OpenVMS System Manager's Manual

• Satellites
  • booting
  • cross-architecture booting
  • LAN MOP and DECnet MOP downline load service
  • migrating to LAN MOP downline load service
• SATELLITE_PAGE.COM command procedure #1
• SATELLITE_PAGE.COM command procedure #2
  • execution of during system startup
• Save sets #1
• Save sets #2
  • Files--11 disk
  • Get Save Set
    • VMSINSTAL.COM option
  • listing the contents of
  • magnetic tape #1
  • magnetic tape #2
  • multivolume
  • name
  • network
  • on multiple tapes
  • product
    • storing temporarily during installation
  • sequential disk
  • types
• SAVEDUMP system parameter #1
• SAVEDUMP system parameter #2
• SAVEDUMP system parameter #3
• Saving the queue database
• Scalars
  • definition
• SCBs (storage control blocks)
  • in storage bit map file
• Scheduling #1
• Scheduling #2
  • batch jobs
  • print jobs #1
  • print jobs #2
  • See also Priority, job scheduling
• SCROLL command
• SCROLL keypad function
• SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface)
• SCSNODE system parameter
  • in DECnet-Plus networks
• SDA CLUE commands
  • analyzing the system dump file
  • saving contents of system dump file
  • using to archive dump file information
  • using to collect dump file information
• SDA (System Dump Analyzer utility)
  • See System Dump Analyzer utility
• Search lists
  • priority of installed images
• Search path of Help Message database files
• Secondary Bootstrap image
  • role in boot process
• SECONDARY day
  • defining for accounts
• Secondary page and swap files
  • See Page files
  • See Swap files
• Secondary processors
• Sections
  • global
  • pages
• Sectors
  • Files--11
    • definition
• Security
  • alarms
    • enabling
  • enabling operator terminals
  • messages in operator log file
  • network
    • providing for
  • OPCOM alarm messages
  • OpenVMS Cluster
  • password management
  • protected subsystems
  • protecting public disk volumes
  • protecting queues
  • protecting the system dump file
  • risk of compromise by installing images with privileges
  • specifying alarm events
• Security audit log files
  • definition
  • reviewing
• Security auditing #1
• Security auditing #2
  • archive file for each node in a cluster
  • defining log file in system startup
  • description
  • disabling events
  • displaying using SHOW AUDIT command
  • enabling operator terminal
• Security management
  • in SYSMAN on remote nodes
  • protecting queues
• Security operator terminals
• Security Server process
  • intrusion database
  • network proxy database
• Security server (SECURITY_SERVER)
  • starting
• SECURITY_AUDIT.AUDIT$JOURNAL file
  • moving to reduce system disk I/O
• SELECT command
  • in SHOW CLUSTER
• Selective system dump
  • order information is written in
  • using to reduce size
• Sequential-disk save set
• Server queue status
• Server queues
• Services
  • bindings
  • nodes
  • password protection
  • write protection
• Sessions
  • maintaining on more than one terminal
  • maintaining when disconnecting a terminal
• SET ACCOUNTING command
  • controlling which resources are tracked
  • starting up a new accounting file
• SET ACL command
  • modifying disk file characteristics
  • modifying file characteristics
• SET AUDIT command
  • creating new version of security audit log file
    • on local node only
  • enabling security alarms
  • enabling security auditing
• SET command
  • in conversational boot
• SET DEVICE command
  • spooling printers
• SET DIRECTORY command
  • changing directory characteristics
  • limiting disk space consumed
  • modifying disk file characteristics
• SET ENTRY command
  • changing forms
  • changing scheduling priority
  • holding jobs #1
  • holding jobs #2
  • releasing jobs
  • requeuing pending jobs
  • specifying job retention
• SET ENVIRONMENT command
• SET (Field) command
  • SHOW CLUSTER
• SET FILE command
  • example
  • modifying disk file characteristics
  • using to assign an alias
  • using to modify file characteristics
• SET FUNCTION command
  • in SHOW CLUSTER
• SET HOST/LAT command
• SET LOGINS command
• SET MAGTAPE command #1
• SET MAGTAPE command #2
• SET PRINTER command #1
• SET PRINTER command #2
  • in system startup
• SET PROFILE command
  • in SYSMAN
• SET QUEUE command
  • assigning a default form
  • assigning characteristics #1
  • assigning characteristics #2
  • assigning characteristics #3
  • canceling characteristics
  • controlling page overflow
  • mounting a form
  • setting UIC-based protection on queues
  • specifying banner pages
  • specifying job processing options
  • specifying queue options with
  • specifying reset modules
• SET QUORUM command
  • avoiding use of /CLUSTER with SYSMAN DO command
• SET SECURITY command
  • for queues
  • modifying file characteristics #1
  • modifying file characteristics #2
• SET SECURITY/PROTECTION command
  • changing directory protection
  • setting default protection
• SET/STARTUP command
  • in conversational boot
• SET TERMINAL command #1
• SET TERMINAL command #2
  • despooling a printer
  • determining characteristics of a LAT line
  • enabling virtual terminals
  • in system startup #1
  • in system startup #2
  • in system startup #3
  • setting printer characteristics
• SET TIMEOUT command
• SET VOLUME command
  • changing protection code
  • disabling high-water marking
  • encoding labels on volumes
  • modifying disk volume characteristics
  • modifying file characteristics
  • performing data checks
  • specifying file retention periods
• SETPARAMS.DAT file
• Setting up printers #1
• Setting up printers #2
• Setting up terminals
• Setup module
  • See also Device control modules
  • specifying in forms
• Shadow sets
  • backing up
  • mounting disks
  • restoring
• Shareable images #1
• Shareable images #2
• Shareable images #3
  • assigning logical names for
• Shareable linkage sections
• Sheet-fed paper
  • specifying in forms
• Short report format
  • See Console report during UETP
• SHOW ACCOUNTING command
• SHOW AUDIT command
  • to display event classes being audited
• Show Cluster utility (SHOW CLUSTER)
  • controlling displays
  • defining keypad keys
  • reports
    • controlling displays
    • formatting #1
    • formatting #2
    • formatting #3
    • initialization file
  • using
• SHOW command
  • in conversational boot
  • in SYSGEN
  • specifying languages #1
  • specifying languages #2
  • time and date formats
• SHOW CPU command #1
• SHOW CPU command #2
• SHOW CPU command #3
• SHOW DEVICES command #1
• SHOW DEVICES command #2
• SHOW DEVICES command #3
  • checking mounted volumes
  • determining the status of files #1
  • determining the status of files #2
  • examples
  • for ISO-9660 formatted devices
  • volume rebuild status
• SHOW ENTRY command
• SHOW ENVIRONMENT command
• SHOW INTRUSION command
• SHOW MEMORY command
  • determining size of page, swap, and dump files
  • displaying page and swap files
  • monitoring page file use
  • showing the size of nonpaged pool
• SHOW PROCESS command #1
• SHOW PROCESS command #2
• SHOW PROFILE command
  • in SYSMAN
• SHOW PROTECTION command #1
• SHOW PROTECTION command #2
• SHOW QUEUE/MANAGERS command
• SHOW QUOTA command
• SHOW SECURITY command
  • for queues
• SHOW/STARTUP command
  • in conversational boot
• Showing system parameters
  • with SYSGEN
• SHOW_CLUSTER$INIT.COM command procedure
• SHOW_CLUSTER$INIT logical name
• SHUTDOWN.COM command procedure
  • customizing #1
  • customizing #2
  • defining time before shutdown
  • example
  • executing with SYSMAN
  • reboot options
  • required privileges
• SHUTDOWN$DECNET_MINUTES logical name
• SHUTDOWN$DISABLE_AUTOSTART logical name #1
• SHUTDOWN$DISABLE_AUTOSTART logical name #2
• SHUTDOWN$INFORM_NODES logical name #1
• SHUTDOWN$INFORM_NODES logical name #2
• SHUTDOWN$MINIMUM_MINUTES logical name
• SHUTDOWN$QUEUE_MINUTES logical name
• SHUTDOWN$TIME logical name
• SHUTDOWN$VERBOSE logical name
• Site-specific startup command procedure
  • modifying
  • order of execution
  • use in VMSKITBLD
• Slicing images
• SMISERVER process
  • attributes of
    • changing
  • starting
    • in system startup
• SMP_CPUS system parameter #1
• SMP_CPUS system parameter #2
• Software errors
  • OPCOM failure
  • queue manager
  • when booting
• Software license
  • definition
• Software Performance Reports
  • See SPRs
• Software products
  • consistent installation of
  • converting formats
  • copying to new locations
  • dependencies on other products
  • installing more than one
  • reconfiguring after installing
  • registering noncompliant software
  • release notes
  • removing after installing
  • tracking dependencies of
• Software Products Library
  • using to update InfoServer software
• SOGW user category abbreviation
• Sort/Merge utility (SORT/MERGE)
  • optimizing batch queues for
• Source parameter
  • VMSINSTAL.COM
• SPAWN function
  • LAN Control Program (LANCP) utility
• Spawn mode
  • as execution mode for a startup procedure
• STABACKIT.COM command procedure #1
• STABACKIT.COM command procedure #2
• Stalled job status
• Stalled queues
  • status
• Standalone BACKUP
  • booting #1
  • booting #2
  • building #1
  • building #2
  • definition
  • qualifiers
  • relation to Backup utility
  • using to back up the system disk #1
  • using to back up the system disk #2
  • using to back up the system disk #3
  • using to restore the system disk
• Star coupler
  • definition of
• START/CPU command #1
• START/CPU command #2
• START/QUEUE command
  • assigning a default form
  • assigning characteristics #1
  • assigning characteristics #2
  • canceling characteristics
  • controlling page overflow
  • mounting a form
  • resuming printing of a suspended job
  • setting UIC-based protection on queues
  • specifying autostart information
  • specifying banner pages
  • specifying job processing options
  • specifying queue options with
  • specifying reset modules
  • starting a generic queue
  • starting a nonautostart queue
• START/QUEUE/MANAGER command #1
• START/QUEUE/MANAGER command #2
  • caution
  • creating an additional queue manager
  • creating queue database files
  • specifying failover list
  • specifying name of queue manager
  • specifying nodes to run the queue manager
  • storage of
• Starting InfoServer Client for OpenVMS
• Starting job status
• Starting queue status
• Starting queues
  • autostart
    • in startup command procedure
    • relationship to activating an autostart queue
  • nonautostart #1
  • nonautostart #2
    • in startup command procedure
• Starting the LAT software
  • with LAT$STARTUP.COM #1
  • with LAT$STARTUP.COM #2
  • with LAT$STARTUP.COM #3
• Starting the queue manager
  • initially
  • restarting #1
  • restarting #2
• STARTNET.COM command procedure #1
• STARTNET.COM command procedure #2
• STARTUP$AUTOCONFIGURE_ALL symbol
• STARTUP.COM command procedure #1
• STARTUP.COM command procedure #2
  • configuring devices #1
  • configuring devices #2
  • definition
  • if it does not execute
  • message indicating execution of
  • tasks performed by #1
  • tasks performed by #2
  • tasks performed by #3
• STARTUP command
  • in SYSMAN
• Startup command procedure
  • booting without
  • changing execution mode
  • changing node restrictions
  • changing startup phase
  • creating your own #1
  • creating your own #2
  • enabling a temporarily disabled
  • known file lists
  • node restriction
  • passing parameters to
  • preventing from executing
    • temporarily
  • setting up output devices
  • site-independent
    • specifying an alternate
  • specifying execution mode
  • specifying node restrictions
  • specifying startup phase
  • starting queues
  • when errors prevent you from logging in
• Startup database
  • adding files to
  • changing information in
  • definition
  • deleting records in
  • disabling files in
  • reenabling disabled files in
  • restriction
  • showing contents of
  • showing name of the target
  • specifying the current
• STARTUP$INTERACTIVE_LOGINS symbol
• Startup logical names
  • network
• Startup phases
  • determining order of
  • layered product
• Startup restrictions
  • InfoServer Client for OpenVMS software
  • PATHWORKS
  • RSM
  • SYSMAN
• STARTUP SET OPTIONS command
• STARTUP SHOW OPTIONS command
• STARTUP$STARTUP_LAYERED logical name
• STARTUP$STARTUP_VMS logical name
• STARTUP_P1 system parameter
• STARTUP_P2 system parameter
  • SYSMAN startup logging
• Status of jobs
  • See Job status
• Status of queues
  • See Queues, status
• Status of volume rebuilds
• Stock
  • commands used with
  • mismatch
    • troubleshooting
  • See also Forms
  • specifying
• STOP/CPU command #1
• STOP/CPU command #2
• Stop pending queue status
• STOP/QUEUE command #1
• STOP/QUEUE command #2
• STOP/QUEUE/MANAGER/CLUSTER command
• STOP/QUEUE/NEXT command #1
• STOP/QUEUE/NEXT command #2
  • with autostart queues
• STOP/QUEUE/RESET command #1
• STOP/QUEUE/RESET command #2
  • with autostart queues
• STOP/QUEUES/ON_NODE command
  • entering before shutting down a system
  • relationship to DISABLE AUTOSTART/QUEUES command
• Stopped queue status
• Stopping queues
  • all queues on a node #1
  • all queues on a node #2
• Stopping the queue manager
• Storage bit map file
  • definition
  • storage control block (SCB)
• StorageWorks RAID Array
• SUBMIT command
  • preventing users from executing
  • processing of
  • specifying job retention
  • specifying scheduling priority
• SUBMIT/DELETE command
• SUBMON.COM command procedure
  • sample
  • used with Monitor utility
• Subprocesses
  • creating
    • with the LANCP SPAWN command
  • subprocess creation limit #1
  • subprocess creation limit #2
• Subsystem ACEs
  • example
• Supervisor mode
  • logical names
• Supplementary Volume Descriptor (SVD)
  • using to mount ISO 9660 volumes
• Suspended job status
• Suspending a job
• Swap files
  • controlling location and size
  • creating
    • with AUTOGEN
    • with SYSGEN
  • definition
  • deleting after creating a new version
  • displaying
  • fragmentation
  • installing
    • in system startup #1
    • in system startup #2
    • in system startup #3
    • in system startup #4
    • in system startup #5
    • secondary
    • with SYPAGSWPFILES.COM procedure
    • with SYSGEN
  • location
    • specifying
  • monitoring use of #1
  • monitoring use of #2
  • mounting disk during system startup #1
  • mounting disk during system startup #2
  • moving to improve performance
  • on a satellite
  • OpenVMS Cluster satellite node
  • primary
  • purging
  • rebooting after creation
  • secondary #1
  • secondary #2
  • secondary #3
    • creating to improve system performance
  • sizes
    • calculating #1
    • calculating #2
    • changing #1
    • changing #2
    • changing #3
    • current
    • displaying AUTOGEN calculations
    • increasing
    • specifying #1
    • specifying #2
    • specifying #3
  • tasks for managing
• SWAPFILE symbol
• SWAPFILE.SYS file
  • See also Swap files
• SWAPFILEn_NAME symbol #1
• SWAPFILEn_NAME symbol #2
• SWAPFILEn_SIZE symbol
• SWAPFILES.COM command procedure
  • changing size of primary page, swap, and dump files
• Swapping
  • See also Swap files
  • to move information between physical memory and files stored on disk
• SYCONFIG.COM command procedure
  • AUTOGEN failure
  • configuring devices
  • in startup
  • modifying to connect special devices
  • modifying to mount disks early
  • STARTUP$AUTOCONFIGURE_ALL symbol
• SYLOGICALS.COM command procedure #1
• SYLOGICALS.COM command procedure #2
  • in system startup
  • mounting the queue database disk
  • redefining location of master file of queue database
  • redefining location of system files
  • to specify default state of operator log files
• SYLOGIN.COM command procedure #1
• SYLOGIN.COM command procedure #2
• SYLOGIN.COM command procedure #3
  • ensuring execution
  • sample systemwide
• SYLOGOUT.COM command procedure
• Symbionts
  • communicating with
  • default
  • determining
  • for LAT printers #1
  • for LAT printers #2
  • function of
  • LATSYM #1
  • LATSYM #2
  • PRTSMB on LAT printers
  • role in processing print jobs
  • user-written
• Symbols
  • defining
    • in MODPARAMS.DAT file #1
    • in MODPARAMS.DAT file #2
  • for system page, swap, and dump file sizes
  • for system parameters
  • NUM_ETHERADAPT
  • NUM_NODES
  • PAGEFILEn_NAME
  • STARTUP$AUTOCONFIGURE_ALL
  • STARTUP$INTERACTIVE_LOGINS
  • SWAPFILEn_NAME
• Symmetric vector processing configuration
• SYPAGSWPFILES.COM command procedure #1
• SYPAGSWPFILES.COM command procedure #2
• SYPAGSWPFILES.COM command procedure #3
  • execution of during system startup #1
  • execution of during system startup #2
  • modifying to install page and swap files
• SYS$ANNOUNCE logical name
• SYS$AUDIT_SERVER_INHIBIT logical name #1
• SYS$AUDIT_SERVER_INHIBIT logical name #2
• SYS$BATCH default queue name
• SYS$DECDTM_INHIBIT logical name
• SYS$ERRLOG.DMP
• SYS$ERRORLOG logical name
  • defining during system startup
  • defining to reduce system disk I/O
• SYS$INPUT logical name
• SYS$JOURNAL logical name
• SYS$LANGUAGE logical
• SYS$MONITOR logical name
  • defining during system startup
  • defining to reduce system disk I/O
• SYS$OUTPUT logical name
• SYS$PRINT default queue name
• SYS$STARTUP logical name #1
• SYS$STARTUP logical name #2
• SYS$STARTUP logical name #3
• SYS$SYLOGIN logical name
• SYS$TEST logical name #1
• SYS$TEST logical name #2
• SYS$TEST logical name #3
• SYS$UPDATE logical name
  • with VMSINSTAL.COM command procedure
• SYS$WELCOME logical name
• SYSBOOT
  • using to define port allocation classes
• SYSDUMP.DMP file
  • See also System dump file
• SYSECURITY.COM command procedure #1
• SYSECURITY.COM command procedure #2
• SYSHUTDWN.COM command procedure
• SYSLOST.DIR file
  • lost files in
• SYSMAN$NODE_TABLE logical name table
  • creating
• SYSMANINI logical name
• SYSPRV privilege
  • giving rights of system user
• SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM command procedure
  • freeing page file of dump information
  • freeing page file of dump information
  • installing known images
  • invoking the System Dump Analyzer utility
  • making remote InfoServer disks available
  • message indicating execution of
  • operations performed in
  • saving contents of system dump file in
  • setting printer device characteristics
  • setting terminal device characteristics
  • starting InfoServer Client for OpenVMS
  • starting InfoServer Client for OpenVMS
• SYSTEM account
  • changing passwords for security of
  • exercising caution with privileges
  • in UAF #1
  • in UAF #2
  • initial modification
  • logging in to
  • setting process quotas for efficient backups
  • using AUTHORIZE to modify process limits
• System console
  • ? message
• System crash
  • See Crash dumps #1
  • See Crash dumps #2
  • See System failures
• System directories
  • restoring original names
    • before upgrading
• System disks
  • adding an alternate root directory
  • automatic mounting of
  • backing up #1
  • backing up #2
  • backing up #3
  • backing up #4
  • backing up after installation
  • backing up for software installations
  • booting from an alternate
  • building with VMSKITBLD
  • completing a disk created with VMSKITBLD
  • configuring a system root added with VMSKITBLD
  • copying system files from
  • copying system files using VMSKITBLD
  • disk space needed to run UETP
  • fragmentation
  • installing software on alternate
  • moving files off to improve system performance
  • moving page and swap files off
  • not in volume sets
  • quotas for
  • restoring
  • saving space by removing optional files
  • saving space on
  • testing with UETP
  • UETP error message #1
  • UETP error message #2
  • UETP test image #1
  • UETP test image #2
• System dump
  • designating order of processes in
• System Dump Analyzer utility (SDA)
  • analyzing the system dump file
    • in system startup #1
    • in system startup #2
    • in system startup #3
  • COPY command
  • determining cause of system failure
  • freeing dump information from the page file
  • invoked automatically on reboot
  • saving contents of system dump file
• System dump file
  • analyzing
  • comparison of physical and selective system dumps
  • controlling location
  • copying #1
  • copying #2
  • copying #3
  • creating
  • default location
  • definition
  • deleting after creating a new version
  • freeing page file
  • installing
  • investigating cause of system failure
  • lack of
  • location
  • page file used to store
  • placing on another disk
  • protecting #1
  • protecting #2
  • rebooting after creation
  • saving contents on reboot
  • saving minimal information in
  • See also SYSDUMP.DMP file
  • sizes #1
  • sizes #2
    • calculating #1
    • calculating #2
    • changing #1
    • changing #2
    • changing #3
    • controlling
    • displaying AUTOGEN calculations
    • manipulating
    • minimizing
  • storing selective portions of memory
• System dump files
  • saving contents on reboot
• System failures
  • determining cause #1
  • determining cause #2
  • reporting to Digital support representative
  • saving contents of system dump file after #1
  • saving contents of system dump file after #2
  • See also Crash dumps
  • See also System dump files
  • writing of system dump file
• System files
  • duplicating using VMSKITBLD
  • moving off system disk to improve performance
  • on public volumes
  • optional
    • adding or deleting
• System Generation utility (SYSGEN)
  • and version checking
  • AUTOCONFIGURE command (VAX)
    • in system startup
  • changing page, swap, and dump file sizes
  • changing page, swap, and dump file sizes
  • changing system parameter file with
  • changing system parameters #1
  • changing system parameters #2
  • changing system parameters #3
  • configuring devices
    • in system startup
  • CONNECT command (VAX)
    • in system startup
  • converting parameters for use with AUTOGEN
  • CREATE command #1
  • CREATE command #2
  • creating a new system parameter file
  • creating page, swap, and dump files
  • INSTALL command
    • in SYPAGSWPFILES.COM
    • in system startup
  • installing page, swap, and dump files
    • in system startup
  • LOAD command (VAX)
  • managing system parameters
  • operator log messages
  • showing system parameters
• System hangup #1
• System hangup #2
• System libraries
  • decompressing
• System management
  • centralizing with SYSMAN
  • clearing counters
  • creating access control lists (ACLs)
  • deleting device information
  • deleting node information
  • disabling MOP downline load service
  • displaying device information
  • displaying LAN device configurations
  • displaying LAN device parameters
  • displaying node information
  • displaying OPCOM messages
  • displaying status and counters #1
  • displaying status and counters #2
  • enabling MOP downline load service
  • environment
  • Load Trace facility
  • on multiple nodes
  • See also LAN Auxiliary Control Program (LANACP) utility
  • See also LAN Control Program (LANCP) utility
  • See also MOP downline load service management
  • stopping the LANACP utility
  • tasks
    • clusterwide management
• System Management utility (SYSMAN)
  • accessing disks
  • adding startup files to a startup database #1
  • adding startup files to a startup database #2
  • ALF commands
  • authorization checks in
  • changing privileges in
  • changing system parameters
    • active values
  • command verification in
  • configuring devices (Alpha)
    • in system startup
  • converting parameters for use with AUTOGEN
  • creating command procedures for
  • deleting startup files
  • disabling startup files
  • Disk Quota utility
  • disk quotas with
  • DISKQUOTA commands
  • DO command
  • enabling remote systems to execute commands
  • enabling startup files
  • features of
  • how commands execute
  • initialization file
  • IO AUTOCONFIGURE command (Alpha)
    • in system startup
  • IO CONNECT command (Alpha)
    • in system startup
  • IO LOAD (Alpha)
  • loading licenses with
  • management environment
  • managing an OpenVMS Cluster
  • managing startup
  • managing system parameters #1
  • managing system parameters #2
  • modifying the system parameter file
  • PARAMETERS command
  • privileges required
  • profile
    • adjusting
  • rights limitation
  • showing system parameters
  • showing the contents of a startup database
  • showing the name of the target startup database
  • shutdown
  • SMISERVER process
  • specifying the current startup database
  • STARTUP command
  • startup logging
  • startup restrictions
  • timeout periods
  • usage restriction
  • use of passwords #1
  • use of passwords #2
  • using logical names in
  • using to centralize system management
• System messages
  • See Messages
• System parameters
  • ACP cache system
  • active values #1
  • active values #2
  • affected by AUTOGEN calculations
  • ALPHAVMSSYS.PAR file (Alpha)
  • automatic setting by AUTOGEN
  • booting with default
  • categories by function
  • changing
    • checking AUTOGEN's settings
    • editing MODPARAMS.DAT file
    • recommended method #1
    • recommended method #2
    • specifying values in MODPARAMS.DAT file
    • with AUTOGEN
    • with conversational boot #1
    • with conversational boot #2
    • with conversational boot #3
    • with SYSGEN #1
    • with SYSGEN #2
    • with SYSMAN #1
    • with SYSMAN #2
  • checking before using VMSINSTAL.COM command procedure
  • creating a new parameter file
    • with SYSGEN
  • current values #1
  • current values #2
  • default values
  • definition
  • DUMPBUG
  • DUMPSTYLE #1
  • DUMPSTYLE #2
  • DUMPSTYLE #3
  • dynamic
  • effect on other parameters
  • ERLBUFFERPAGES
  • ERRORLOGBUFFERS
  • file extensions
  • GBLPAGES
  • GBLSECTIONS
  • initialization at boot time
  • MULTIPROCESSING
  • MVTIMEOUT #1
  • MVTIMEOUT #2
  • NPAGEDYN
  • on disk
    • in ALPHAVMSSYS.PAR file (Alpha)
    • in VAXVMSSYS.PAR file (VAX)
  • QUANTUM
  • recommended method for changing #1
  • recommended method for changing #2
  • RMS_EXTEND_SIZE
  • SAVEDUMP #1
  • SAVEDUMP #2
  • SCSNODE
  • showing
    • with conversational boot #1
    • with conversational boot #2
    • with conversational boot #3
    • with SYSGEN
    • with SYSMAN #1
    • with SYSMAN #2
  • SMP_CPUS #1
  • SMP_CPUS #2
  • STARTUP_P1
  • STARTUP_P2
  • storing your changes for use with AUTOGEN
  • symmetric multiprocessing
  • TAPE_MVTIMEOUT #1
  • TAPE_MVTIMEOUT #2
  • tasks for managing
  • TTY_DEFCHAR
  • TTY_DEFCHAR2 #1
  • TTY_DEFCHAR2 #2
  • types of
  • UAFALTERNATE
  • user definable
  • VAXVMSSYS.PAR file (VAX)
  • vector processing
  • VECTOR_MARGIN
  • VECTOR_PROC
  • VIRTUALPAGECNT
  • when incorrect values prevent the system from booting
  • WSMAX #1
  • WSMAX #2
• System shutdown
  • adjusting quorum when shutting down a node
  • after software installation
  • allowing batch and print jobs to complete before
  • caution about timing of system halt
  • checking for existence of system files before
  • customizing
    • with SYSHUTDWN.COM command procedure
  • defining the minimum number of minutes before shutdown
  • emergency procedures
    • console
    • OPCCRASH #1
    • OPCCRASH #2
  • for an entire OpenVMS Cluster
  • notification of
  • options
    • automatic reboot
    • manual reboot
    • specifying time interval between DISABLE AUTOSTART/QUEUES and STOP/QUEUES/ON_NODE commands
    • time of shutdown
  • order of events
  • orderly
  • procedures for performing
  • saving AUTOGEN feedback data
  • SHUTDOWN.COM
  • stopping queues before
  • with SYSMAN
• System startup
  • analyzing a crash dump
  • assigning systemwide logical names
  • booting with minimum
  • CONFIGURE phase
  • configuring devices #1
  • configuring devices #2
  • controlling when booting
  • creating systemwide announcements
  • defining location of systemwide login procedure
  • definition of logical names #1
  • definition of logical names #2
  • description
  • displaying startup commands as they execute
  • enabling autostart
  • events
    • order of
    • possibility of future change in order
  • freeing dump information from page file
  • in an emergency
    • with default system parameters
    • without startup and login procedures
    • without the UAF
  • installing images
  • installing page and swap files #1
  • installing page and swap files #2
  • installing page and swap files #3
  • installing page and swap files #4
  • limiting the number of interactive users
  • location of files used in
  • making remote InfoServer devices available
  • messages
    • indicating execution of site-specific startup
  • mounting the queue database disk
  • performing site-specific operations
  • purging the operator log file
  • saving contents of system dump file
  • setting
    • printer device characteristics
    • terminal device characteristics
  • setting up a LAT network
  • starting InfoServer Client for OpenVMS software
  • starting queues
  • starting the DECnet network
  • starting the queue manager
  • startup command procedures
  • submitting batch jobs
  • suppressing autoconfiguration #1
  • suppressing autoconfiguration #2
  • tasks
  • VMS$PHASES.DAT database
• System time
  • resetting after January 1st
• System users (security category)
  • defining with MAXSYSGROUP parameter
  • qualifications for
• System version
  • registering images with dependencies on
• System volumes
  • definition
• Systemwide logical names
• SYSTEST account
  • in UAF
  • initial modification
  • logging in
    • for UETP #1
    • for UETP #2
  • privileges required for UETP
  • quotas required to run UETP
• SYSTEST directory
  • creating for UETP
  • function during UETP
• SYSTEST_CLIG account
  • in UAF
  • reenabling for UETP
  • requirements for UETP #1
  • requirements for UETP #2
• SYSUAF.DAT files
  • moving to reduce system disk I/O
• SYSUAF logical name
  • defining during system startup
  • defining to reduce system disk I/O
• SYSUAFALT.DAT files

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  22-NOV-1996 14:23:25.90

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