HP OpenVMS fundamentals

Course overview

This 5-day course teaches students how to use the OpenVMS operating system to create, manipulate, and manage files. It discusses how to tailor the user environment using logical names and DCL symbols. The course describes the command language interpreter and the command line interface. Students will be taught to develop basic command procedures and create a LOGIN.COM command file to tailor their login session.

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of computer use and terms

Audience

• OpenVMS users and programmers
• OpenVMS system managers
• OpenVMS applications programmers
• DBAs with OpenVMS database applications

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Course Objective

To demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of the OpenVMS operating system, students should be able to:

• Describe the OpenVMS operating system environment and command language
• Tailor the user environment using logical names and DCL symbols
• Describe the DCL command language interpreter and use its command line interface
• Develop basic command procedures
• Create a LOGIN.COM command procedure totailor your login session

Benefits to You

Upon completing this course, students should be able to:

• Describe the OpenVMS history and supported computing environment
• Log in to and log out of an OpenVMS system and change passwords
• Create and navigate their basic working environment using DCL commands
• Describe OpenVMS process concepts
• Create subdirectories and organize, maintain and manipulate files within the structure
• Describe, use, create, and delete OpenVMS logical names
• Create, manipulate, and display files
• Use the EVE editor to create and modify files
• Create, show, use, and delete symbols
• Write command procedures to the level of difficulty required to support future jobs as system managers or programmers
• Submit batch and print jobs
• Use the network to communicate with other computers, exchange data and use services from other computers

Next Steps

• HP OpenVMS System Management I: Essentials for Established Systems (U3724S)
• HP OpenVMS System Management II: Installation, Configuration & Customization (U3725S)
• Managing Complex HP OpenVMS Systems (U3726S)
• HP OpenVMS System Performance Management (U3727S)
• TCP/IP Services for HP OpenVMS (U3728S)

Detailed Course Outline

Introduction to OpenVMS

• History of OpenVMS
• Basic characteristics and configurations of OpenVMS

Logging in and out of the system

• How to log in and log out of an OpenVMS system
• How to change your password

Using DCL commands

• DCL command syntax and features
• System messages
• Command line editing

Process concepts

• Resource and memory sharing
• Various processes

Directory and files

• File specification
• Directory structure
• Protecting data

Using logical names

• Creating and displaying logical names
• Using logical name tables
• Removing logical names

File manipulation commands

• Create, type, append, copy, rename, delete, purge, sort, and merge files
• Search files for a specific content

Editing

• Choosing the appropriate editor
• Features and commands of the EVE editor

Symbols as command synonyms

• Creating, using, and displaying symbols
• Comparing symbols and logical names

Command procedures

• Writing OpenVMS command procedures
• Using symbols in command procedures
• Process permanent logical names
• Using operators and expressions
• Controlling the flow of execution
• File handling, error handling, and interrupt handling
• Lexical functions

Print and batch queues

• Queue mechanism
• Print qualifiers and forms
• Handling batch jobs
• Displaying job information

Networking

• Networks, protocols, and functions
• Using DECnet
• Using TCP/IP
• Using LAT