Course Code: 904
Length: 5 days

This course is designed to provide introductory training for the system manager of an established VAX or Alpha computer or OpenVMS Cluster system running the OpenVMS operating system. This system may be part of a larger network or cluster.

This course features:

• Understanding how the system interacts with other systems in a OpenVMS Cluster networked environment.
• Gaining a context for optimally managing OpenVMS in a distributed environment, including SCSI clusters
• Developing command procedures to automate day-to-day system management operations.
• Optimizing OpenVMS management by eliminating manual repetition of day-to-day tasks.
• Providing for general system and data security by managing user accounts, resource access, and performing backup and restoration of files.
• Protecting user data and allow user access to site specific required levels.
• Extending Cluster Wide Process Services capability to allow process creations on remote nodes in a OpenVMS Cluster environment.
• Managing the operation of local and cluster-wide batch and print queues.
• Meeting site requirements for batch and printer utilization.

Who Should Attend
Technical support staff with little or no experience in managing OpenVMS systems that may be part of larger networks and/or OpenVMS Clusters.

Prerequisites
Before taking this course, students should be able to:

• Log in and out of an OpenVMS system
• Use DCL to issue commands
• Create a file using an editor, such as EDT or EVE
• Use commands to look at, copy and manipulate files
• Understand the use of UIC protection codes to secure files and data
• Create and navigate directory structures

Benefits of Attending this Class
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify various OpenVMS Configurations
• Describe the characteristics of an OpenVMS Cluster System
• Describe the characteristics of a network and list basic network management tasks
• Describe OpenVMS software concepts
• Access local and global symbol tables
• Use symbols in command lines
• Use terminal I/O to communicate with the user
• Use symbols as variables and parameters
• Control the flow of execution in a command procedure
• Redirect input and output to a file
• Obtain and manipulate information with commonly used lexical functions
• Write command procedures that perform file I/O
• Detect and handle errors and Ctrl/Y interrupts
• Use the Authorize Utility
• Use the SHOW and LIST commands of the Authorize utility to list user accounts
• Add a user to the system
• Remove a user from the system
• Manage and monitor user processes
• Manage the use of disk space
• Identify the different types of queues
• Monitor queues and job status
• Stop a queue
• Start queues
• Change the characteristics of a queue
• Manage jobs in a queue
• Define backup terms, list things to be considered when planning backups, and construct a BACKUP command
• Make backups of a disk to tape
• Use command procedures for backups
• Restore files from backup copies
• Use the BACKUP command to list the contents of a save set
• Shut down an OpenVMS System
• Start an OpenVMS system from the default system device
• Boot satellite nodes from a boot server

Course Contents

• UNDERSTANDING THE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT
• DEVELOPING COMMAND PROCEDURES
• MANAGING SYSTEM USERS
• MAINTAINING QUEUES
• PERFORMING BACKUPS AND RESTORES
• SHUTTING DOWN AND STARTING UP AN OPENVMS SYSTEM