VMS Internals

This document is a student workbook titled "VMS Internals," prepared by Educational Services of Digital Equipment Corporation. It was copyrighted in 1982. The workbook is designed to provide an extensive understanding of the components, structures, and mechanisms of the VAX/VMS operating system. It aims to explain the interrelationships between the logic/code, system data structures, and communication/synchronization techniques used in the operating system. The content covers various aspects of VMS, including system components, process management, system mechanisms, debugging tools, scheduling, paging, swapping, process creation and deletion, system initialization and shutdown, and VAX hardware differences. The workbook also includes a course outline and objectives, as well as a list of resources and source modules.