HP OpenVMS for Integrity Servers and HP OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.2
HP OpenVMS for Integrity Servers and HP OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.2 Operating Systems SPD 82.35.01
HP OpenVMS Management Station
HP OpenVMS Management Station (OMS) is a powerful
Microsoft Windows based management tool for system
managers and others who perform system management
tasks on OpenVMS systems. OMS features an intuitive
user interface that is meaningful to system managers
and their environment by allowing them to manage user
accounts, printers, and storage on their systems. Sys-
tem managers and help desk staff no longer need to
remember complicated DCL syntax or command pro-
cedures to manage their OpenVMS Alpha and Integrity
server systems. OMS is based on the Microsoft Man-
agement Console (MMC). The Microsoft Management
Console provides a common management framework
for various administration programs. OpenVMS Man-
agement Station is implemented as an MMC snap-in
and includes all of the MMC components you need.
OpenVMS Management Station and related documen-
tation is available via the OpenVMS System Manage-
ment web page located at:
http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/argus
Enterprise Capacity and Performance Analyzer
Enterprise Capacity and Performance (ECP) Analyzer
works with the data that is collected by a Data Col-
lector (ECP Data Collector for VAX and Performance
Data Collector (TDC) version 2.0 for Alpha and Integrity
servers). ECP Analyzer provides both graphic (MOTIF-
based) and tabular reports for the data assembled by
the collector including metrics for CPU, disk I/O, mem-
ory, paging, processes, locks, SCS, and TCP/IP. The
ECP Analyzer, which runs on Alpha, will process data
from:
• ECP Data Collector (VAX)
• TDC2 (Alpha and Integrity servers)
• POLYCENTER Performance Advisor Data Collector
for OpenVMS (pre- V2.1.5 data only)
The Performance Analyzer and related documentation
is available on the OpenVMS System Management web
page located at:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/products/
ecp/index.html
Performance Data Collector
Performance data for an AlphaServer and Integrity
server system running OpenVMS Version 8.2 can be
gathered using the Performance Data Collector (TDC)
Version 2. By default, TDC periodically collects and
stores data in a file that can be retrieved by user ap-
plications.
The Performance Data Collector and related documen-
tation is available on the OpenVMS System Manage-
ment web page at:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/products/
tdc/index.html
Graphical Configuration Manager for OpenVMS
The Graphical Configuration Manager (GCM) for
OpenVMS is a portable client/server application that
provides a visual means of viewing and controlling the
configuration of partitioned AlphaServer systems run-
ning OpenVMS. The GCM client, a Java-based appli-
cation, can run on any operating system that supports
a TCP/IP network and the Java run-time environment—
Software Development Kit (SDK), for the Java Platform
V1.2.2 or higher. (Currently, the GCM client is not sup-
ported on Java SDK Version 1.3 or higher.) A GCM
server runs as a detached process on each partitioned
OpenVMS instance on one or more AlphaServer sys-
tems.
Class Scheduler for CPU Scheduling
The Class Scheduler is a SYSMAN-based interface for
defining and controlling scheduling classes for Open-
VMS systems that allows you to designate the percent-
age of CPU time that a system’s user may receive by
placing users into scheduling classes.
Batch and Print Queuing System
OpenVMS provides an extensive batch and print capa-
bility that allows the creation of queues and the setup of
spooled devices to process non-interactive workloads in
parallel with timesharing or real-time jobs.
The OpenVMS batch and print operations support two
types of queues: generic queues and execution queues.
A generic queue is an intermediate queue that holds a
job until an appropriate execution queue becomes avail-
able to initiate the job. An execution queue is a queue
through which the job (either print or batch) is actually
processed. Because multiple execution queues can be
associated with a generic queue, OpenVMS enables
load balancing across available systems in an Open-
VMS Cluster system, increasing overall system through-
put.
Print queues, both generic and execution, together with
queue management facilities, provide versatile print ca-
pabilities, including support for various print file formats.
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