OpenVMS System Manager’s Manual

This manual, OpenVMS System Manager's Manual: Essentials, serves as a comprehensive guide for system managers responsible for managing OpenVMS systems. It covers a wide range of essential tasks, including:

• System Management Tools: Using DCL, SYSMAN, and OPCOM to manage and monitor the system.
• Software Installation & Management: Procedures for installing, upgrading, and updating operating system software and layered products, including both DCL and Motif-based interfaces.
• System Startup and Shutdown: Comprehensive procedures for booting, starting up, and shutting down the operating system, including emergency recovery steps.
• Managing User Accounts: Creating, managing, and maintaining user accounts using UAF, as well as establishing security policies.
• Managing Peripheral Devices & Storage: Configuring devices, managing terminals, printers, tapes, and disks, and handling disk quotas and storage media maintenance.
• System Customization: Modifying startup command procedures and login environments.
• Queue Management: Setting up, managing, and troubleshooting batch and print queues, including form management.
• Security: Implementing security features to protect objects and audit relevant system events.
• BACKUP Utility: Using the BACKUP utility for file-level and image-level backups to protect against data loss.

This guide is intended as a companion to other specialized OpenVMS documentation.