HP OpenVMS Systems Documentation

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:

• Packet Processing Engine (PPE)
• FTP Anonymous Light
• FTP over SSL

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.

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

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.

• Revised manuals:
  • Guidelines for OpenVMS Cluster Configurations
  • HP C Run-Time Library Reference Manual for OpenVMS Systems
  • HP OpenVMS Cluster Systems
  • HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary: A--M
  • HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary: N--Z
  • HP OpenVMS Debugger Manual
  • HP OpenVMS Guide to System Security
  • HP OpenVMS I/O User's Reference Manual
  • HP OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual
  • HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual: A--L
  • HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual: M--Z
  • HP OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual: A--GETUAI
  • HP OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual: GETUTC--Z
  • HP OpenVMS Utility Routines Manual
  • HP Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS
• New release documents:
  • HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Upgrade and Installation Manual
  • HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 New Features and Documentation Overview
  • HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Release Notes
  • Guide to HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Media

OpenVMS documentation is provided in the following ways:

• Printed documentation
  If you need paper documents, you can purchase most OpenVMS manuals in the form of printed documentation sets. Individual OpenVMS hardcopy documents cannot be purchased separately but are available in kits. One exception is the Porting Applications from HP OpenVMS Alpha to HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 for Integrity Servers, which you can order in hardcopy.
• Online documentation on CD
  All OpenVMS manuals are available in online formats on CD that also includes the documentation for many associated products. You automatically receive the documentation CD in your OpenVMS media kit.
• Online documentation on the OpenVMS documentation Web site
  You can preview or read any OpenVMS document, including archived manuals, on the OpenVMS Web site.
• Online help
  You can quickly display online help for OpenVMS commands, utilities, and system routines when you need task-related information.

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:

• Media kit
• Documentation sets:
  • Base
  • Full
  • Operating Environment Extensions
• System-integrated products
• Archived manuals

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.

OpenVMS documentation is available in the following documentation sets:

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.

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.

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:

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:

• HP OpenVMS I/O User's Reference Manual
• HP Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS
• HP OpenVMS Guide to System Security

12.3 Online Documentation on CD

The documentation CD contains documentation in the following formats:

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:

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.