OpenVMS Systems Operations Guide: VAX 6000 Systems

This document, the "OpenVMS Systems Operations Guide: VAX 6000 Systems" published by Digital Equipment Corporation in February 1993, serves as a quick reference for basic operational tasks on VAX 6000 systems running the OpenVMS operating system.

It is primarily intended for system software support personnel, Digital Services personnel, system managers, and participants in OpenVMS operating system courses (Systems Troubleshooting, System and Network Management I, II, and III).

The guide covers various aspects of system operations, including:

• A comprehensive system overview, detailing the system cabinet, console terminal, operator control panel (keyswitches, restart button, status indicators), and system architecture (processor, memory, and I/O nodes).
• Procedures for system power-up, booting, and emergency shutdown.
• An explanation of console commands, their syntax, control characters, and a summary of commonly used commands.
• Detailed system boot procedures, covering various scenarios such as booting from local disk drives, HSC disk drives, performing conversational boots, automatic restarts (warm and cold), booting from specific directories during upgrades, and using the SET BOOT command.
• Instructions for system backup procedures, particularly focusing on installing and using standalone BACKUP from different media like system disks, tape cartridges, and remote compact discs.