OpenVMS Technical Journal V4, June 2004

This OpenVMS Technical Journal (Volume 4, June 2004) presents a collection of technical articles covering various aspects of the OpenVMS operating system and related products.

Key highlights include:

• OpenVMS ACME Agents: An introduction to developing custom Authentication Credential Management Extension (ACME) agents for OpenVMS Alpha, detailing the plug-in architecture, components, development process, and configuration for new authentication policies.
• TCP/IP Kernel Performance: A discussion of the Scalable Kernel in OpenVMS TCP/IP Services, which improves network performance on multi-CPU systems by reducing spin lock contention and enabling parallel I/O processing for enhanced throughput.
• Web Services: An exploration of web services as a flexible, cost-effective, and platform-neutral integration solution for OpenVMS applications, covering core technologies like XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI.
• High Availability: Articles demonstrating high-availability solutions for IBM MQSeries using OpenVMS Cluster Failover Sets for automatic queue manager restarts, and methods for setting up highly available email servers on OpenVMS Clusters with detailed hardware configurations and failure countermeasures.
• System Management & Backup: Overviews of Advanced Server for OpenVMS, detailing its Windows NT functionalities (file, print, domain services), configuration, and troubleshooting. Also, a description of the Revision and Configuration Management (RCM) tool for collecting and reporting detailed system configuration data, and how LEGATO NetWorker integrates OpenVMS Oracle/Rdb databases into heterogeneous backup solutions.
• User Resources: Information on the "Ask The Wizard" online forum for OpenVMS questions and effective uses of SYSGEN USER parameters for controlling system and application startup.

The journal aims to provide OpenVMS developers and system managers with insights into new features, performance enhancements, integration strategies, and management tools.