CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Overview

  1.1     System Management Responsibilities

  1.2     System Management Tools

  1.3     VMS Operating System Components

  1.4     Installation, Upgrades, and Updates
    1.4.1      What Happens During an Installation
    1.4.2      What Happens During an Upgrade
    1.4.3      What Happens During an Update

  2      Setting Up the System

  2.1     Startup and Login Command Files

  2.2     Accounts and System Resources
    2.2.1      The User Authorization File (UAF)
      2.2.1.1      Priority
      2.2.1.2      Limits and Quotas
      2.2.1.3      Privileges
    2.2.2      Accounting

  3      Security Management

  3.1     UIC-Based Protection
    3.1.1      User Identification Code
    3.1.2      Ownership and Access Categories
    3.1.3      Protection Masks

  3.2     ACL-Based Protection
    3.2.1      Identifiers
    3.2.2      Access Control Entries (ACEs)
    3.2.3      Rights List

  3.3     How the System Grants Access

  4      Maintaining the System

  4.1     Maintaining Public Files and Volumes
    4.1.1      Preparing and Manipulating Volumes
    4.1.2      Responding to Operator-Assisted Mount Requests

  4.2     Performing Backup Operations

  4.3     Managing Disk Space

  4.4     Managing Batch and Print Operations

  4.5     Handling Error Conditions and Events

  5      Performance Management

  5.1     Knowing Your Workload
    5.1.1      Using the Monitor Utility (MONITOR)
    5.1.2      Using the Accounting Utility (ACCOUNTING)
    5.1.3      Managing Workload
    5.1.4      Distributing Workload

  5.2     Understanding System Tuning

  5.3     Predicting When Tuning Is Required

  5.4     Evaluating Tuning Success

  5.5     Performance Options

  6      Introduction to VAXcluster Systems

  6.1     Configuration Types
    6.1.1      CI-Based VAXcluster Systems
    6.1.2      Local Area VAXclusters
    6.1.3      Mixed-Interconnect VAXcluster Systems

  7      Introduction to DECnet-VAX Networking

  7.1     What Is a DECnet Network?
    7.1.1      Logical Links and Objects
    7.1.2      Routing
    7.1.3      Network Size
    7.1.4      Industry Standards and Capacity for Growth

  7.2     How DECnet-VAX Serves as the VMS Interface to the Network

  7.3     What Does a DECnet Network Look Like?
    7.3.1      Local Area Networks
    7.3.2      Wide Area Networks

  7.4     System and Network Manager Responsibilities
    7.4.1      Configuring a DECnet-VAX Node
    7.4.2      Providing DECnet-VAX Host Services
    7.4.3      Creating and Managing a Network

  FIGURES

  6-1        Typical CI-Based VAXcluster Configuration

  6-2        Local Area VAXcluster System with Single Boot Server

  6-3        Typical Mixed-Interconnect VAXcluster System

  7-1        Example of a Small Local Area Network Configuration

  7-2        Examples of Wide Area Network Connections

  TABLES

  1-1        System Management Utilities