HP OpenVMS Systems Documentation

This chapter outlines the changes to the OpenVMS documentation from the previous version.

7.1 OpenVMS Documentation Changes

Table 7-1 lists the changes to the OpenVMS documentation for OpenVMS Version 7.3.

This chapter outlines the following OpenVMS documentation components:

• Printed documentation ( Section 8.1)
• Online documentation on CD-ROM ( Section 8.2)
• Online documentation on the OpenVMS web site ( Section 8.3)
• Online Help ( Section 8.4)

This section describes the OpenVMS printed documentation offerings:

• Upgrade and installation documentation that is included with your OpenVMS software media kit ( Section 8.1.1)
• The OpenVMS Full and Base Documentation sets ( Section 8.1.2)
• Documentation for System Integrated Products (SIPs) ( Section 8.1.3)
• Archived manuals ( Section 8.1.4)

Upgrade and installation manuals and the OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual are included in your OpenVMS media kit.

OpenVMS Alpha customers receive the OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3 Upgrade and Installation Manual. This manual contains step-by-step upgrade and installation information as well as device-naming and booting information.

OpenVMS VAX customers receive the OpenVMS VAX Version 7.3 Upgrade and Installation Manual, the primary source for step-by-step upgrade and installation procedures using the VMSINSTAL utility.

Table 8-1 lists the installation manuals included in the OpenVMS media kit. You can also order the manuals individually. Note that the manuals in the media kit are not part of the OpenVMS Full Documentation set.

OpenVMS documentation is available in the following documentation sets:

In addition to ordering the Full or Base Documentation set, you can order any OpenVMS manual individually.

Table 8-2 lists the manuals in the OpenVMS Base and Full Documentation sets. For a description of each manual, see Section 9.2.

The following System Integrated Products (SIPs) are included in the OpenVMS software. You must purchase separate licenses to enable them.

• Compaq Galaxy Software Architecture on OpenVMS Alpha
• OpenVMS Clusters
• RMS Journaling for OpenVMS
• Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS

The OpenVMS Cluster and Volume Shadowing documentation is included in the OpenVMS Full Documentation set.

You must purchase RMS Journaling documentation separately. Use the following part number to order the RMS Journaling for OpenVMS Manual: AA-JG41C-TE.

8.1.4 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 documentation CD-ROM or from the following web site:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/openvms

For a list of the archived OpenVMS manuals, see Section 9.5.

8.2 Online Documentation on CD-ROM

Beginning with OpenVMS Version 7.3, online documentation for the OpenVMS operating system and many associated products is provided on a single ISO9660 Level 2 CD-ROM. This CD-ROM is readable on OpenVMS, Windows, and Macintosh systems.

8.2.1 Online Formats

The documentation CD-ROM contains documentation in a number of formats, including HTML, PDF, PostScript, and ASCII text. Bookreader files are no longer available on the documentation CD-ROM.

8.2.2 PDF Viewers

Tools are supplied on the documentation CD-ROM for viewing PDF files on OpenVMS Alpha systems and Windows systems.

For OpenVMS Alpha users, the Adobe Acrobat Viewer (for Java) is provided. Instructions for installing this Java implementation of the Acrobat Viewer are provided in a README file on the CD-ROM.

For users of Windows systems, an executable file for the Adobe Acrobat Viewer is provided. This self-extracting file can be installed on a personal computer running Windows.

For information about how to access documents on the documentation CD-ROM and about the PDF viewers, refer to the Guide to OpenVMS Version 7.3 CD--ROMs.

8.3 Online Documentation on the OpenVMS Web Site

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

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/openvms

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

8.4 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