Course length: Five (5) Days
Prerequisites: The student should have a basic understanding of computer
systems and operational procedures
Method of Instruction: Public or on-site lecture/workshop instruction
This OpenVMS System Management course is designed for those individuals who need to know the operational basics of the OpenVMS environment. A customer may design the curriculum by selecting from the modules listed below.
Each module is designed to cover the concepts through classroom lecture and discussion. All operational procedures are demonstrated and then the student is required to perform the procedure.
Hardware Overview
Since each hardware environment is different, this module will be adapted to
the customer's hardware configuration where possible. The basic hardware components
and connections are covered.
DCL Concepts
The structure of DCL (Digital Command Language) is covered as well as the concepts
of symbols, logical names and lexical functions. Basic commands are covered
in the appropriate module.
Basic Disk Structures
This module covers disk structures such as directory and subdirectory structures
and RMS file organizations. If the customer operates a cluster environment,
cluster directory structures are covered.
OpenVMS Utilities
Basic OpenVMS utilities required for the day-to-day operations such as the EDT
and TPU editors, backup, batch and print queue facility, and the error log are
covered.
User Authorization
Maintaining User Authorization Files is part of operating the OpenVMS environment.
The student is taught concepts such as User Identification Codes (UIC's), protection
and access schemes, quotas, limits, privileges and how to create and maintain
user accounts.
Boot, Startup, and Shutdown
The student is taken through the shutdown, boot, and startup procedures and
required to perform these operations.
OpenVMS Installation and Customization
This module gives the student theory and practice installing OpenVMS in a clustered
or non-clustered environment.
OpenVMS Concepts
This module covers the basic concepts that form the foundation of the OpenVMS
operating system. Explanations of paging, working sets, swapping, virtual addresses,
and processes are included in this section.
Upon successful conclusion of the course, the student should be able to: