HP OpenVMS Systems Documentation

Compaq PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)

Server Administrator's Guide

Order Number: AA--R6G6C--TE

October 2001

This guide presents step-by-step procedures for managing and maintaining the Advanced Server. It explains how to complete common tasks, such as managing files and directories, printing, and administering the network.

Revision/Update Information: This guide supersedes the Compaq PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Administrator's Guide, Version 6.0B.

Operating System: OpenVMS Alpha Version 6.2, 7.2-1, 7.2-2, 7.3
OpenVMS VAX Version 6.2, 7.2, 7.3

Software Version: PATHWORKS V6.1 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)

Compaq Computer Corporation Houston, Texas

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Contents

Index

Preface

About This Guide

Welcome to the Compaq PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Administrator's Guide. For the purpose of this text, the PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) software is referred to as the PATHWORKS Advanced Server. The PATHWORKS Advanced Server and its associated OpenVMS system platform provide a powerful, reliable, and open operating environment that meets the demands of client/server computing.

The Compaq PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Administrator's Guide presents step-by-step procedures for managing and maintaining the PATHWORKS Advanced Server. It explains how to complete common tasks, such as managing files and directories, printing, and administering the network. Unless otherwise noted, commands used in procedures and examples are PATHWORKS Advanced Server ADMINISTER commands.

Intended Audience

This guide is for the OpenVMS network administrator. As the administrator, you must be familiar with the Compaq OpenVMS operating system to support the server, and with other operating systems to support clients. It is also expected that you have had experience managing an OpenVMS system and doing network administration, and that you are familiar with the specific network configuration being managed.

You are assumed to have read the following product manuals:

Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Concepts and Planning Guide
Compaq PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Installation and Configuration Guide
Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Guide to Managing Advanced Server Licenses

If you are upgrading your server from a previous version such as PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (LAN Manager), be sure to follow the procedures in the Compaq PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Migration Guide.

You are assumed to have access to the following documentation:

Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Commands Reference Manual
Documentation for any clients running other operating systems

This guide addresses use of the PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) only.

Document Structure

The following table lists the chapters in this guide:

Chapter	Description
Chapter 1	Provides an overview of the responsibilities of a network administrator, the features of a PATHWORKS Advanced Server network, the principles of resource sharing, and the network administration interfaces for administering the PATHWORKS Advanced Server
Chapter 2	Explains how to manage servers and domains with the PATHWORKS Advanced Server software
Chapter 3	Explains how to manage users and groups in the PATHWORKS Advanced Server environment
Chapter 4	Explains how to manage shared disk resources, including directory and file sharing
Chapter 5	Explains how to share printer resources, including printers and print queues
Chapter 6	Explains how to monitor events and troubleshoot your server
Chapter 7	Describes the Configuration Manager tool and how to use it to configure and tune parameters that, for the most part, affect your server's system environment, and the LANMAN.INI file, which stores basic server-specific configuration parameters
Appendix A	Describes each of the supported network protocols

Reader's Comments

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How To Order Additional Documentation

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http://www.openvms.compaq.com/

If you need help deciding which documentation best meets your needs, call 800-282-6672.

Conventions

The terms PATHWORKS Advanced Server and Advanced Server are used in this guide to refer to the PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) file and print server.

The following conventions are used in the PATHWORKS Advanced Server documentation:

Convention	Meaning
Italic	Italic text indicates a placeholder for information or parameters that you must provide. For example, if the procedure asks you to type file-name, you must type the actual name of a file. Italic text also indicates path names, new terms, and the titles of other documents.
bold	Bold text indicates a server configuration parameter name, a command button name, or a menu item.
`monospace`	Monospace text indicates the actual commands, words, or characters that you type in a dialog box or at a command prompt or system output.
UPPERCASE TEXT	Uppercase text indicates names of OpenVMS and Advanced Server commands and qualifiers. You can enter commands and qualifiers in any combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, unless otherwise noted.
/	A forward slash in command descriptions indicates that a command qualifier follows.
=	An equal sign (=) in command descriptions indicates you must provide information.
[ ]	In command format descriptions, brackets indicate optional elements. Multiple elements are separated by vertical bars (\|). You can enter as many as you want.
{ }	In command format descriptions, braces indicate you must enter at least one listed element. The elements are separated by bars (\|).
...	A horizontal ellipsis following an entry in a command line indicates that the entry or a similar entry can be repeated any number of times. An ellipsis following a file name indicates that additional parameters, values, or information can be entered.
. . .	A vertical ellipsis in an example indicates that not all the data is shown.
Note	The use of Note indicates information of special importance.
Caution	The use of Caution indicates information to avoid damaging hardware or software.
Ctrl/ x	While you hold down the Ctrl key, press another key or a pointing device button.
Return or Enter	In text, Return or Enter indicates where you should press the Return or Enter key to execute a command or terminate a sequence. This key is labeled Return or Enter, depending on your keyboard.
`[Tab]`	In examples, a key name enclosed in a box indicates that you press a key on the keyboard. (In text, a key name is not enclosed in a box.) In the HTML version of this document, this convention appears as brackets, rather than a box.
PF1 x	A sequence such as PF1 x indicates that you must first press and release the key labeled PF1 and then press and release another key or a pointing device button.

Chapter 1
Overview

The Advanced Server is an OpenVMS-based network operating system (NOS) compatible with Microsoft networking technology. The Advanced Server software provides a flexible system for managing wide area networks (WANs) and local area networks (LANs). The software lets you use Compaq Computer Corporation computers as servers to share network resources with supported clients and is compatible with Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers running in the same network.

As a server for computers in a network, the Advanced Server provides file and print services that enable the efficient sharing of computing resources among a community of desktop users. It can function as a file and print server for a small, isolated community of users or as the foundation of a large network distributed over a wide geographical area.

You can perform Advanced Server management tasks from any client or server that is running Windows NT server administration tools, and from any Advanced Server using the Advanced Server ADMINISTER commands. This document shows you how to manage your servers using Advanced Server software.

This overview of Advanced Server describes the role of the network administrator, and the features available with Advanced Server, in the following sections:

Section 1.1, The Role of the Administrator, describes what you do, as the server administrator, and what tasks you perform to administer the network.
Section 1.2, The Advanced Server Network, describes the components of the network, its features, and services.
Section 1.3, Resource Sharing, describes the resources you can share, such as directories and print queues, and how to share them.
Section 1.4, Monitoring Events and Troubleshooting, describes the tools you use to track resource use and to modify your network configurations.
Section 1.5, Network Administration Interfaces, describes the server and client software interfaces with which you manage your servers, including the Advanced Server ADMINISTER command-line interface.
Section 1.6, The Advanced Server ADMINISTER Command-Line Interface, describes the Advanced Server ADMINISTER command-line interface.

1.1 The Role of the Administrator

When you administer any network, you plan, set up, and maintain that network. For information on planning and design, refer to the Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Concepts and Planning Guide.

To plan a network, complete the following tasks:

Organize the network into domains.
Decide how to configure each server in a domain.
Evaluate new applications and peripherals.

After planning your network and putting all hardware and connecting links in place, you install and configure Advanced Server software. You can then use the instructions in this document to customize and manage the server.

1.1.1 Setting Up the Advanced Server Environment

As part of the configuration procedure (PWRK$CONFIG.COM) described in the Compaq PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Installation and Configuration Guide, you can specify parameters to establish your network and server system.

Initial configuration of the server is performed when you install and configure the server software. The configuration procedure, PWRK$CONFIG.COM, allows you to modify the system environment in which the server operates and also to determine the initial server configuration that is stored in the LANMAN.INI file. The PWRK$CONFIG.COM configuration procedure is described in the Compaq PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) Server Installation and Configuration Guide. If you choose to modify the system environment parameters (such as client capacity, OpenVMS process priority, and network transports), the PWRK$CONFIG.COM configuration procedure invokes the Configuration Manager (a character-cell interface). After you finish modifying those parameters and exit from the Configuration Manager, the PWRK$CONFIG.COM procedure then allows you to modify the basic server configuration parameters (such as the server role, cluster alias, and comment string) stored in the LANMAN.INI file.

After completing the configuration procedure, you can modify server parameters directly affecting the server by changing or adding keyword values to the LANMAN.INI file. For more information, see Section 7.3, Using the LANMAN.INI File. You can also invoke the Advanced Server Configuration Manager manually with the ADMINISTER/CONFIGURATION command to modify the server parameters affecting the server system's environment. For more information, see Section 7.2, Using the Configuration Manager.

1.1.2 Administering the Network

Once you have planned and set up your overall network configuration, you support it by performing the following tasks:

Maintaining user accounts, shares, and other resources, such as printers
Monitoring events and troubleshooting server problems

1.1.2.1 Maintaining User Accounts, Shares, and Resources

Performing this maintenance includes:

Keeping records of the network configuration
Adding new users who need access to server resources
Removing users who no longer need access to server resources
Setting up and controlling shared directories
Setting up and controlling shared print queues
Controlling server disk storage space
Backing up and restoring server files

1.1.2.2 Monitoring Events and Troubleshooting Server Problems

You may need to perform certain infrequently used procedures to resolve network problems caused by unexpected conditions; for example, faulty wiring, faulty hardware, or overloaded servers or printers. Advanced Server provides commands and diagnostic tools to help you isolate and fix such problems.

Chapter 6, Monitoring Events and Troubleshooting, describes some ways to monitor and troubleshoot your network.

1.2 The Advanced Server Network

An Advanced Server network consists of computers, both servers and clients. Servers control resources that client systems on the network can use. Clients are typically PC-based systems that need access to resources on the server. Workstations and other computers running networking software that can access network resources can be clients.

Supported client operating systems include Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups, and MS-DOS. Compaq PATHWORKS 32 client software is supported but not required.

Servers in the network can run the following software:

Advanced Server for OpenVMS, V7.2 or higher
PATHWORKS V6 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)
PATHWORKS V5 for OpenVMS (LAN Manager)
Advanced Server for UNIX (Tru64 UNIX)
Windows NT Server V3.51 or V4
Windows 2000

1.2.1 Domains

To help you manage a large and diverse network, Advanced Server software lets you divide the network into domains, or administrative groups of servers and clients. With domains, control of user access to the network and its resources is centralized and simplified, and you can establish exactly which servers a specific user can access.

A domain is a collection of computers that share a common security accounts database and security policy. You create a domain when you install and configure a primary domain controller. To enable users to access resources in domains where they have no user accounts, you can establish trust relationships between domains. This provides flexibility when configuring large networks with multiple domains. For more information about planning domains, refer to the Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Concepts and Planning Guide. For more information on managing domains, see Chapter 2, Managing Domains and Servers.

1.2.2 Security

Advanced Server provides two security models:

Advanced Server Only security model
Advanced Server and OpenVMS security model

The Advanced Server Only security model provides access based on Advanced Server user account security policies and user access rights on shared resources. The Advanced Server and OpenVMS security model provides access based on both Advanced Server and OpenVMS security policies. The Advanced Server and OpenVMS security model 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.

1.2.3 Users

A user who needs access to resources shared on a server must have access to one of the following:

An Advanced Server user account established on that server. A user account contains all the information that the Advanced Server needs to define a user, including the user name, a description, and a password.
A server that provides Guest access to resources.
A server that provides access based on domain trust relationships.

The user account, with its associated password, identifies the user to the Advanced Server software. You can enable logon restrictions for each user account; for example, limiting the hours during which the user can access server resources.

By default, a shared resource is available to all users. You can assign access permissions to users for resources, specifying the type of access each user can have to a given resource. You can assign a different set of permissions for each user and for each shared resource. If you use the Advanced Server Only security model, access permissions grant access to OpenVMS files and directories on the server, regardless of the OpenVMS file protections. For more information on the interaction of these two access permissions, see Section 4.1.2,Advanced Server Security Models.

If a trust relationship has been established between two domains, you can grant access to resources for users from the trusted domain. To grant permissions to a user from a trusted domain, include the domain name when you specify the user name. For more information on trust relationships, see Section 2.1.8, Managing Trust Relationships.