HP OpenVMS 8.x manual Preparing to Use OpenVMS Management Station, Preparing Your OpenVMS System

G Preparing to Use OpenVMS Management Station

This appendix explains how to prepare your OpenVMS system to run the OpenVMS Management Station server software and how to prepare your PC to run the OpenVMS Management Station client software. This appendix also includes other related information.

OpenVMS Management Station is a powerful Microsoft Windows based management tool for system managers and others who perform management tasks on OpenVMS systems. It allows system managers to organize the systems they need to manage in ways that are meaningful to them and their environment. OpenVMS Management Station provides a comprehensive user interface that allows system managers to manage OpenVMS user accounts, printers, and storage on those systems and across multiple systems. For example, if you have an account on three different OpenVMS Cluster systems, OpenVMS Management Station allows you to easily update a process quota, add a privilege, and so forth, for each instance of the account.

NOTE: If you have HP SIM, use HP SIM for installing and upgrading OpenVMS on one or more Integrity servers. Use OpenVMS Management Station for the purposes described in this appendix.

OpenVMS Management Station consists of the client software, which is installed on a PC from which all management operations are performed, and the server software, which is installed on any OpenVMS system that is to be managed.

During the OpenVMS installation or upgrade procedure, the OpenVMS Management Station server software is automatically installed on your OpenVMS system disk.

You can download the PC client file from the following website:

http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/argus

If the TNT$* server files have been deleted from SYS$SYSTEM, you can recover the server files by reinstalling the OpenVMS operating system or by downloading and installing the appropriate kit from this website.

After you ensure that OpenVMS Management Station software is installed on your system, perform the procedures described in this appendix.

G.1 Preparing Your OpenVMS System

You must prepare your OpenVMS system to run the server software so that your system can properly interact with the PC running the client software. The procedures include the following:

•Set up in a mixed-architecture cluster environment (if applicable).

•Start the server on other nodes.

•Update the printer and storage database.

•Edit the system files.

•Allow OpenVMS Management Station to control the printer and storage environment.

•Keep your printer environment up to date.

•Check if running third-party TCP/IP stacks.

•Determine and report problems.

G.1.1 Setting Up in a Mixed-Architecture Cluster Environment

The OpenVMS Management Station server creates several configuration files:

•TNT$UADB.DAT

•TNT$ACS.DAT

•TNT$JOURNAL.TNT$TRANSACTION_JOURNAL

•TNT$MONITOR.DAT

•TNT$MONITOR.TNT$MONITOR_JOURNAL

•TNT$EMERGENCY_MOUNT.COM

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