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V73 Features, Associated Products Features
*Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)
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This topic describes new features of Compaq OpenVMS operating
system associated products. For a listing and directory
information on the OpenVMS associated products, refer to the
Guide to OpenVMS Version 7.3 CD-ROMs.
OpenVMS Version 7.3 contains Availability Manager Version 1.4.
Soon after the release of OpenVMS Version 7.3, Availability
Manager Version 2.0 will be announced on the following
Availability Manager web site:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/products/availman/
Version 2.0 will include the following new features:
o A new internal infrastructure supports new operating system
features more easily and quickly.
o To support NUMA or OpenVMS "RADs" and to provide preliminary
support for Wildfire/Galaxy, the following features have been
implemented:
- A new Memory view of OpenVMS Alpha V7.3 nodes displays
RAD-related data.
- When monitoring OpenVMS Alpha V7.3 nodes, Availability
Manager displays a new single-process memory tab called
"RAD Counters."
- The CPU modes display includes the RAD for a CPU.
- The CPU process list shows the home RAD for each process.
- The Node summary display now includes the number of
configured RADs, the system serial number, and the Galaxy
ID of a node, if any.
o Displays now include additional switched LAN and NISCA data,
when available.
o New user-defined event notifications have been implemented.
o A built-in browser now displays online help.
o A built-in Java runtime environment is now included. (In other
words, you no longer need to install Java on the system.)
o ODS-5 file system support has been added.
o A new PGFLQUOTA process-level "fix" has been implemented.
o A simpler mechanism for site-specific configuration setup now
exists.
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2 - Compaq Advanced Server (Alpha)
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The Compaq Advanced Server Version 7.3 for OpenVMS is supported
on Alpha systems only, and is the only version of the Advanced
Server for OpenVMS supported on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3. New
features include the following:
o Member server role (allowing the server to participate in
Windows 2000 native-mode domains)
o Greater compatibility with a wide variety of clients and
legacy applications, with support of:
- Extended character sets, in addition to Extended File
Specifications
- Alias file names, created for shared files whose names do
not comply with the more restricted file naming conventions
of legacy applications such as MS-DOS
o Remote Windows NT printer management (SpoolSS) for printers
shared on the Advanced Server for OpenVMS
o DNS for resolving NetBIOS names
o Cluster load balancing using DNS to resolve the server cluster
alias name
o PCSI for installing the server
o Windows 2000 client and domain support
Earlier versions of the Advanced Server for OpenVMS (Versions
7.2 and 7.2A) must be upgraded to Version 7.3 to run on OpenVMS
Alpha Version 7.3. Both the current and earlier versions of the
Advanced Server for OpenVMS also run on OpenVMS Alpha Version
7.2-1.
For information about installing Advanced Server for OpenVMS,
refer to the Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Server
Installation and Configuration Guide provided with the kit
documentation.
To access Advanced Server V7.3 for OpenVMS on OpenVMS Alpha
Version 7.3, clients must be licensed using the new Advanced
Server V7.3 license PAK: PWLMXXXCA07.03. For more information,
refer to the Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Guide to Managing
Advanced Server Licenses.
For information about the latest release of the PATHWORKS for
OpenVMS (Advanced Server) product, supported on both OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX Version 7.3 systems, see Compaq PATHWORKS V6.0D for
OpenVMS (Advanced Server).
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3 - Compaq DECwindows Motif
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The Compaq DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS (DECwindows Motif),
Version 1.2-6 kit for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha is now
available. DECwindows Motif, Version 1.2-6 is a maintenance
release that delivers a full range of changes and enhancements
to your desktop. From faster batch scrolling to support for
the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) screen saver and lock
extensions, these changes are intended to provide you with a
more efficient, flexible DECwindows Motif environment that is
more in line with the OSF/Motif, MIT X11 Release 5 (X11 R5), and
Common Desktop Environment (CDE) standards. For a full list of
specific changes, enhancements, and corrections implemented in
this release, refer to the Compaq DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS
Release Notes.
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4 - Compaq DCE for OpenVMS
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This section describes the enhancements in Compaq Distributed
Computing Environment (DCE) for OpenVMS Version 7.3.
4.1 - Compaq DCE Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Beginning with OpenVMS Version 7.2-1, the NT Lan Manager security
in DCE RPC is fully functional.
4.2 - New Ethernet Device Support
If DCE RPC does not recognize the Ethernet device in your system,
one new device may be added to the table of known devices by
defining the system logical DCE$IEEE_802_DEVICE to be the device
name of your Ethernet device.
For example, to define a single DE500 Ethernet device, set the
logical as follows:
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM DCE$IEEE_802_DEVICE EWA0
4.3 - For More DCE Information
Refer to the OpenVMS Version 7.3 Release Notes for important
information about Compaq DCE for OpenVMS.
If you have the full DCE kit installed, you can use online help
for additional information:
$ HELP DCE
$ HELP DCE$SETUP
$ HELP DCE_CDS
$ HELP DCE_DTS
$ HELP DCE_IDL
$ HELP DCE_RPC
$ HELP DCE_SECURITY
$ HELP DCE_THREADS
You can also refer to the following documentation:
o Compaq DCE for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha Installation and
Configuration Guide (order number AA-PV4CE-TE)
o Compaq DCE for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha Product Guide
(order number AA-PV4FE-TE)
o Compaq DCE for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha Reference Guide
(order number AA-QHLZB-TE)
DECram Version 3.0 supports the OpenVMS for Alpha platform only.
The following are the new features that can be found in this
release:
o In DECram for OpenVMS Alpha Version 3.0, DECram's capability
supports the use of shared memory for creation of RAM disks in
an Adaptive Partitioned MultiProcessing (APMP) environment.
This environment is also know as Compaq Galaxy Software
Architecture.
o On OpenVMS Version 7.2-1H1 or higher, the limit on the DECram
file size has been extended to 4,294,967,296 blocks.
o DECram for OpenVMS Version 3.0 is fully compatible with
DECram Version 2.3. There can be any combination of these
two versions of DECRam in a VMScluster.
o Multiple DECram devices can be members of a Volume Shadowing
for OpenVMS shadow set and can be served by Mass Storage
Control Protocol (MSCP) or QIO served.
o Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS will support shadow sets composed
of DECram devices and other disk class devices.
o A new DECram command interface (DECRAM>) can be used for
creating, initializing, and mounting DECram disks.
DECram Version 3.0 and supporting documentation are included in
the OpenVMS Version 7.3 CD-ROM in the [.DECRAM_030] directory.
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6 - Enterprise Capacity and Performance (ECP)
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Beginning with OpenVMS Version 7.3, the following Enterprise
Capacity and Performance (ECP) management tools will be provided
at no additional costs. The ECP Data Collector for OpenVMS
and ECP Performance Analyzer for OpenVMS will be available to
customers who have a valid license to operate OpenVMS Version 6.2
or later. These products are available from the following World
Wide Web site:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/system_management.html
Software Support Services for these products are sold separately
and are available on an incremental basis. Please contact your
Compaq Services representative for further details.
6.1 - ECP Collector
ECP Collector for OpenVMS Version 5.4 gathers performance and
capacity planning data on OpenVMS operating systems. OpenVMS data
collection has three main criteria; the amount of performance
data collected, the time interval, and the efficiency or amount
of overhead impacting the system. ECP Collector for OpenVMS
provides the following:
o Robust data collection set. It collects system metrics on over
250 OpenVMS performance parameters.
o Flexible data collection. The sampling rate of data can be
tuned down to sub-second intervals.
o Low overhead. Audited production systems have routinely shown
that ECP Collector for OpenVMS has less than a 1.5% impact on
the CPU.
Satisfying the needs of Enterprise Management, ECP Collector for
OpenVMS also contains an API that provides an interface for the
access of performance data. This interface converts the contents
of the .CPC data file generated by the data collector into a
formatted, comma-separated ASCII file that can then be used for
performance analysis and reporting programs.
6.2 - ECP Performance Analyzer
Compaq's ECP Analyzer for OpenVMS Version 5.4, which runs under
Motif, analyzes the data provided by the ECP Collector for
OpenVMS data collector. ECP Analyzer for OpenVMS provides the
entry point into the data collector, and allows the user to
select the sampling rate and to view the performance data in
graphical format. The product provides historical information in
standard graphs based upon the requested time interval. Graphs
are provided for all common performance issues that need to be
analyzed including the CPU, the memory, and the I/O. ECP Analyzer
for OpenVMS provides both graphic (MOTIF-based) and tabular
reports for the data.
Kerberos Version 1.0 for OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS VAX, based on
MIT Kerberos Version 5 Release 1.0.5, is included on the OpenVMS
Version 7.3 distribution media. (Kerberos documentation provided
by MIT is included on the OpenVMS documentation CD-ROM in HTML
format.)
Kerberos is a network authentication protocol designed to provide
strong authentication for client/server applications by using
secret-key cryptography.
Kerberos was created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
as a solution to network security problems. The Kerberos
protocol uses strong cryptography so that a client can prove its
identity to a server (and vice versa) across an insecure network
connection. After a client and server have used Kerberos to prove
their identity, they can also encrypt all of their communications
to assure privacy and data integrity.
General information about Kerberos is available from the
following World Wide Web address:
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/
7.1 - New DCL Command KERBEROS
OpenVMS Kerberos is an authentication security product. It
allows for user authentication for a wide range of communication
programs such as RLOGIN, TELNET, and FTP.
Format:
KERBEROS [/ADMIN | /USER]
[/INTERFACE=[DECWINDOWS | CHARACTER_CELL]]
Qualifiers:
/ADMIN
Activates the Kerberos administration utility for the selected
interface.
/USER (default)
Activates the Kerberos user utility for the selected interface.
/INTERFACE=CHARACTER_CELL (default)
/INTERFACE=DECWINDOWS
Activates the display device requested, if available.
For more information, refer to the Kerberos for OpenVMS
Installation Guide and Release Notes.
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8 - Universal LDAPv3 API (Alpha)
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OpenVMS Version 7.3 includes the Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAPv3) Application Programming Interface (API) that
allows OpenVMS application developers, third-party applications,
and users to access LDAP directories anywhere in the enterprise,
intranet, extranet or Internet hosted by non-OpenVMS systems.
The multi-threaded API will automatically support both 64-bit and
32-bit applications and be Common Object Model (COM) aware.
The universal LDAPv3 API is certified with Microsoft's Active
Directory, Novell's NDS and Compaq's X.500 Version 4.0, and
supports various security mechanisms including Kerberos V5 and
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
The LDAPv3 kits are available from the following World Wide Web
address:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/products/mgmt_agents/index.html
For additional information on the LDAPv3 API, refer to the
OpenVMS Utility Routines Manual.
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9 - Compaq PATHWORKS V6.0D for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)
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Compaq PATHWORKS V6.0D for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) is the only
PATHWORKS for OpenVMS server supported on OpenVMS Version 7.3
(in addition to Compaq Advanced Server V7.3 for OpenVMS). Earlier
versions of PATHWORKS for OpenVMS servers must be upgraded. For
more information, refer to the OpenVMS Version 7.3 Release Notes.
You can run PATHWORKS V6.0D for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) on
either OpenVMS Alpha Versions 7.3, 7.2-1, or 6.2, or on OpenVMS
VAX Versions 7.3, 7.2, or 6.2.
To access PATHWORKS V6.0D for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) on
OpenVMS Version 7.3, clients must be licensed using the license
PAK PWLMXXXCA06.00, PWLMXXXCA07.02, or PWLMXXXCA07.03. For more
information, refer to the Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS
Guide to Managing Advanced Server Licenses.
For information about the latest release of Compaq Advanced
Server Version 7.3 for OpenVMS see Compaq Advanced Server
(Alpha).
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10 - Compaq Service Tools and DECevent
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Compaq Services new web-based service tool functionality is
known as Web-Based Enterprise Services (WEBES). The Compaq System
Tools CD-ROM included in the OpenVMS Version 7.3 CD-ROM package
includes WEBES. (WEBES includes the Compaq Crash Analysis Tool
(CCAT) and Compaq Analyze components.) This is the supported
service tools for all AlphaServer DS, ES, and GS systems running
OpenVMS, except for the AlphaServer GS60 and AlphaServer GS140
platforms. The AlphaServer GS60 and GS140 platforms must continue
to use the DECevent diagnostic tool.
In addition to WEBES, the Compaq System Tools CD-ROM includes
DECevent, DSNLINK, and the Revision and Configuration Management
(RCM) tools.
DECevent and WEBES can be used together in a cluster.
Installation and documentation on the service tools are included
on the Compaq System Tools CD-ROM. Use the following web site to
access the most up-to-date service tool information:
http://www.support.compaq.com/svctools/
The Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS product is the Compaq
implementation of the TCP/IP protocol suite and internet services
for OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS VAX systems.
TCP/IP Services provides a comprehensive suite of functions
and applications that support industry-standard protocols for
heterogeneous network communications and resource sharing.
11.1 - New Features and Changes
The new features of Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Version
5.1 include:
o A new kernel, based on Compaq Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1.
o Support for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6).
o DHCP client support.
o Xterminal support using XDM.
o Services that can be restarted individually.
o GATED enhancements.
o BIND dynamic updates management enhancements.
o Cluster failover for the BIND server.
o Cluster failover for the load broker.
o Updated SNMP that supports AgentX.
o SMTP enhancements, including:
- AntiSPAM (configuration to control mail relay)
- SMTP SFF (Send From File)
- SMTP outbound alias
o Metric server logicals that can be changed without restarting
the Metric server.
o The DHCP server can be configured to dynamically update the
BIND database.
o TELNET client enhancements to support SNDLOC and NAWS.
o Support for the NFS V3 protocol in addition to the NFS V2
protocol in the NFS server.
o TCP options for improving certain performance characteristics.
For more information about configuring and managing these
services, refer to the Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
Management guide provided with the TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
Version 5.1 software.
11.2 - Documentation
For installation instructions, refer to the Compaq TCP/IP
Services for OpenVMS Installation and Configuration manual.
The TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Release Notes provide version-
specific information that supersedes the information in the
documentation set. The features, restrictions, and corrections in
this version of the software are described in the release notes.
Always read the release notes before installing the software.
The TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS documentation set includes the
following new items:
o Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Guide to IPv6
This manual describes the IPv6 environment, the roles of
systems in this environment, the types and function of the
different IPv6 addresses, and how to configure TCP/IP Services
to access the 6bone network.
o Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Tuning and Troubleshooting
This manual provides information about how to isolate the
causes of network problems and how to tune the TCP/IP Services
software for the best performance.
o Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Management Command Quick
Reference Card
This reference card summarizes the TCP/IP management commands,
organizing them by function and component.
o Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS UNIX Command Reference Card
This reference card describes how to use UNIX utilities on
OpenVMS to manage TCP/IP services.
The following existing TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS manuals have
been updated for V5.1:
o Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Installation and
Configuration
o Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Management
o Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Management Command
Reference
o Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Sockets API and System
Services Programming
o Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS SNMP Programming and
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