Course Description:

Participants will learn the commands and assorted utilities needed to interface with the OpenVMS operating system. This course stresses the functions that a typical user will perform and is structured with step by step examples. The course length is five days and incorporates our Lab+Lecture format.

Target Audience:

General Users, Programmers and System Managers

Course Topics:

• EVE editor
• OpenVMS file management
• Program creation steps
• Communications utilities
• OpenVMS directory structures
• DCL command procedures
• Logical names and symbols
• OpenVMS protection mechanisms
• Use of batch and print queues
• System messages and HELP Utility
• DCL commands and command syntax
• Understanding the OpenVMS user environment

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the participants will attain the skills necessary to perform the following tasks:

• Execute OpenVMS DCL commands and interpret any resultant system error messages
• Create and edit OpenVMS files with the EVE editor
• Communicate via the PHONE and MAIL utilities
• Manage OpenVMS files and directories
• Design DCL command procedures to control the user environment or batch/print jobs

Prerequisites:

None. However, prior experience using other computer systems is helpful to understanding all of the material presented in this course.