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OpenVMS Operating System TCP/IP Features
The OpenVMS operating system contains a number of features that are of specific
benefit to the TCP/IP environment. This chapter discusses the following topics
related to these features:
• TCP/IP management commands
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• OpenVMS System Dump Analysis (SDA) Tool
• Accessing system messages through operator communication manager
(OPCOM) and log files
• Comparison of ODS-5 and ODS-2 file structures
• Print queues (network printers)
Things to Consider
In planning your TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS, consider the following:
• Should I use ODS-5? For which disks?
• Where should I store the log files?
• Which printers in my system are network shareable? How will users access
them?
• Which printers in my system are on a serial line?
• Should I configure PATHWORKS shares for printers?
4.1 TCP/IP Management Control Program
The TCP/IP Services Management Control Program is a comprehensive, easy-to-use
network management tool that includes more than 100 OpenVMS commands.
TCP/IP Services provides this management command interface to configure and
modify parameters of components, configure customer-developed services, enable
and disable running components, and monitor the running software
To start the management control program, enter the following command:
$ TCPIP
TCPIP>
At the
TCPIP>
prompt, you can enter commands such as the following:
SHOW SERVICES
SHOW CONFIGURATION
HELP
SET HOST
COPY
DIR
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