HP OpenVMS v8.4 Technical Update

Course overview

OpenVMS version 8.4 introduces many new and modified features to the operating system. This 2-day course presents the new and changed features of OpenVMS in four parts:

• User changes
• System management changes
• Programming changes
• Associated product changes

Prerequisites

Students should have skills and knowledge with OpenVMS through v8.3. OpenVMS Fundamentals (U3716) or equivalent is required and depending on your role, other courses are highly recommended. OpenVMS System Management I (U3724) for system managers and OpenVMS v8.3 Programming Features (HE364) for programmers and engineers.

Audience

• This course is intended for those who need to understand the OpenVMS V8.4 differences at the user, system manager, and programmer levels

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Course objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe how to delete directory trees
• Enforce per-process kernel thread limits
• Identify considerations for the use of >1TB volume limits
• Enable the use of up to 16 parameters to a DCL command procedure
• List new BACKUP features
• Identify two methods for disabling XFC data cache
• Describe changes to Operating Environment license implementation
• Identify when paged dynamic lookaside lists (LALs) are advantageous
• Enable the use of paged dynamic memory LALs
• List new features of host based volume shadowing
• List the general steps for creating an OpenVMS guest (vm) on HPVM
• List the types of virtual storage options available with HPVM
• Describe general characteristics of a guest (vm) on HPVM
• List reasons for implementing clusters over IP
• Describe how to enable clusters over IP
• Describe how RADs are laid out on cell-based systems
• Identify new SDA commands available in V8.4
• Describe changes to malloc
• Describe high precision time programming capabilities
• Describe changes to TCP/IP and DECnet

Course outline

• DELETE/TREE
• Per-Process Kernel Thread Limits
• 2TB Support
• F$CUNITS Lexical Function Changes
• 16 Parameter Command Procedure Support
• SEARCH/STATISTICS
• ACCOUNTING Utility Support for Large Device Names
• Mail Utility Changes
• BACKUP Changes
• BATCH Queue Limit Changes

• eXtended File Cache (XFC) Disable on a per-volume
• Paged Dynamic Memory Lookaside Lists
• License Changes
• OpenVMS as Guest O/S on Integrity VM
• HP Volume Shadowing Improvements
• 6 Member Shadow Sets
• Integrity Server Resource Affinity Domains
• Clusters over IP
• Storage Device Support
• Provisioning with SIM
• vKVM Support
• Power Management
• CPU Component Indictment/Dynamic Processor Resilience
• SSL Enhancements
• SDA Features

• Malloc changes
• High Precision Time
• Callable MAIL Changes
• C RTL enhancements
• New Linker Qualifiers
• New System Service Item Codes

• TCP/IP Features
• DECnet New Features
• DECWindows Support