Street Smart OpenVMS Immersion

This course presents the system engineer who is new to OpenVMS with the core information and essential skills needed to both configure and examine the system, including both the software and hardware configuration.

 

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Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:

  • Use programming concepts and methodology
  • Design and implement command procedures
  • Control the process environment from within the command procedure
  • Interact with the user and other command procedures
  • Control and redirect I/O
  • Work with sequential files
  • Work with lexical functions
 

  • Prerequisites

    Basic knowledge of computer use and terms. Familiarity with another OS would be helpful.

Curriculum

Course Outline

Logging In
  • Logging in to an OpenVMS system
  • Logging out of an OpenVMS system
Process Concepts
  • Process types
  • Memory sharing among processes
  • Memory management components of OpenVMS
  • Managing processes
DCL Commands
  • DCL syntax
  • Getting help
  • Interpreting error messages
  • Recalling commands
  • Command line editing
  • Control keys
Directory Files
  • File specifications
  • Using wildcards
  • Directory structure
  • Managing the default directory
  • Creating and managing directories
  • Locating files
  • Protecting files and directories
Logical Names
  • Understanding and managing logical names
  • Logical name tables and overruling logical names
  • Process-permanent logical names
File Manipulations
  • Creating and deleting files
  • Displaying file contents
  • Appending files
  • Copying files
  • Renaming and moving files
  • File version management
  • Sorting and merging files
  • Searching files
  • Viewing differences between files
Editing
  • OpenVMS text editors
  • Working with EVE: basic functions, keys, windows, buffers, session recovery
  • EVE initialization files
Symbols
  • Managing symbols
  • Symbol scope
  • Symbols as command synonyms
Command Procedures
  • Using personal login command procedures
  • DCL programming rules and conventions
  • Passing parameters
  • Statements
  • Labels
Volume Management
  • Understanding volumes and using $ SHOW DEVICES to get volume information
  • Initializing volumes
  • Mounting and dismounting volumes
  • File protection and use of identifiers to control access
  • Disk fragmentation
  • Volume shadowing
Installing the System
  • OpenVMS system requirements
  • Installing OpenVMS
Licensing
  • VSI and HPE licensing schemes
  • Using the License Management Utility and VMSLICENSE.COM
Layered Products
  • VMSINSTAL
  • PCSI
  • ECO kits
  • System parameters and DCL command tables
Network Management
  • TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS: configuration, starting and stopping the products and services
  • Configuring the network database
  • Adding proxies
Startup and Shutdown
  • Normal startup and shutdown, startup and shutdown command procedures
  • Emergency shutdown and crashing the system
  • Console operations for booting
  • Conversational boot
Backup and Tape Management
  • Backup types and strategies
  • Managing tape volumes
  • Physical, file, and image backup and restore
  • Backing up a shadow set
  • Using the Backup Manager
  • Save set management
  • Setting process quotas for backups
  • Using command procedures for backup automation
OpenVMS Utilities
  • AUTHORIZE
  • SYSGEN
  • AUTOGEN
  • SYSMAN
  • SHOW CLUSTER
  • Intrusion record management
  • System error log file