Specifications

OpenVMS Operating System for Alpha and VAX (Versions 7.1, 7.1–1H1, 7.1–1H2, and 7.1–2) SPD 41.87.06
Print queues, both generic and execution, together with
queue management facilities, provide versatile print ca-
pabilities, including support of ANSI and PostScript file
printing.
The maximum number of process identifiers for queuing
requests is 1024.
Accounting Utility
For accounting purposes, OpenVMS keeps records of
system resource usage. These statistics include pro-
cessor and memory utilization, I/O counts, print sym-
biont line counts, image activation counts, and process
termination records. The OpenVMS Accounting utility
allows you to generate various reports using this data.
Audit Analysis Utility
For security auditing purposes, OpenVMS selectively
records critical, security-relevant events in the system
security audit log file. These records contain the date
and time the event occurred, the identity of the asso-
ciated user process, and information specific to each
event type. This information helps the system manager
maintain system security and deter possible intruders.
The OpenVMS Audit Analysis utility allows you to gen-
erate various reports from this data.
Autoconfigure/AU OGEN Utilities
The Autoconfigure and AUTOGEN utilities automatically
configure the available devices in the system tables and
set system parameters based on the peripheral and
memory architecture. This eliminates the need for a tra-
ditional system generation process when the hardware
configuration is expanded or otherwise modified.
The OpenVMS AUTOGEN command procedure sets
several system parameters automatically by detecting
the devices installed in a configuration. A feedback op-
tion allows you to generate a report of recommended
parameter settings based on previous usage patterns.
Backup Utility
The Backup utility provides full-volume and incremental
file backups for file-structured, mounted volumes and
volume sets. Individual files, selected directory struc-
tures, or all files on a volume set can be backed up
and restored. Files can be selected by various dates
(such as creation or modification) and can be backed
up to magnetic tape, magnetic disk, or Write Once Read
Many (WORM) optical disk. The Backup utility can also
be used to restore a save set or list the contents of a
save set.
A BACKUP API has been added for invoking backup
routines from an executable procedure.
The Backup Manager for OpenVMS provides a screen-
oriented interface to the Backup utility that assists users
in performing routine backup operations. The Backup
Manager is menu driven and provides:
• Access to the save, restore, and list operations with-
out having to understand Backup command syntax
• The ability to create, modify, recall, and delete
Backup Manager templates that describe the Backup
save operations
The Backup Manager works on all supported OpenVMS
configurations with a video terminal. It uses the Screen
Management (SMG) RTL routines to provide a window-
like user interface. The software does not assume any
privilege on the part of its user beyond access to the
files and devices being operated upon.
Standalone BACKUP Utility (VAX Only)
Standalone BACKUP provides a mechanism for system
managers to back up and restore system disks. This
utility can also be used during the installation of the
OpenVMS VAX operating system.
Analyze Disk Structure Utility
The Analyze Disk Structure utility compares the struc-
ture information on a disk volume with the contents of
the disk, prints the structure information, and permits
changes to that information. It also can be used to re-
pair errors that are detected in the file structure of disks.
Monitor Utility
The Monitor utility enables the system manager to mon-
itor different classes of systemwide performance data
including: process activity, I/O activity, memory man-
agement activity, vector processing activity (VAX only),
and two-phase commit transaction activity at specified
intervals. The data can be displayed as it is gathered
or saved in a file for later use.
License Management Facility (LMF)
The License Management facility allows the system
manager to enable software licenses and to determine
which software products are licensed on an OpenVMS
system.
System Management Utility (SYSMAN)
The System Management utility allows system man-
agers to define a management environment in which
operations performed from the local OpenVMS system
can be executed on all other OpenVMS systems in the
environment. The environment can include OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX systems configured in an OpenVMS
Cluster or multiple systems networked through DECnet
or DECnet-Plus.
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