Open System Services Management and Operations Guide (G06.30+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

About This Document
This guide describes how to manage and operate the HP NonStop operating system Open System
Services (OSS) environment. The HP NonStop operating system Open System Services (OSS)
environment enables users on HP NonStop servers to integrate an operating system similar to the
UNIX operating system into their work environment. You manage and operate the OSS environment
primarily from the Guardian environment.
This guide describes only what is unique to the OSS environment, its management, and its operation.
This guide does not describe:
• General Guardian management or operation procedures.
• Guardian programs and commands that have been enhanced to accommodate the OSS
environment.
• How to use Guardian programs that you would use to manage or operate Guardian systems,
even though these programs could be applied to systems that have the OSS environment
running on them.
The OSS Utilities product (T8626) provides the essential OSS user commands and utilities, and
this guide is designed for these commands. For details of an OSS Utilities command, see the
respective reference page either online or in the Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference
Manual.
Beginning with the J06.14 and H06.25 RVUs, the OSS Core Utilities product (T1202) provides
additional Open Source utilities. For information about the OSS Core Utilities, see “OSS Core
Utilities User Commands” (page 243).
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)
This guide supports J06.03 and all subsequent J-series RVUs, H06.08 and all subsequent H-series
RVUs, and G06.30 and all subsequent G-series RVUs until otherwise indicated in a replacement
publication.
Intended Audience
This guide is for system managers and operators of the OSS environment. System managers set
policy, perform system and shell configuration, and perform operations that require the use of the
super ID (255,255 in the Guardian environment, 65535 in the OSS environment) or membership
in the super group (255,nnn), such as managing users and groups. System operators carry out
system support and maintenance as described in the operations guide for their NonStop server.
Because Open System Services is managed and operated primarily through the Guardian
environment, the audience for this guide consists of Guardian system managers and operators and
those who have acquired proficiency at managing or operating a Guardian system. At the very
least:
• System managers must complete the HP NonStop system education and training course that
includes problem management for NonStop servers or have equivalent work experience.
Additionally, they must be proficient at using a security product on a NonStop server, such
as the Safeguard product. System managers must have a basic knowledge of the UNIX
operating system and the Korn shell.
• Operators must complete the HP NonStop system education and training courses that include
configuration and change management and production management for the NonStop server
or have equivalent work experience.
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs) 15