HP OpenVMS Systems

HP Advanced Server for OpenVMS

Commands Reference Manual

Order Number: AA--R6G5D--TE

September 2006

This manual provides command syntax descriptions for all ADMINISTER commands available with the Advanced Server for OpenVMS.

Revision/Update Information: This manual supersedes the Commands Reference Manual, AA--R6G5C--TE.

Operating System Version: OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2, 8.2 and 8.3

Software Versions: Advanced Server V7.3B for OpenVMS

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Contents

Index

Preface

Welcome to the HP Advanced Server for OpenVMS Commands Reference Manual. For the purposes of this text, the product is referred to as the Advanced Server. The information presented in this guide is equally applicable to:

Advanced Server V7.3B for OpenVMS
PATHWORKS V6.1 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)

Usage of the term "Advanced Server" in this manual refers to either version of the file and print server, except when the text explicitly specifies a version number.

The Advanced Server and its associated OpenVMS system platform provide a powerful, reliable, and open operating environment that meets the demands of client/server computing. This manual provides reference material to help you manage and maintain your network using the Advanced Server ADMINISTER command-line interface.

Intended Audience

This manual is for the Advanced Server for OpenVMS server administrator. As the administrator, you must be familiar with the HP OpenVMS operating system to support the server and with other operating systems to support clients. It is also expected that you have experience doing network administration, and that you are familiar with OpenVMS DCL command language syntax and the specific network configuration being managed. You are assumed to have read the other documents in the Advanced Server for OpenVMS set and to have access to documentation for any clients running other operating systems.

Document Structure

This document contains the following chapters:

Chapter	Description
Chapter 1, Overview	Provides an overview of this guide
Chapter 2, ADMINISTER Commands	Describes the function and syntax of all ADMINISTER commands for managing the Advanced Server
Chapter 3, Net Commands and ADMINISTER Command Equivalents	Lists PATHWORKS V5 for OpenVMS (LAN Manager) Net commands and their ADMINISTER command equivalents

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Conventions

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

Convention	Meaning
Advanced Server	Advanced Server refers to PATHWORKS Advanced Server as well as Advanced Server for OpenVMS file server.
italic text	Italic text indicates a place holder 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 referenced.
`monospace text`	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 for OpenVMS 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.
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 for OpenVMS software provides a flexible system for managing wide area networks (WANs) and local area networks (LANs). The Advanced Server enables you to use HP computers as servers to share network resources with supported clients and is fully compatible with Windows NT servers running in the same network.

The Advanced Server is an OpenVMS-based network operating system (NOS) fully compatible with Microsoft networking technology.

1.1 ADMINISTER Commands

You use the Advanced Server command-line interface (ADMINISTER commands) to manage your network from an Advanced Server. This manual provides full descriptions of the ADMINISTER commands with examples; commands are presented in alphabetical order. Task-oriented procedures using these commands are described in your Server Administrator's Guide.

1.2 Net Commands

PATHWORKS V5 for OpenVMS (LAN Manager) uses the Net command-line interface (Net commands) to perform some functions for managing your network. With the Advanced Server, Net commands are obsolete. Their functions are now available using ADMINISTER commands. The ADMINISTER command-line interface provides a subset of the Net commands for backward compatibility. This feature enables users to migrate to the new command syntax.

Chapter 3, Net Commands and ADMINISTER Command Equivalents, in this manual provides a list of the Net commands and the ADMINISTER commands that provide the same functions. Use the ADMINISTER commands in place of Net commands to manage your network.

Chapter 2
ADMINISTER Commands

You manage the Advanced Server from your OpenVMS system using the ADMINISTER command with its command-line interface. Some commands require privileges (group membership), described in your Server Administrator's Guide.

You can also use programs available through Windows NT server administration tools to manage the Advanced Server. In the context of this manual, as administrator you are an OpenVMS system manager.

This chapter lists commands that are available in the Advanced Server and also summarizes syntax and usage conventions. You can also use the ADMINISTER Help file for information on these commands. To access ADMINISTER Help, enter ADMINISTER HELP at the DCL system prompt:

$ ADMINISTER HELP

2.1 Invoking the ADMINISTER User Interface

You control many aspects of the Advanced Server with the ADMINISTER command-line interface. You can invoke the ADMINISTER user interface in one of two ways:

You invoke the command-line interface by typing ADMINISTER at the OpenVMS system prompt. The command-line interface prompts you with the name of the domain and the name of the server you are managing. For example:
$ ADMINISTER LANDOFOZ\\TINMAN>
In this example, you are managing a domain called LANDOFOZ, and a server called TINMAN.

You can also execute ADMINISTER commands on the DCL command line in the following form:

$ ADMINISTER SHOW SHARES

Shared resources on server "TINMAN":

Name          Type         Description
------------  ---------    -----------------------------
NETLOGON      Directory    Logon Scripts Directory
HANKP         Printer      Hank's print share
PLOUGH        Printer      Scarecrow's print share
PWLIC         Directory    PATHWORKS Client License Sftwr
PWLICENSE     Directory    PATHWORKS Client License Sftwr
PWUTIL        Directory    Adv. Srv. Client-based Utilities
USERS         Directory    Users Directory

  Total of 7 shares

When invoked as shown in this example, the command-line interface executes a single command and returns you to the OpenVMS system prompt.

Once you have invoked the command-line interface, you can enter any number of commands. This way of using the command-line interface provides for better system response than entering commands from the OpenVMS prompt.

You can enter commands with parameters and qualifiers on a single line as shown in this example:

$ ADMINISTER ADD COMPUTER DOROTHY/DOMAIN=LANDOFOZ/ROLE=BACKUP

In some cases, you will be prompted for parameters that you did not enter. For example, if you did not enter the user name with the LOGON command, you will be prompted for it:

LANDOFOZ\\TINMAN> LOGON
Username:

Although the software may prompt for required parameters, do not rely on the software to prompt you for all required information. Be sure to enter all required information, except for passwords, on the command line. For information about entering passwords, see Section 2.1.6, Using Passwords with Commands.

2.1.1 Local and Remote Administration

You can use the ADMINISTER command-line interface to administer the local computer, as well as any other compatible servers on the network to which you have access. By default, you are set up to administer the local server and the domain to which it belongs. You can administer a remote server and domain in one of three ways:

Change the default domain or server using the SET ADMINISTRATION command. This command causes all further commands to be directed to the new default domain or server.
You can also change the default domain by using the LOGON command to log into the specific domain. Again, all subsequent commands affect the specified domain. The server name is set to the local server if the local server is a member of the logged on domain. It is set to the name of the primary domain controller of the specified domain if the local server is not a member of the specified domain.
The default domain remains in effect for the duration of the current OpenVMS login session, or until you change the default domain or log off the domain.
Direct an individual command to a specified domain or server using the /DOMAIN or /SERVER command qualifiers. Refer to the command descriptions in this manual to determine which commands support the /DOMAIN and /SERVER qualifiers.
If the server you wish to administer is a downlevel server (a server such as the PATHWORKS LAN Manager server, which runs an earlier network operating system than that of the Advanced Server), use the TELL command. The TELL command sends an entire command line to a specified server to be executed at the server.

2.1.2 Member Server Local Database Administration

Using ADMINISTER commands on a member server (or directing them to a member server), you can manage the domain-wide security accounts database as you would from any domain controller. Although a member server does not store or maintain the domain-wide database, it still has access to the benefits of the centralized, domain-wide database.

You can also manage a member server's local security accounts database. You can do so by logging directly into the server's local database, or setting the default to that database, as explained in Section 2.1.2.1, Administering the Member Server's Local Database. However, certain ADMINISTER commands will be restricted. Certain objects, such as global groups and trusts, are manageable only when logged into a domain controller's domain. Section 2.1.2.2, ADMINISTER Command Variances on Member Servers, lists the ADMINISTER commands that are not allowed, or that provide restricted capabilities. The information in both of these sections applies to workstations as well as member servers.

2.1.2.1 Administering the Member Server's Local Database

Unless you have changed the default to the member server's local database, ADMINISTER commands normally operate domain-wide --- that is, on the domain to which the member server belongs. For example, if you enter the ADMINISTER command on member server WIZARD in domain LANDOFOZ, the ADMINISTER prompt displays domain LANDOFOZ and server WIZARD, as shown:

$ ADMINISTER
LANDOFOZ\\WIZARD>

To manage a member server's local database, you must log in, or change the default domain to the local database. To do so, specify for the domain name the member server's name preceded by two backslashes (\\). The following example shows how to specify the SET ADMINISTRATION command to administer member server WIZARD's local domain database:

LANDOFOZ\\TINMAN> SET ADMINISTRATION/DOMAIN=\\WIZARD
%PWRK-S-ADMSET, now administering domain "\\WIZARD", server "WIZARD"
\\WIZARD\\WIZARD>

As shown, when you administer the member server's local domain database, the ADMINISTER prompt displays the domain name preceded by two backslashes, and the domain name is the same as the name of the member server.

In an OpenVMS Cluster in which the Advanced Servers are member servers, you can optionally specify for the domain name the Advanced Server cluster alias name, preceded by two backslashes. When administering a clustered member server's local database, the ADMINISTER prompt displays the cluster alias name as the domain (preceded by two backslashes). For the server name, unless you specified a specific server name, the prompt displays the name of the cluster member that responded first to the ADMINISTER interface.