OpenVMS Training Overview

This course presents an in-depth explanation of OpenVMS internals, from a conceptual (and when possible, practical) view. It is designed to educate system managers and other non-systems programmers in the most frequently used parts of the OpenVMS executive. The course also provides the foundations for effective use of the system dump analyzer (SDA).

OpenVMS Training Prerequisites

Participants are assumed to have a thorough knowledge of OpenVMS system management, and some experience with system parameters.

OpenVMS Training Course duration

This course requires three (3) days, 70 % lecture, and 30 % lab time.

OpenVMS Training Course Objectives

Students completing this course will understand: the effect many SYSGEN parameters have on the layout of the OpenVMS executive areas; the basic flow of the most frequently accessed OpenVMS mechanisms; the naming conventions used in the OpenVMS executive areas; and the use of SDA commands in displaying information on executive area
OpenVMS Training Course outline

Naming conventions used in the VMS executive

• System space locations
• OpenVMS internal routines
• Data structure layouts and offset names