HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 New Features and Documentation Overview


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Chapter 10
New Features in Associated Products

This topic describes the new features of the OpenVMS Layered Products (LP) and System Integrated Products (SIP). For a listing and directory information about the OpenVMS associated products, see the appropriate Read Before Installing letter for your operating system.

10.1 HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Version 5.7

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Version 5.7 supports OpenVMS Version 8.4. Following are the new features and enhancements included in TCP/IP Version 5.7:

Note

Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) has been incorporated into the TCP/IP Version 5.7 software and includes latent support. However, SCTP will be supported in the update kit.

More enhancements to the existing components are described in the HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Release Notes.

10.2 DECnet-Plus Support for DECnet over IP

This version of DECnet-Plus supports secure DECnet over IP connections using TCP/IP Secure Shell (SSH) service. For information about DECnet-Plus Version 8.4, see the HP DECnet Plus for OpenVMS Release Notes.

10.3 DECwindows Audible Warning (xBell) Support (Integrity servers Only)

Support for the HP AD317A PCI sound card has been implemented for Integrity servers running OpenVMS. The device driver and a DECwindows audio-support image provide audible alarms (xBell) for X11 applications. Bell tones from
1000 Hz-9000 Hz are available in increments of 1000 Hz. Note that the AD317A does not have speaker support and an external speaker has to be connected.

Support is intended for users who require audible warnings from X11 applications only.


Part 2
OpenVMS Documentation


Chapter 11
OpenVMS Documentation Overview

You can access OpenVMS manuals in various online formats from the following OpenVMS website:

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

This site contains links to current versions of manuals in the OpenVMS Full Documentation Set as well as to manuals for select layered products.

The OpenVMS Version 8.4 documentation contains 15 revised manuals and four new release documents.


Chapter 12
OpenVMS Printed and Online Documentation

OpenVMS documentation is provided in the following ways:

The following sections describe each format in which OpenVMS documentation is provided and specifies the titles that are available in that format.

12.1 Printed Documentation

Some printed documentation comes with your OpenVMS Media Kit. All other printed manuals are orderable in kits. This section describes the OpenVMS printed documentation offerings, which are categorized as follows:

12.1.1 OpenVMS Media Kit Documentation

The OpenVMS Media Kit, for both OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS for Integrity server systems, contains the documents you need to get started with the latest version of the OpenVMS operating system.

Table 12-1 lists the books included in the OpenVMS media kit. The books you receive are determined by whether you are a new or a service customer. New customers receive all the books; service customers receive only new books and books that have been updated since the last release.

Note

The HP OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual, Guide to HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Media, and HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Upgrade and Installation Manual are provided only in the OpenVMS Media kit and, therefore, are not part of the OpenVMS Full Documentation set (described in Section 12.1.2).

Table 12-1 OpenVMS Media Kit Manuals
Manual Order Number
HP OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual BA322-90094
HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 New Features and Documentation Overview BA322-90088
HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Upgrade and Installation Manual BA322-90089
Guide to HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Media BA322-90090
HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Release Notes BA322-90091

12.1.2 OpenVMS Documentation Sets

OpenVMS documentation is available in the following documentation sets:
Documentation Set Description Alpha Order Number Integrity Server Order Number
Full Set Intended for users who need extensive explanatory information for all major OpenVMS resources. Contains all the OpenVMS documentation in one offering. Includes the Base Documentation set. QA-001AA-GZ.8.4 BA554MN
Base Set Subset of the Full Documentation set. Intended for general users and system managers of small standalone systems. Includes the most commonly used OpenVMS manuals. QA-09SAA-GZ.8.4 BA555MN

There is one common documentation set for both OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS for Integrity server systems. OpenVMS Alpha documentation set and the OpenVMS for Integrity servers documentation set contain the identical books with one exception. The OpenVMS Alpha documentation set contains the COM, Registry, and Events for HP OpenVMS Developer's Guide, which is an Alpha-only document. Table 12-2 lists the manuals in the OpenVMS Base and Full Documentation sets. For a description of each manual, see Section 13.2.

Table 12-2 OpenVMS Full Documentation Set (QA-001AA-GZ.8.4/BA554MN)
Manual Order Number
OpenVMS Base Documentation Set QA-09SAA-GZ.8.4/BA555MN
HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary: A--M 1 BA555-90006
HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary: N--Z 1 BA555-90007
HP OpenVMS Guide to System Security 1 BA554-90015
HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual: A--L 1 BA555-90008
HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual: M--Z 1 BA555-90009
HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 1: Essentials AA-PV5MJ-TK
HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 2: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems AA-PV5NJ-TK
OpenVMS User's Manual AA-PV5JG-TK
HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 New Features and Documentation Overview 2 BA322-90088
HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Release Notes 2 BA322-90089
Additional Books in the Full Documentation Set QA-001AA-GZ.8.4
HP OpenVMS Availability Manager User's Guide BA554-90001
COM, Registry, and Events for HP OpenVMS Developer's Guide 3 AA-RSCWC-TE
HP C Run-Time Library Reference Manual for OpenVMS Systems 1 BA554-90014
Compaq C Run-Time Library Utilities Reference Manual AA-R238C-TE
Compaq Portable Mathematics Library AA-PV6VE-TE
DECamds User's Guide AA-Q3JSE-TE
DEC Text Processing Utility Reference Manual AA-PWCCD-TE
Extensible Versatile Editor Reference Manual AA-PWCDD-TE
Guidelines for OpenVMS Cluster Configurations 1 BA554-90022
Guide to Creating OpenVMS Modular Procedures AA-PV6AD-TK
Guide to OpenVMS File Applications AA-PV6PE-TK
Guide to the POSIX Threads Library AA-QSBPD-TE
Guide to the DEC Text Processing Utility AA-PWCBD-TE
HP Open Source Security for OpenVMS, Volume 1: Common Data Security Architecture BA554-90006
HP Open Source Security for OpenVMS, Volume 2: HP SSL for OpenVMS BA554-90007
HP Open Source Security for OpenVMS, Volume 3: Kerberos BA554-90008
HP OpenVMS Alpha Partitioning and Galaxy Guide AA-REZQD-TE
HP OpenVMS Guide to Upgrading Privileged-Code Applications AA-QSBGE-TE
HP OpenVMS System Analysis Tools Manual 1 BA554-90017
HP OpenVMS Calling Standard AA-QSBBE-TE
HP OpenVMS Cluster Systems 1 BA554-90021
HP OpenVMS Command Definition, Librarian, and Message Utilities Manual AA-QSBDE-TE
HP OpenVMS Debugger Manual 1 BA554-90016
HP OpenVMS Delta/XDelta Debugger Manual BA554-90003
HP OpenVMS I/O User's Reference Manual 1 BA554-90018
HP OpenVMS Linker Utility Manual BA554-90004
HP OpenVMS MACRO Compiler Porting and User's Guide AA-PV64DE-TE
HP OpenVMS Management Station Overview and Release Notes BA554-90005
OpenVMS Performance Management AA-R237C-TE
Porting Applications from HP OpenVMS Alpha to HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 for Integrity Servers BA442-90001
HP OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual, Volume I AA-RNSHD-TK
HP OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual, Volume II AA-PV67H-TK
OpenVMS Record Management Services Reference Manual AA-PV6RE-TK
OpenVMS Record Management Utilities Reference Manual AA-PV6QD-TK
HP OpenVMS RTL General Purpose (OTS$) Manual AA-PV6HE-TK
HP OpenVMS RTL Library (LIB$) Manual AA-QSBHE-TE
OpenVMS RTL Screen Management (SMG$) Manual AA-PV6LD-TK
OpenVMS RTL String Manipulation (STR$) Manual AA-PV6MD-TK
OpenVMS System Messages: Companion Guide for Help Message Users AA-PV5TD-TK
HP OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual: A--GETUAI 1 BA554-90024
HP OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual: GETUTC--Z 1 BA554-90023
HP OpenVMS Utility Routines Manual 1 BA554-90019
OpenVMS VAX RTL Mathematics (MTH$) Manual AA-PVXJD-TE
OpenVMS VAX System Dump Analyzer Utility Manual AA-PV6TD-TE
POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility Developer's Guide AA-Q28MF-TK
VAX MACRO and Instruction Set Reference Manual AA-PS6GD-TE
HP Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS 1 BA554-90020


1Revised for Version 8.4.
2New for Version 8.4.
3Alpha only - Provided only in QA-001AA-GZ.8.4

12.1.3 Operating Environments Extensions Documentation Set (Integrity server Only)

The Operating Environments Extensions Documentation Set includes manuals that support the products that are included in the OEs. For a list of these documents, see Section 13.5.

12.1.4 Documentation for System Integrated Products

System Integrated Products (SIPs) are included in the OpenVMS software, but you must purchase separate licenses to enable them. Table 12-3 lists the documentation associated with System Integrated Products.

Table 12-3 System Integrated Products Documentation
System Integrated Product Related Documentation
HP Galaxy Software Architecture on OpenVMS Alpha The documentation is included in the OpenVMS Full Documentation Set.
HP OpenVMS Clusters The OpenVMS Cluster documentation is included in the OpenVMS Full Documentation Set.
RMS Journaling for OpenVMS RMS Journaling for OpenVMS manual is provided in HTML format on the OpenVMS Documentation website: http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/doc/
Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS The documentation is included in the OpenVMS Full Documentation Set.

12.1.5 Archived OpenVMS Documentation

OpenVMS continuously updates, revises, and enhances the OpenVMS operating system documentation. From time to time, manuals are archived. You can access the archived manuals online from the HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Documentation CD or from the following website:

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

For a list of the archived OpenVMS manuals, see Section 13.6.

12.2 Authoring Tool for OpenVMS Documentation

The OpenVMS Documentation team is continuing to introduce books that have been authored and published using a tool based on the Extended Markup Language (XML). XML is an industry standard and will provide many benefits to both the customer and OpenVMS documentation.

Readers will notice a difference in appearance between books produced from XML and others in the documentation set. This is true for HTML, PDF, and printed formats and is a natural result of the new authoring environment.

The following Version 8.4 books have been produced with this new tool:

12.3 Online Documentation on CD

Online documentation for the OpenVMS operating system and many associated products is provided on one CD for both OpenVMS systems and Windows platforms. This CD is an ISO 9660 Level 2 CD that is readable on Windows® and OpenVMS systems.

12.3.1 Online Formats

The documentation CD contains documentation in the following formats:
Documentation Available Formats
Current OpenVMS manuals HTML, PDF
HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Upgrade and Installation Manual HTML, PDF
HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Release Notes HTML, PDF
HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 New Features and Documentation Overview HTML, PDF
Layered product documents PDF

Bookreader files are no longer available on the documentation CD.

For information about how to access documents on the documentation CD , see the HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Upgrade and Installation Manual.

12.4 Online Documentation on the OpenVMS Website

You can access OpenVMS manuals in various online formats from the following OpenVMS website:

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

This site contains links to current versions of manuals in the OpenVMS Full Documentation Set as well as to manuals for selected layered products.

12.5 Online Help

The OpenVMS operating system provides online help for the commands, utilities, and system routines documented in the Full Documentation set.

You can use the Help Message facility to quickly access online descriptions of system messages. In addition, you can add your own source files, such as messages documentation that you have written to the Help Message database.

The OpenVMS System Messages: Companion Guide for Help Message Users manual explains how to use the Help Message facility. You can also access DCL Help for Help Message by entering:


$ HELP HELP/MESSAGE 

Reference information for OpenVMS utility routines is also included in the online help.


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