OpenVMS System Manager's Manual

This manual, published in May 1993 for OpenVMS AXP Version 1.5 and OpenVMS VAX Version 6.0, serves as a task-oriented guide for system managers on tuning, monitoring, and managing complex OpenVMS system environments.

Key topics covered in the document include:

• System Parameters: Methods for managing system parameters using AUTOGEN, SYSMAN, and SYSGEN utilities, including instructions for converting customized settings.
• System Files: Management of system page, swap, and dump files, including calculation formulas for file sizes and procedures for installing and modifying them.
• Performance Management: Concepts for optimizing system performance, managing workloads, and installing known images to improve system efficiency.
• System Information: Procedures for using system logs, error logging facilities, and security auditing to monitor system health and security.
• Resource Tracking: Setting up accounting files and monitoring disk usage.
• Cluster and Network Management: Considerations for managing VMScluster environments, DECnet networking, and InfoServer systems.
• LAT Software: Implementation and management of Local Area Terminal (LAT) software.
• Transaction Services: Configuration and maintenance of DECdtm services, including transaction log management.
• System Environments: Managing special environments like symmetric multiprocessing and vector processing (on VAX systems).
• Disk Structures: Information on Files-11 disk structures and reserved files.