HP Advanced Server V7.3B for OpenVMS and HP PATHWORKS V6.1 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)

HP Advanced Server V7.3B for OpenVMS
Like Windows NT Servers, Advanced Server does not support share-level security and
operates in user-level security mode only.
• In the Advanced Server and OpenVMS security mode, both the OpenVMS and Advanced
Server security models are enforced.
Use of both security models is never necessary to control user access to resources, but
is provided to allow administrators of systems with complex OpenVMS security controls
already in place to use those same controls to restrict access by client users. Note that
use of the Advanced Server and OpenVMS security model results in the extra overhead of
validating both the Advanced Server and OpenVMS settings.
In addition, the Advanced Server supports external authentication (allowing OpenVMS users
to log in at the OpenVMS prompt using their domain user name and password) and password
synchronization between OpenVMS and Advanced Server systems, and it supports user
account lockout.
Domain Support
Advanced Server allows the network to be subdivided into domains (administrative groups of
servers and clients). Domains are a convenient mechanism for controlling user access to the
network and for managing large networks. The Advanced Server can be a member of a single
domain. The Advanced Server can be a primary domain controller (PDC), a backup domain
controller (BDC), or a member server.
The Advanced Server can be deployed as the PDC in a network comprising other Advanced
Servers, Windows NT Servers, PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (LAN Manager) servers, or
LAN Manager for OS/2 servers. It also can act as a BDC for other Advanced Servers and
Windows NT Server computers. In addition, the Advanced Server can act as a BDC and/or as
a member server in Windows 2000 mixed-mode and Windows 2003 interim domains, or as a
member server in Windows 2000 native-mode and Windows 2003 domains, in accord with the
limitations imposed by Microsoft on Windows NT V4-compatible servers.
Advanced Server for OpenVMS provides support for wide area networks using one or more of
the following methods:
• LMHOSTS file
The presence of the LMHOSTS file on Advanced Server allows NetLogon services and
security database replication over wide area TCP/IP configurations. This file contains a
list of nodes from geographically dispersed sites synchronized by the PDC and accessible
to clients in the server’s domain. However, use of the LMHOSTS file for replication over
extreme distances or in networks with slow transmission speeds is not recommended.
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