HP OpenVMS System Manager s Manual, Volume 2: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems OpenVMS 7.3-2 This manual supersedes the HP OpenVMS System Manager s Manual, Volume 2: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems, OpenVMS Version 7.3-1. Manufacturing Part Number: AA-PV5NH-TK September 2003 Copyright 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Contents 1. Managing System Parameters Understanding System Parameters..................................................... 24 Default, Current, and Active Values................................................... 25 Pages and Pagelets................................................................. 26 Recommended Method for Changing Parameter Values..................................... 26 Converting Your Customized Parameter Settings for Use with AUTOGEN..................... 27 Understanding the AUTOGEN Command Procedure....................................... 30 AUTOGEN Feedback............................................................... 32 Feedback Report (AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT)........................................... 33 AUTOGEN Phases................................................................. 38 AUTOGEN Parameter File (MODPARAMS.DAT)........................................ 39 Modifying System Parameters with AUTOGEN........................................... 40 Controlling AUTOGEN's Parameter Settings with MODPARAMS.DAT...................... 41 Specifying a Minimum Required Age for Feedback (VAX Only)............................. 44 Including an External Parameter File in MODPARAMS.DAT.............................. 45 Turning Off Logging of DCL Statements............................................... 45 Automating AUTOGEN Reports........................................................ 45 Changing Parameter Values After Reviewing AUTOGEN Reports........................... 47 Managing System Parameters with SYSMAN............................................. 48 Understanding Parameter Values and SYSMAN......................................... 49 Showing Parameter Values with SYSMAN.............................................. 50 Modifying a Parameter File with SYSMAN............................................. 50 Modifying Active Values with SYSMAN................................................ 51 Managing System Parameters with SYSGEN............................................. 52 Understanding Parameter Values and SYSGEN......................................... 53 Showing Parameter Values with SYSGEN.............................................. 54 Modifying the System Parameter File with SYSGEN..................................... 56 Modifying Active Values with SYSGEN................................................ 56 Creating a New Parameter File with SYSGEN.......................................... 57 Modifying System Parameters with a Conversational Boot.................................. 59 Tuning BAP System Parameters....................................................... 59 2. Managing Page, Swap, and Dump Files Understanding Dump Files............................................................ 64 Using the Page File to Store System Crash Dumps....................................... 65 Understanding Types of System Dumps................................................ 66 Understanding Page and Swap Files.................................................... 67 Displaying Information About Page and Swap Files........................................ 68 Manually Calculating Appropriate Sizes for Dump, Page, and Swap Files...................... 69 Calculating System Dump File Size................................................... 69 Calculating Error Log Dump File Size................................................. 71 Calculating Page File Size........................................................... 71 Calculating Swap File Size........................................................... 73 Minimizing System Dump File Size When Disk Space Is Insufficient.......................... 74 Understanding the Order of Information in a Selective System Dump....................... 75 Fine-Tuning the Order That Processes Are Written in Selective System Dumps (Alpha Only).... 76 3
Contents Writing the System Dump File to the System Disk......................................... 77 System Dump to System Disk on Alpha................................................ 77 System Dump to System Disk on VAX................................................. 77 Writing the System Dump File to an Alternate Disk....................................... 77 DOSD Requirements on Alpha Systems................................................ 78 DOSD Requirements on VAX Systems................................................. 80 Using SDA to Analyze the Contents of a Crash Dump...................................... 81 Using SDA CLUE Commands to Analyze Crash Dump Files (Alpha Only)..................... 81 Understanding CLUE (Alpha Only)................................................... 81 Displaying Data Using SDA CLUE Commands (Alpha Only)............................... 82 Using SDA CLUE with Dump Off System Disk (Alpha Only)............................... 83 Using CLUE to Obtain Historical Information About Crash Dumps (VAX Only)................. 83 Understanding CLUE (VAX Only)..................................................... 83 Displaying Data Using CLUE (VAX Only).............................................. 84 Saving the Contents of the System Dump File After a System Failure......................... 84 Copying System Dump Files to Tape or Disk.............................................. 85 Freeing Dump Information from the Page File............................................ 86 Freeing Dump Information on VAX and Alpha Systems................................... 86 Usage Notes for Freeing Information on VAX and Alpha Systems........................... 87 Installing Page and Swap Files......................................................... 88 Installing Interactively.............................................................. 88 Installing in SYPAGSWPFILES.COM................................................. 88 Removing Page, Swap, and Dump Files.................................................. 90 Creating and Modifying Page, Swap, and Dump Files...................................... 90 Using AUTOGEN (Recommended Method)............................................. 91 Using SWAPFILES.COM............................................................ 94 Using SYSGEN.................................................................... 96 Understanding Process Dumps......................................................... 98 Understanding Privileged Users and Access to Process Dumps (Alpha Only).................. 98 Granting Access to Process Dumps (Alpha Only)......................................... 99 Restricting Access to Process Dumps (Alpha Only)....................................... 99 3. Performance Considerations Understanding Performance Management.............................................. 102 Knowing Your Work Load............................................................ 102 Choosing a Work Load Management Strategy............................................ 103 Distributing the Work Load........................................................... 104 Understanding System Tuning........................................................ 104 Predicting When Tuning Is Required................................................... 105 Evaluating Tuning Success........................................................... 106 Choosing Performance Options........................................................ 106 Expanding System Libraries.......................................................... 108 Determining Disk Space Available to Expand Libraries.................................. 109 Using the Library Decompression Utility (LIBDECOMP.COM)............................ 109 Using the LIBRARY Command with the /DATA Qualifier................................ 115 Using INSTALL to Install Known Images............................................... 116 4
Contents Understanding Images and Known Images............................................ 117 Understanding Known File Entries................................................... 117 Understanding Attributes You Can Assign to Known Images.............................. 118 Determining Which Images to Install................................................. 119 Installing Images to Improve Image Activation Performance.............................. 119 Installing Images with Shared Address Data........................................... 119 Installing Images to Conserve Physical Memory........................................ 121 Installing Images to Enhance Privileges of Images...................................... 121 Activating Images in a Privileged Context............................................. 122 Specifying File Names in INSTALL.................................................. 123 Installing Images with INSTALL.................................................... 123 Displaying Known Images with INSTALL............................................. 124 Defining Logical Names for Shareable Image Files...................................... 125 Removing Known Images........................................................... 125 Reserved Memory Registry........................................................... 125 Using the Reserved Memory Registry................................................. 126 Removing Entries from the Reserved Memory Registry.................................. 127 Application Configuration.......................................................... 130 4. Managing File System Data Caches Understanding Caching.............................................................. 131 Understanding File System Data Caches................................................ 132 Disabling Caching Clusterwide........................................................ 133 Mounting a Volume With Caching Disabled.............................................. 133 Managing XFC (Alpha Only).......................................................... 134 Ensuring that XFC Interoperates with Older Versions................................... 134 Controlling the Size of the Cache..................................................... 134 Controlling the Maximum Cached I/O Size............................................. 137 Disabling Caching for a File......................................................... 137 Disabling Read-Ahead Caching...................................................... 138 Monitoring Performance............................................................ 139 Managing the Virtual I/O Cache....................................................... 140 Understanding How the Cache Works................................................. 141 Selecting VIOC on an Alpha System................................................... 141 Controlling the Size of the Cache..................................................... 142 Displaying VIOC Statistics......................................................... 142 Enabling VIOC................................................................... 143 Determining if VIOC is Enabled..................................................... 143 Memory Allocation and VIOC....................................................... 144 Adjusting VIOC Size............................................................... 144 VIOC and OpenVMS Cluster Configurations........................................... 144 5. Testing the System with UETP Overview.......................................................................... 145 Understanding UETP.............................................................. 145 Summary of How to Use UETP...................................................... 146 5
Contents Preparing to Use UETP.............................................................. 147 Logging In....................................................................... 148 Using the SYSTEST Directories..................................................... 148 Setting Up the Devices to Be Tested.................................................... 148 Check Your Devices................................................................ 148 System Disk Space Required........................................................ 149 How UETP Works on Disks......................................................... 149 Prepare Disk Drives............................................................... 149 Magnetic Tape Drives.............................................................. 150 Tape Cartridge Drives............................................................. 150 Compact Disc Drives............................................................... 151 Optical Disk Drives................................................................ 151 Terminals and Line Printers........................................................ 151 Ethernet Adapters................................................................ 151 DR11 W Data Interface (VAX Only).................................................. 152 DRV11 WA Data Interface (VAX Only)............................................... 152 DR750 or DR780 (DR32 Interface) (VAX Only)......................................... 152 Second LPA11 K Device............................................................ 153 Devices That Are Not Tested........................................................ 153 OpenVMS Cluster Testing.......................................................... 153 Testing a Small-Disk System........................................................ 155 DECnet for OpenVMS Phase........................................................ 155 Vector Processors and the VVIEF (VAX Only).......................................... 155 Starting UETP..................................................................... 156 Running a Subset of Phases......................................................... 156 Single Run Versus Multiple Passes................................................... 157 Defining User Load for Load Test.................................................... 157 Report Formats................................................................... 158 Stopping a UETP Operation.......................................................... 158 Using Ctrl/Y..................................................................... 158 Using DCL Commands............................................................. 159 Using Ctrl/C..................................................................... 159 Troubleshooting: An Overview........................................................ 159 Error Logging and Diagnostics...................................................... 160 Interpreting UETP Output......................................................... 160 Displaying Information on Your Screen............................................... 161 Example Screen Display (VAX Only).................................................. 161 Example Screen Display (Alpha Only)................................................ 162 Defining a Remote Node for UETP Ethernet Testing..................................... 163 Log Files........................................................................ 164 Troubleshooting: Possible UETP Errors................................................. 164 Summary of Common Failures....................................................... 164 Wrong Quotas, Privileges, or Account................................................. 165 UETINIT01 Failure............................................................... 167 UETVECTOR Failure (VAX Only).................................................... 168 Device Allocated or in Use by Another Application...................................... 168 6
Contents Insufficient Disk Space............................................................. 169 Incorrect Setup of an OpenVMS Cluster System........................................ 169 Problems During the Load Test...................................................... 170 DECnet for OpenVMS Error........................................................ 172 Errors Logged but Not Displayed.................................................... 172 No PCB or Swap Slots............................................................. 172 No Keyboard Response or System Disk Activity......................................... 173 Lack of Default Access for the FAL Object............................................. 173 Bugchecks and Machine Checks..................................................... 174 UETP Tests and Phases.............................................................. 174 Initialization Phase............................................................... 174 Device Test Phase................................................................. 175 System Load Test Phase............................................................ 178 DECnet for OpenVMS Test Phase.................................................... 178 Cluster-Integration Test Phase...................................................... 181 6. Getting Information About the System Understanding System Log Files...................................................... 184 Understanding Error Logging......................................................... 184 Using the Error Formatter........................................................... 186 Restarting the ERRFMT Process..................................................... 186 Maintaining Error Log Files........................................................ 186 Using ERRFMT to Send Mail....................................................... 187 Using the Error Log Report Formatter (ERF)............................................ 188 Understanding the Error Log Report Formatter (ERF)................................... 188 Producing ERF Reports............................................................ 189 Producing a Full ERF Report........................................................ 189 Using Other ERF Report Options.................................................... 190 Using DECevent.................................................................... 191 Understanding DECevent.......................................................... 191 Invoking and Exiting DECevent..................................................... 192 Using DECevent Qualifiers......................................................... 193 Using Additional DECevent Commands............................................... 194 Producing DECevent Reports....................................................... 195 DECevent Restrictions............................................................. 199 Using the Error Log Viewer (ELV)..................................................... 200 Understanding the Error Log Viewer (ELV)............................................ 200 Invoking ELV.................................................................... 201 Principal ELV Commands.......................................................... 201 Standard Reports Using the TRANSLATE Command.................................... 202 Setting Up, Maintaining, and Printing the Operator Log File............................... 203 Understanding the Operator Log File................................................. 203 Understanding OPCOM Messages................................................... 203 Setting Up the Operator Log File.................................................... 209 Maintaining the Operator Log File................................................... 211 Printing the Operator Log File...................................................... 211 7
Contents Using Security Auditing............................................................. 213 Understanding Security Auditing.................................................... 213 Displaying Security Auditing Information............................................. 214 Delaying Startup of Auditing........................................................ 215 Enabling Security Auditing for Additional Classes...................................... 215 Disabling Security Auditing......................................................... 216 Enabling a Terminal to Receive Alarm Messages........................................ 216 Generating Security Reports........................................................ 216 Creating a New Version of the Security Audit Log File................................... 217 Monitoring Operating System Performance.............................................. 217 Understanding MONITOR......................................................... 218 Invoking MONITOR............................................................... 221 Using Live Display Monitoring...................................................... 221 Using Live Recording Monitoring.................................................... 223 Using Concurrent Display and Recording Monitoring.................................... 223 Using Playback Monitoring......................................................... 224 Using Remote Playback Monitoring.................................................. 225 Rerecording Monitoring............................................................ 226 Running MONITOR Continuously................................................... 226 Using Remote Monitoring.......................................................... 230 7. Tracking Resource Use Understanding Accounting Files...................................................... 233 Determining Which Resources Are Being Tracked........................................ 234 Controlling Which Resources Are Tracked............................................... 235 Starting Up a New Accounting File.................................................... 235 Moving the Accounting File.......................................................... 236 Producing Reports of Resource Use.................................................... 237 Setting Up Accounting Groups........................................................ 237 Monitoring Disk Space.............................................................. 238 8. OpenVMS Cluster Considerations Understanding OpenVMS Cluster Systems.............................................. 242 Setting Up an OpenVMS Cluster Environment......................................... 242 Clusterwide System Management................................................... 243 Using HP DECamds to Analyze Data................................................... 244 Using SHOW CLUSTER............................................................. 244 Understanding SHOW CLUSTER.................................................... 245 Beginning to Use SHOW CLUSTER Commands........................................ 246 Adding Information to a Report...................................................... 249 Controlling the Display of Data...................................................... 250 Formatting the Display of Data...................................................... 251 Creating a Startup Initialization File................................................. 254 Using Command Procedures Containing SHOW CLUSTER Commands..................... 255 Understanding SYSMAN and OpenVMS Cluster Management.............................. 256 Using SYSMAN to Manage Security................................................... 256 8
Contents Modifying the Group Number and Password........................................... 257 Using the SYSMAN Command DO to Manage an OpenVMS Cluster......................... 257 9. Network Considerations OpenVMS Networking Software Options................................................ 262 Choosing HP Networking Software.................................................... 263 Understanding HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS........................................ 265 Support for OpenVMS Cluster Systems............................................... 266 TCP/IP Services Management Tools and Utilities....................................... 266 Preparing to Join a TCP/IP Network................................................... 266 Installing and Configuring TCP/IP Services............................................. 267 Starting and Stopping TCP/IP Services................................................. 267 TCP/IP Services Documentation....................................................... 268 Understanding DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Networking Software........................... 269 DECnet-Plus Node Names......................................................... 270 Support for OpenVMS Cluster Systems............................................... 270 DECnet-Plus Management Tools and Utilities.......................................... 271 Preparing to Join a DECnet-Plus Network.............................................. 271 Installing and Configuring DECnet-Plus................................................ 271 Using DECnet Over TCP/IP.......................................................... 272 Moving Your DECnet Phase IV Network to DECnet-Plus.................................. 273 Starting and Stopping DECnet-Plus.................................................... 273 DECnet-Plus Documentation......................................................... 274 10. Managing the Local Area Network (LAN) Software Understanding Local Area Networks................................................... 276 LAN Characteristics............................................................... 276 LAN Addresses................................................................... 278 Managing Local Area Networks....................................................... 278 Understanding the LANACP LAN Server Process........................................ 280 Running the LANACP LAN Server Process............................................ 280 Stopping the LANACP LAN Server Process............................................ 280 Understanding the LANCP Utility..................................................... 281 Invoking and Running LANCP...................................................... 281 LANCP Commands................................................................ 282 LANCP Miscellaneous Functions.................................................... 283 Managing LAN Devices.............................................................. 284 Displaying System Devices......................................................... 284 Displaying Device Characteristics.................................................... 285 Setting Device Characteristics....................................................... 287 Managing the LAN Device Databases.................................................. 293 Displaying Devices in the LAN Device Databases....................................... 293 Entering Devices into the LAN Device Databases....................................... 294 Deleting Devices from the LAN Device Databases....................................... 294 Managing the LAN Node Databases.................................................... 295 Displaying Nodes in the LAN Node Databases.......................................... 295 9
Contents Entering Nodes into the LAN Node Databases.......................................... 296 Deleting Nodes from the LAN Node Databases......................................... 297 Understanding LAN MOP............................................................ 297 Coexistence with DECnet MOP...................................................... 297 Migrating from DECnet MOP to LAN MOP............................................ 298 Using CLUSTER_CONFIG_LAN.COM and LAN MOP................................... 299 Sample Satellite Load.............................................................. 299 Cross-Architecture Booting......................................................... 300 Managing the LAN MOP Downline Load Service......................................... 300 Enabling MOP Downline Load Service................................................ 300 Disabling MOP Downline Load Service................................................ 300 Displaying the Status and Counters Data............................................. 301 Displaying the Status and Counters Data for Individual Nodes............................ 301 Clearing the Counters Data......................................................... 302 OPCOM Messages................................................................ 302 Load Trace Facility................................................................ 303 MOP Console Carrier.............................................................. 303 MOP Trigger Boot................................................................. 304 Understanding LAN Failover......................................................... 305 Creating a LAN Failover Set........................................................ 306 Removing a LAN Failover Set....................................................... 306 Setting the Priority of a LAN Failover Participant....................................... 306 Enabling LAN Failover............................................................. 306 Disabling LAN Failover............................................................ 307 Displaying LAN Failover Characteristics.............................................. 307 Validating a LAN Failover Set....................................................... 307 Illustration of LAN Failover......................................................... 307 11. Managing InfoServer Systems Understanding InfoServer Functions................................................... 309 Automatic Service Policies for Multiple Servers......................................... 312 High-Availability Feature to Reduce Service Interruptions................................ 312 Support for X Terminal Clients...................................................... 312 Understanding LASTport Protocols.................................................... 313 LASTport Transport Protocol........................................................ 313 LASTport/Disk Protocol............................................................ 313 LASTport/Tape Protocol............................................................ 313 Establishing a Server Management Session............................................. 314 Server Management Commands..................................................... 315 Understanding InfoServer Client for OpenVMS Functions................................. 316 Understanding LASTCP Utility Functions.............................................. 317 Invoking and Exiting the LASTCP Utility............................................. 317 LASTCP Command Summary....................................................... 318 Starting InfoServer Client for OpenVMS Software Automatically.......................... 318 InfoServer Client Can Fail to Start If DECnet Is Started or Stopped........................ 320 Multiple Controllers Configured But Not All Attached to Media (Alpha Only)................ 320 10
Contents Startup Restrictions: PATHWORKS and RSM.......................................... 321 Startup Restrictions: SYSMAN...................................................... 321 User Account Requirements......................................................... 322 System Parameter MAXBUF Requirement............................................ 322 Understanding LADCP Utility Functions............................................... 322 Invoking and Exiting the LADCP Utility.............................................. 323 LADCP Command Summary........................................................ 323 Making InfoServer Devices Available Automatically..................................... 323 12. Managing the LAT Software Understanding the LAT Protocol...................................................... 325 How the LAT Protocol Works........................................................ 326 Advantages of the LAT Protocol...................................................... 326 Understanding the LAT Network...................................................... 327 Service Nodes.................................................................... 327 Terminal Server Nodes............................................................. 329 Nodes Allowing Outgoing Connections................................................ 329 Components of a LAT Network...................................................... 329 Understanding LAT Configurations.................................................... 331 LAT Relationship to OpenVMS Clusters and DECnet.................................... 331 Using Multiple LAN Adapters....................................................... 332 Large Buffers in Ethernet/FDDI Configurations........................................ 335 Understanding the LATCP Utility..................................................... 337 Invoking and Exiting LATCP........................................................ 337 LATCP Commands................................................................ 338 Starting Up the LAT Protocol......................................................... 339 Customizing LAT Characteristics...................................................... 341 Creating Additional Services........................................................ 342 Setting Up Ports.................................................................. 342 Queuing Incoming Requests........................................................ 344 Enabling Outgoing LAT Connections................................................. 344 Sample Edited LAT$SYSTARTUP.COM Procedure...................................... 345 Managing the LATACP Database Size.................................................. 347 13. Managing DECdtm Services Understanding Transaction Logs...................................................... 351 Planning Transaction Logs........................................................... 351 Deciding the Size of a Transaction Log................................................ 351 Deciding the Location of a Transaction Log............................................ 352 Planning for a DECnet-Plus Network.................................................. 352 Planning Your DECnet-Plus Namespace.............................................. 352 Planning SCSNODE Names in Your DECnet-Plus Network............................... 352 Creating Transaction Logs........................................................... 354 Monitoring Transaction Performance................................................... 356 Checking Whether a Transaction Log Is Too Small........................................ 359 Changing the Size of a Transaction Log................................................. 360 11
Contents Moving a Transaction Log............................................................ 362 Dismounting a Disk................................................................. 365 Adding a Node..................................................................... 367 Removing a Node................................................................... 369 Disabling DECdtm Services.......................................................... 371 Enabling DECdtm Services........................................................... 371 Using the XA Gateway (Alpha Only)................................................... 372 Gateway Configuration............................................................. 373 14. Managing Special Processing Environments Understanding Multiprocessing....................................................... 376 Primary and Secondary Processors................................................... 376 Available and Active Sets........................................................... 376 Processor Capabilities............................................................. 376 Managing SMP Environments........................................................ 377 Creating a Multiprocessing Environment.............................................. 377 Monitoring a Multiprocessing Environment............................................ 377 Understanding Vector Processing...................................................... 378 VAX Support for Vector Processing (VAX Only)......................................... 378 VAX Vector Instruction Emulation Facility (VAX Only)................................... 379 Managing the Vector Processing Environment (VAX Only)................................. 379 Loading the Vector Processing Support Code (VAX Only)................................. 379 Configuring a Vector Processing System (VAX Only)..................................... 380 Managing Vector Processes (VAX Only)............................................... 380 Restricting Access to the Vector Processor by Using ACLs (VAX Only)...................... 382 Obtaining Information About a Vector Processing System (VAX Only)...................... 382 Loading the VAX Vector Instruction Emulation Facility (VVIEF) (VAX Only)................. 384 A. Files-11 Disk Structure Disk Concepts...................................................................... 385 Logical Organization of a Disk....................................................... 385 Physical Organization of a Disk...................................................... 386 Files-11 Structure.................................................................. 387 File Identification (FID)............................................................ 387 ODS Directory Hierarchies......................................................... 388 Reserved Files..................................................................... 388 Index File, INDEXF.SYS........................................................... 389 Storage Bitmap File, BITMAP.SYS................................................... 392 Bad Block File, BADBLK.SYS....................................................... 392 Master File Directory.............................................................. 392 Core Image File, CORIMG.SYS...................................................... 392 Volume Set List File, VOLSET.SYS................................................... 393 Continuation File, CONTIN.SYS..................................................... 393 Backup Log File, BACKUP.SYS...................................................... 393 Pending Bad Block Log File, BADLOG.SYS............................................ 393 Quota File, QUOTA.SYS........................................................... 393 12
Contents Volume Security Profile, SECURITY.SYS............................................. 393 Files-11 ODS Level 1 (VAX Only) Versus Levels 2 and 5................................... 393 B. Tables of Time Differential Factors C. HP MIB Subagents Implemented on OpenVMS Alpha HP Server MIB Subagents........................................................... 399 Overview of DSM Subagents........................................................ 400 Setting up the System to Use the DSM Subagents...................................... 409 HP Cluster MIB Subagents........................................................... 410 Overview of DCM Subagents........................................................ 410 Setting Up the System to Use the DCM Subagents...................................... 412 Glossary................................................................... 413 Index...................................................................... 433 13
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Tables Table 1-1. Controlling AUTOGEN.................................................... 32 Table 1-2. AUTOGEN Phases....................................................... 38 Table 1-3. SYSMAN PARAMETERS Commands........................................ 48 Table 1-4. SYSGEN Commands Used with System Parameters............................ 53 Table 2-1. Definitions of Physical and Selective System Dumps............................ 66 Table 2-2. Paging and Swapping Terminology.......................................... 67 Table 2-3. Comparison of Physical and Selective System Dump Files....................... 74 Table 2-4. Symbols for Controlling the Total Size of Page, Swap, System Dump, or Error Log Dump File Space....................................................................... 93 Table 2-5. Symbols for Controlling the Size of Individual Page and Swap Files............... 93 Table 3-1. Libraries Recognized by LIBDECOMP.COM................................. 109 Table 3-2. Attributes of Known Images.............................................. 118 Table 5-1. Device Tests (VAX Only).................................................. 177 Table 5-2. Device Tests (Alpha Only)................................................ 177 Table 6-1. System Log Files........................................................ 184 Table 6-2. Parts of the Error Logging Subsystem....................................... 184 Table 6-3. Types of Events Reported in the Error Log File............................... 188 Table 6-4. ERF Report Options..................................................... 190 Table 6-5. Primary Qualifiers...................................................... 193 Table 6-6. (Optional) Secondary Qualifiers........................................... 193 Table 6-7. Types of Events That ELV Fully Supports................................... 200 Table 6-8. Types of Events That ELV Partially Supports................................ 200 Table 6-9. Principal ELV Commands................................................ 201 Table 6-10. Standard Report Detail Levels............................................ 202 Table 6-11. Event Classes Audited by Default......................................... 213 Table 6-12. Types of MONITOR Classes.............................................. 218 Table 6-13. MONITOR Classes..................................................... 219 Table 6-14. MONITOR Command Procedures......................................... 227 Table 6-15. Remote Monitoring Compatibility in an OpenVMS Cluster System.............. 230 Table 8-1. Fields in Default SHOW CLUSTER Report.................................. 246 Table 8-2. SHOW CLUSTER Qualifiers.............................................. 248 Table 8-3. Classes of Information Available in SHOW CLUSTER Reports.................. 249 Table 8-4. SYSMAN CONFIGURATION Commands................................... 256 Table 9-1. Choosing HP Networking Software for OpenVMS Systems...................... 263 Table 9-2. HP Networking Software Interoperability Options............................ 264 Table 9-3. HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Documentation............................ 268 Table 9-4. DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Documentation.................................. 274 Table 10-1. Characteristics of LAN Media............................................ 276 Table 10-2. LAN System Management Enhancements.................................. 279 Table 10-3. LANACP System Logical Names.......................................... 280 Table 10-4. Functions of the LANCP Utility........................................... 281 Table 10-5. Invoking the LANCP Utility............................................. 281 Table 10-6. LANCP Commands..................................................... 282 15
Tables Table 10-7. LAN Devices.......................................................... 284 Table 10-8. SHOW DEVICE Command Qualifiers...................................... 285 Table 10-9. DEFINE DEVICE and SET DEVICE Command Qualifiers.................... 288 Table 10-10. LIST DEVICE and SHOW DEVICE Command Qualifiers.................... 294 Table 10-11. DEFINE NODE and SET NODE Command Qualifiers....................... 296 Table 10-12. LIST NODE and SHOW NODE Command Qualifiers........................ 301 Table 10-13. CONNECT NODE Command Qualifiers................................... 304 Table 10-14. TRIGGER NODE Command Qualifiers................................... 304 Table 11-1. Summary of InfoServer Commands........................................ 315 Table 11-2. Summary of LASTCP Commands......................................... 318 Table 11-3. Summary of LADCP Commands.......................................... 323 Table 12-1. LATCP Commands..................................................... 338 Table 14-1. Settings of VECTOR_PROC System Parameter (VAX Only).................... 379 Table A-1. Reserved Files.......................................................... 388 Table A-2. Contents of Files--11 Index File........................................... 389 Table A-3. Areas of Data in File Headers............................................. 391 Table A-4. Limitations on Files--11 Structure Level 1 Volumes........................... 394 Table B-1. TDFs for Europe........................................................ 395 Table B-2. TDFs for North America................................................. 395 Table B-3. TDFs for Central and South America....................................... 396 Table B-4. TDFs for Asia.......................................................... 397 Table B-5. TDFs for the South Pacific................................................ 397 Table B-6. TDFs for Antarctica..................................................... 397 Table C-1. DSM System Subagent Objects Implemented on OpenVMS Alpha............... 400 Table C-2. DSM Management Subagent Objects Implemented on OpenVMS Alpha.......... 403 Table C-3. DSM Management Subagent Traps Implemented on OpenVMS Alpha............ 408 Table C-4. DCM Subagent Objects Implemented on OpenVMS........................... 411 16
Figures Figure 1-1. Old and New Parameter Values............................................ 29 Figure 1-2. SYSMAN Temporary, Active, and Current Parameter Values.................... 49 Figure 1-3. SYSGEN Temporary, Active, and Current Parameter Values.................... 54 Figure 8-1. SHOW CLUSTER Default Display........................................ 245 Figure 8-2. SHOW CLUSTER Display with CLUSTER Report........................... 250 Figure 10-1. LAN Failover......................................................... 308 Figure 11-1. InfoServer System Serving Clients....................................... 311 Figure 12-1. Components of a LAT Network.......................................... 330 Figure 12-2. Multiple Address LAT Configuration: One LAN with Mixed-Version LAT Nodes.. 332 Figure 12-3. Multiple Address LAT Configuration: Two LANs with Mixed Version LAT Nodes. 333 Figure 12-4. Multiple Address LAT Configuration: Two LANs with Version 5.3 LAT Nodes.... 333 Figure 12-5. Unsupported Multiple Address LAT Configuration.......................... 333 Figure 12-6. LAT FDDI Ring and Large Buffers....................................... 336 Figure 13-1. Managing DECdtm Services............................................ 350 Figure 13-2. Transaction Group.................................................... 354 Figure A-1. File Extents........................................................... 386 Figure A-2. Tracks and Cylinders................................................... 387 17
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Preface The HP OpenVMS System Manager s Manual, Volume 2: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems is Volume 2 of the HP OpenVMS System Manager s Manual two-volume set. Intended Audience This guide is intended for HP OpenVMS system managers. HP OpenVMS System Manager s Manual, Volume 2: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems assumes that readers are familiar with OpenVMS concepts and operation, and does not cover basic OpenVMS information. Document Structure This guide contains the following chapters and appendixes: Chapter 1, Managing System Parameters, on page 23 Chapter 2, Managing Page, Swap, and Dump Files, on page 63 Chapter 3, Performance Considerations, on page 101 Chapter 4, Managing File System Data Caches, on page 131 Chapter 5, Testing the System with UETP, on page 145 Chapter 6, Getting Information About the System, on page 183 Chapter 7, Tracking Resource Use, on page 233 Chapter 8, OpenVMS Cluster Considerations, on page 241 Chapter 9, Network Considerations, on page 261 Chapter 10, Managing the Local Area Network (LAN) Software, on page 275 Chapter 11, Managing InfoServer Systems, on page 309 Chapter 12, Managing the LAT Software, on page 325 Chapter 13, Managing DECdtm Services, on page 349 Chapter 14, Managing Special Processing Environments, on page 375 Appendix A, Files-11 Disk Structure, on page 385 Appendix B, Tables of Time Differential Factors, on page 395 Appendix C, HP MIB Subagents Implemented on OpenVMS Alpha, on page 399 Glossary on page 413 Related Documents The following manuals contain OpenVMS information that might be useful in conjunction with the HP OpenVMS System Manager s Manual: HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual OpenVMS User s Manual 19
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