HP OpenVMS v8.3 technical update: User/Management features

Course overview

OpenVMS version 8.3 introduces many new and modified features to the operating system. This 2 day course describes the aspects of v8.3 that will affect the jobs of users and system managers.

Prerequisites

• HP OpenVMS fundamentals (U3716S) and/or
• HP OpenVMS System Management I (U3724S) recommended

Audience

• OpenVMS system administrators, system managers, and support personnel

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Course objectives

• Describe changes to DCL Control-T processing
• Identify changes to the SHOW DEVICE command displays
• Effectively implement COPY/BLOCK_SIZE changes
• Describe general changes to DCL
• Identify additions to the MONITOR utility
• Explain global buffer changes in v8.3
• Identify how PCL license units are charged
• Describe the general operation of hyperthreads on OpenVMS
• List the steps involved in encrypting a file
• Describe the method used to support HP Integrity server satellite nodes
• List the steps required to generate recordable media on v8.3
• Identify the new features of PEDRIVER/SCACP
• Describe how VLAN is supported on OpenVMS v8.3
• Describe how lock remastering has changed in v8.3
• Explain the concepts associated with automatic bitmap creation on volume processing
• Identify v5.6 changes to TCP/IP

Next steps

• HP OpenVMS v8.3 technical update: Programming/Internals features (HE635S)

Benefits to you

• Understand the differences between OpenVMS v8.2 and v8.3 at the user and system manager levels

Course outline

• Queue manager and batch changes
• Customizing Control-T processing
• New DCL process permanent symbols
• Enhanced device information
• Viewing quota information with SHOW PROCESS
• COPY enhancements
• Changes to DIFFERENCES
• SPAWN changes
• DCL prompt string change
• JOB_LOGIN keyword
• SEARCH changes
• MONITOR changes
• RMS changes
• General enhancements
• Other new and changed lexical functions

System Management Features

• Licensing policy evolution and hyperthreads
• File encryption
• Backup enhancements
• HP Integrity server satellite nodes in a cluster
• COPY/RECORDABLE_MEDIA
• Cluster interconnects and SCACP
• VLAN support
• Distributed locking review and changes
• Host-based volume shadowing changes
• TCP/IP changes