Open System Services Management and Operations Guide (G06.29+, H06.07+)

About This Guide
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What Is in This Guide?
What Is in This Guide?
This guide contains information and procedures for managing and operating the OSS
environment. It is divided into the following sections:
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Section 1, Introducing Open System Services, presents an overview of how to
manage and operate the OSS environment. It includes a task table that refers you
to the appropriate documentation for specific kinds of tasks.
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Section 2, Operating the OSS Environment, describes how to operate the OSS
environment. This section includes procedures for managing subsystems and
processes, maintaining files needed in the OSS environment, and performing
backups and restores.
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Section 3, Understanding the OSS File System, describes the structure and
naming conventions within the OSS file system.
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Section 4, Managing Servers, describes how to manage server processes and
functions using OSS Monitor SCF commands and, where necessary, HP Tandem
Advanced Command Language (TACL) commands.
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Section 5, Managing Filesets, describes how to manage filesets using OSS
Monitor SCF commands and (where necessary) TACL commands, including:
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How to use the OSS Monitor SCF DIAGNOSE FILESET command, which
invokes the FSCK fileset integrity checker.
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How to use the Guardian Catalog Volume Tool (CVT) utility, which enables you
to manage fileset catalogs.
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Section 6, Managing OSS Files, describes the actions necessary to maintain data
files within the OSS file system.
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Section 7, Managing Terminal Access, describes how to configure user access to
the OSS environment for terminal users.
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Section 8, Managing Security, summarizes security features, user and user-group
characteristics, and means for protecting your system. It also describes how to
specify initial working directories and initial programs.
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Section 9, Managing With the Shell, describes how to manage objects in the OSS
environment using the OSS version of the Korn shell. The shell is the command
interface to the OSS environment.
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Section 10, Managing OSS Devices, discusses OSS devices and describes how to
configure printers in the OSS environment.
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Section 11, Managing Problems, briefly reviews problem-reporting procedures in
the OSS environment.
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Section 12, Open System Services Monitor, provides a reference to the Subsystem
Control Facility (SCF) product module for the OSS Monitor and the SCF
commands you can use to manage the OSS environment.