.8.3 Using CLUSTER_CONFIG_LAN.COM and LAN MOP

22.8.4 Sample Satellite Load

22.8.5 Cross-Architecture Booting

22.9 Managing the LAN MOP Downline Load Service

22.9.1 Enabling MOP Downline Load Service

22.9.2 Disabling MOP Downline Load Service

22.9.3 Displaying the Status and Counters Data

22.9.4 Displaying the Status and Counters Data for Individual Nodes

22.9.5 Clearing the Counters Data

22.9.6 OPCOM Messages

22.9.7 Load Trace Facility

22.9.8 MOP Console Carrier

22.9.9 MOP Trigger Boot

23 Managing InfoServer Systems

23.1 Understanding InfoServer Functions

23.1.1 Automatic Service Policies for Multiple Servers

23.1.2 High-Availability Feature to Reduce Service Interruptions

23.1.3 Support for X Terminal Clients

23.2 Understanding LASTport Protocols

23.2.1 LASTport Transport Protocol

23.2.2 LASTport/Disk Protocol

23.2.3 LASTport/Tape Protocol

23.3 Establishing a Server Management Session

23.3.1 Server Management Commands

23.4 Understanding InfoServer Client for OpenVMS Functions

23.5 Understanding LASTCP Utility Functions

23.5.1 Invoking and Exiting the LASTCP Utility

23.5.2 LASTCP Command Summary

23.5.3 Starting InfoServer Client for OpenVMS Software Automatically

23.5.4 Startup Restrictions: PATHWORKS and RSM

23.5.5 Startup Restrictions: SYSMAN

23.5.6 User Account Requirements

23.5.7 System Parameter MAXBUF Requirement

23.6 Understanding LADCP Utility Functions

23.6.1 Invoking and Exiting the LADCP Utility

23.6.2 LADCP Command Summary

23.6.3 Making InfoServer Devices Available Automatically

24 Managing the LAT Software

24.1 Understanding the LAT Protocol

24.1.1 How the LAT Protocol Works

24.1.2 Advantages of the LAT Protocol

24.2 Understanding the LAT Network

24.2.1 Service Nodes

24.2.1.1 Types of Services

24.2.1.2 Service Announcements

24.2.1.3 Print Requests

24.2.2 Terminal Server Nodes

24.2.2.1 Locating Service Nodes

24.2.2.2 Setting Up Connections

24.2.2.3 Servicing Nodes

24.2.3 Nodes Allowing Outgoing Connections

24.2.4 Sample LAT Configuration

24.2.5 LAT Relationship to VMSclusters and DECnet

24.2.5.1 LAT and DECnet Running on the Same Controller

24.2.5.2 LAT and DECnet Running on Different Controllers

24.3 Understanding the LATCP Utility

24.3.1 Invoking and Exiting LATCP

24.3.2 LATCP Commands

24.4 Starting Up the LAT Protocol

24.5 Customizing LAT Characteristics

24.5.1 Creating Additional Services

24.5.2 Setting Up Ports

24.5.2.1 Setting Up Printers

24.5.2.2 Setting Up Special Application Services

24.5.2.3 Setting Up Limited Services

24.5.3 Queuing Incoming Requests

24.5.4 Enabling Outgoing LAT Connections

24.5.5 Sample Edited LAT$SYSTARTUP.COM Procedure

24.6 Managing the LATACP Database Size

25 Managing DECdtm Services

25.1 Understanding Transaction Logs

25.2 Planning Transaction Logs

25.2.1 Deciding the Size of a Transaction Log

25.2.2 Deciding the Location of a Transaction Log

25.3 Creating Transaction Logs

25.4 Monitoring Transaction Performance

25.5 Checking Whether a Transaction Log Is Too Small

25.6 Changing the Size of a Transaction Log

25.7 Moving a Transaction Log

25.8 Dismounting a Disk

25.9 Adding a Node

25.10 Removing a Node

25.11 Disabling DECdtm Services

25.12 Enabling DECdtm Services

25.13 Using DECdtm Services in a DECnet/OSI Network

25.13.1 Understanding the Configuration of a Transaction Group

25.13.2 Determining SCSNODE Name Uniqueness

26 Managing Special Processing Environments

26.1 Understanding Multiprocessing

26.1.1 Primary and Secondary Processors

26.1.2 Available and Active Sets

26.1.3 Processor Capabilities

26.2 Managing Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) Environments

26.2.1 Creating a Multiprocessing Environment

26.2.2 Monitoring a Multiprocessing Environment

26.3 Understanding Vector Processing

26.3.1 VAX Support for Vector Processing (VAX Only)

26.3.2 VAX Vector Instruction Emulation Facility (VVIEF) (VAX Only)

26.4 Managing the Vector Processing Environment (VAX Only)

26.4.1 Loading the Vector Processing Support Code (VAX Only)

26.4.2 Configuring a Vector Processing System (VAX Only)

26.4.3 Managing Vector Processes (VAX Only)

26.4.3.1 Adjusting System Resources and Process Quotas (VAX Only)

26.4.3.2 Distributing Scalar and Vector Resources Among Processes (VAX Only)

26.4.4 Restricting Access to the Vector Processor by Using ACLs (VAX Only)

26.4.5 Obtaining Information About a Vector Processing System (VAX Only)

26.4.5.1 DCL Lexical Functions F$GETJPI and F$GETSYI (VAX Only)

26.4.5.2 SHOW CPU/FULL Command (VAX Only)

26.4.5.3 SHOW PROCESS and LOGOUT/FULL Commands (VAX Only)

26.4.6 Loading the VAX Vector Instruction Emulation Facility (VVIEF) (VAX Only)

A Files-11 Disk Structure

A.1 Disk Concepts

A.1.1 Logical Organization of a Disk

A.1.2 Physical Organization of a Disk

A.2 Files-11 Structure

A.2.1 File Identification (FID)

A.2.2 ODS Directory Hierarchies

A.3 Reserved Files

A.3.1 Index File, INDEXF.SYS

A.3.1.1 Boot Block

A.3.1.2 Home Block

A.3.1.3 File Headers

A.3.2 Storage Bit Map File, BITMAP.SYS

A.3.3 Bad Block File, BADBLK.SYS

A.3.4 Master File Directory

A.3.5 Core Image File, CORIMG.SYS

A.3.6 Volume Set List File, VOLSET.SYS

A.3.7 Continuation File, CONTIN.SYS

A.3.8 Backup Log File, BACKUP.SYS

A.3.9 Pending Bad Block Log File, BADLOG.SYS

A.3.10 Quota File, QUOTA.SYS

A.3.11 Volume Security Profile, SECURITY.SYS

A.4 Files-11 ODS Level 1 Versus Level 2 (VAX Only)

B Tables of Time Differential Factors (TDFs)

Glossary

access control list (ACL) . . . autostart feature

autostart queue . . . boot block

booting . . . configuration database

connection manager . . . density

device . . . Error Log Report Formatter (ERF)

Ethernet . . . file

file banner page . . . group volume

header labels . . . incremental backup

incremental restore . . . LASTport protocol

LAT protocol . . . local node

logical block . . . mandatory update

mass storage control protocol (MSCP) server . . . object

OPCOM messages . . . PAK

partition . . . printer queue

priority . . . queue database

queue manager . . . scalar

secondary bootstrap image . . . shared image

shared resource . . . SYSGEN parameters

system area . . . target disk

terminal queue . . . upgrade procedure

user authorization file (UAF) . . . vector consumer

vector-present processor . . . write lock