Getting Started with Open: VMS. A Guide for New Users

✍ Scribed by Michael D. Duffy (Auth.)

• Publisher: Digital Press
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 294
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

OpenVMS professionals have long enjoyed a robust, full-featured operating system running the most mission-critical applications in existence. However, many of today's graduates may not yet have had the opportunity to experience it for themselves. Intended for an audience with some knowledge of operating systems such as Windows, UNIX and Linux, Getting Started with OpenVMS introduces the reader to the OpenVMS approach.


Part 1 is a practical introduction to get the reader started using the system. The reader will learn the OpenVMS terminology and approach to common concepts such as processes and threads, queues, user profiles, command line and GUI interfaces and networking. Part 2 provides more in-depth information about the major components for the reader desiring a more technical description. Topics include process structure, scheduling, memory management and the file system. Short sections on the history of OpenVMS, including past, present, and future hardware support (like the Intel Itanium migration), are included. OpenVMS is considered in different roles, such as a desktop system, a multi-user system, a network server, and in a combination of roles.

Allows the more advanced reader some meaty content yet does not overwhelm the novice
Provides practical examples showing that OpenVMS is well-suited for popular modern applications
Gives a high-level overview of concepts behind internals such as memory management

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Preface, Pages xix-xxi
Acknowledgments, Page xxii
Chapter 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-10
Chapter 2 - Hardware Platforms Supporting OpenVMS, Pages 13-16
Chapter 3 - Multiuser Concepts, Pages 17-25
Chapter 4 - User Accounts, Pages 27-32
Chapter 5 - Logging In and Out of the System, Pages 33-40
Chapter 6 - The Digital Command Language, Pages 41-61
Chapter 7 - The User Environment, Pages 63-113
Chapter 8 - The OpenVMS HELP Facility, Pages 115-117
Chapter 9 - Command Procedures, Pages 119-136
Chapter 10 - System Security, Pages 137-144
Chapter 11 - Using Your Terminal, Pages 145-153
Chapter 12 - E-mail, Pages 155-166
Chapter 13 - Text Editors, Pages 167-175
Chapter 14 - Using DECnet, Pages 177-184
Chapter 15 - The OpenVMS GUI, Pages 185-224
Chapter 16 - Your Personal OpenVMS System, Pages 225-236
Chapter 17 - The Process, Pages 239-248
Chapter 18 - Virtual Memory Management, Pages 249-255
Chapter 19 - Images, Pages 257-259
Chapter 20 - The Files-11 File System, Pages 261-270
Chapter 21 - Clustering and Galaxy Systems, Pages 271-274
Chapter 22 - DECnet Details, Pages 275-277
Appendix A - Decimal, Octal, and Hexadecimal Notations, Pages 279-280
Appendix B - Additional Resources, Pages 281-282
Appendix C - Default File Types, Pages 283-284
Glossary, Pages 285-288
Index, Pages 289-303