Who Should Attend
OpenVMS System Programmers

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

• Log in and out of an OpenVMS system
• Set up terminal characteristics
• Issue DCL commands
• Create and edit text files
• Send messages to other system users
• Write a simple command procedure
• Complete OpenVMS Alpha Programming Features I

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

• Issue a fundamental $QIO
• Create and process files using RMS
• Create a shareable image
• Create and map a global section
• Use architectural synchronization mechanisms

  Course Contents

• I/O SUBSYSTEM
  
  • Performing Low Level I/O
  • Record Management Services
  • Terminal I/O
  • Fast I/O
  • I/O Information

• MEMORY MANAGEMENT SUBSYSTEM
  
  • Memory Management Concepts
  • Working Sets
  • The Create And Map Section System Service
  • (SYS$CRMPSC/SYS$CRETVA)
  • Global Sections
  • (SYS$CREATE_GFILE_/SYS$CRMPSC/SYS$MGBLSC/SYS$UPDSEC)
  • Shareable Images
  • Resident Images
  • 64-Bit System Services
  • Galaxy-wide Shared Memory Sections

   

• EXCEPTION HANDLING

• ARCHITECTURAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ALPHA CODE
  
  • Atomicity Of Data (Load/Lock/Store)
  • Alignment And Unintentionally Shared Data
  • Memory Barriers