HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 2: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems

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Preface Intended Audience Document Structure Related Documents Reader's Comments How to Order Additional Documentation Conventions

Managing System Parameters Understanding System Parameters Recommended Method for Changing Parameter Values Converting Your Customized Parameter Settings for Use with AUTOGEN Understanding the AUTOGEN Command Procedure Modifying System Parameters with AUTOGEN Automating AUTOGEN Reports Managing System Parameters with SYSMAN Managing System Parameters with SYSGEN Modifying System Parameters with a Conversational Boot Tuning BAP System Parameters

Managing Page, Swap, and Dump Files Understanding Dump Files Understanding Page and Swap Files Displaying Information About Page and Swap Files Manually Calculating Appropriate Sizes for Dump, Page, and Swap Files Minimizing System Dump File Size When Disk Space Is Insufficient Writing the System Dump File to the System Disk Writing the System Dump File to an Alternate Disk Using SDA to Analyze the Contents of a Crash Dump Using SDA CLUE Commands to Analyze Crash Dump Files (Alpha and I64) Using CLUE to Obtain Historical Information About Crash Dumps (VAX Only) Saving the Contents of the System Dump File After a System Failure Copying System Dump Files to Tape or Disk Freeing Dump Information from the Page File Installing Page and Swap Files Removing Page, Swap, and Dump Files Creating and Modifying Page, Swap, and Dump Files Understanding Process Dumps

Performance Considerations Understanding Performance Management Knowing Your Work Load Choosing a Work Load Management Strategy Distributing the Work Load Understanding System Tuning Predicting When Tuning Is Required Evaluating Tuning Success Choosing Performance Options Expanding System Libraries Using INSTALL to Install Known Images Reserved Memory Registry

Managing File System Data Caches Understanding Caching Understanding File System Data Caches Disabling Caching Clusterwide Mounting a Volume With Caching Disabled Managing XFC (Alpha and I64) Managing the Virtual I/O Cache Selecting VIOC on an Alpha or I64 System

Testing the System with UETP Overview Preparing to Use UETP Setting Up the Devices to Be Tested Submitting UETP in Batch Starting UETP Stopping a UETP Operation Troubleshooting: An Overview Troubleshooting: Possible UETP Errors UETP Tests and Phases

Getting Information About the System Understanding System Log Files Understanding Error Logging Using the Error Formatter Using the Error Log Viewer (ELV) Setting Up, Maintaining, and Printing the Operator Log File Using Security Auditing Monitoring Operating System Performance

Tracking Resource Use Understanding Accounting Files Determining Which Resources Are Being Tracked Controlling Which Resources Are Tracked Starting Up a New Accounting File Moving the Accounting File Producing Reports of Resource Use Setting Up Accounting Groups Monitoring Disk Space

OpenVMS Cluster Considerations Understanding OpenVMS Cluster Systems Using the HP OpenVMS Availability Manager to Analyze Data Using SHOW CLUSTER Understanding SYSMAN and OpenVMS Cluster Management Using SYSMAN to Manage Security Using the SYSMAN Command DO to Manage an OpenVMS Cluster

Network Considerations OpenVMS Networking Software Options Choosing HP Networking Software Understanding HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Preparing to Join a TCP/IP Network Installing and Configuring TCP/IP Services Starting and Stopping TCP/IP Services TCP/IP Services Documentation Understanding DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Networking Software Preparing to Join a DECnet-Plus Network Installing and Configuring DECnet-Plus Using DECnet Over TCP/IP Moving Your DECnet Phase IV Network to DECnet-Plus Starting and Stopping DECnet-Plus DECnet-Plus Documentation

Managing the Local Area Network (LAN) Software Understanding Local Area Networks Managing Local Area Networks Understanding the LANACP LAN Server Process Understanding the LANCP Utility Managing LAN Devices Managing the LAN Device Databases Managing the LAN Node Databases Understanding LAN MOP Managing the LAN MOP Downline Load Service Understanding LAN Failover

Managing InfoServer Systems Understanding InfoServer Functions Understanding LASTport Protocols Establishing a Server Management Session Understanding InfoServer Client for OpenVMS Functions Understanding LASTCP Utility Functions Understanding LADCP Utility Functions

Managing the LAT Software Understanding the LAT Protocol Understanding the LAT Network Understanding LAT Configurations Understanding the LATCP Utility Starting Up the LAT Protocol Customizing LAT Characteristics Managing the LATACP Database Size

Managing Special Processing Environments Understanding Multiprocessing Managing SMP Environments Understanding Vector Processing Managing the Vector Processing Environment (VAX Only)

Managing DECdtm Services Understanding Transaction Logs Planning Transaction Logs Planning for a DECnet-Plus Network Creating Transaction Logs Monitoring Transaction Performance Checking Whether a Transaction Log Is Too Small Changing the Size of a Transaction Log Moving a Transaction Log Dismounting a Disk Adding a Node Removing a Node Disabling DECdtm Services Enabling DECdtm Services Using the XA Gateway (Alpha and I64)

Files-11 Disk Structure Disk Concepts Files-11 Structure Reserved Files Files-11 ODS Level 1 (VAX Only) Versus Levels 2 and 5

Timezones Provided in OpenVMS

Tables of Time Differential Factors

Glossary

Index