OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual

This document is a reference manual for system management utilities used with the OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS AXP operating systems. It covers utilities and command procedures in the A–L alphabetical range, specifically:

• Access Control List (ACL) Editor: Describes how to create and maintain ACLs, including format specifications for different Access Control Entries (ACEs) and command-line qualifiers.
• Accounting Utility: Details the generation of system resource usage reports, including various qualifiers for selecting and formatting data.
• Analyze/Disk_Structure Utility: Explains how to verify disk volume integrity, report inconsistencies, recover lost files, and perform repairs on Files-11 disk structures.
• Audit Analysis Utility: Provides reference information for extracting and reporting event messages from security audit log files.
• Authorize Utility: Details managing user authorization records in the system user authorization file (SYSUAF.DAT), the network proxy authorization file (NETPROXY.DAT), and the rights database (RIGHTSLIST.DAT).
• AUTOGEN Command Procedure: Describes the automated procedure used for system parameter calculation, system file sizing, and system configuration, including feedback mechanisms.
• Backup Utility: Covers the use of the Backup utility for saving, restoring, copying, and comparing files and volumes, including detailed information on command-line and qualifier syntax for different types of operations (image, incremental, and file-based).
• Crash Log Utility Extractor (CLUE): Describes managing and displaying crash history files on VAX systems.
• Error Log Utility: Details the selective reporting of binary error log files.
• Install Utility: Explains how to enhance image performance by installing images on known file lists.
• LAT Control Program (LATCP) Utility: Covers configuring and controlling LAT software, including creating links, ports, services, and managing node characteristics.
• Log Manager Control Program (LMCP) Utility: Describes the creation and management of transaction logs for DECdtm services.

The manual also includes extensive technical appendices detailing message and record formats, as well as a comprehensive index.