VAX/VMS

This VAX/VMS Operator's Guide is a comprehensive manual detailing operating procedures, commands, and system messages for VAX/VMS system operators. Published in August 1978, it is designed for both current and aspiring operators to ensure the smooth running of the VAX/VMS operating system.

The document covers key operator duties, including:

• Managing Files and Volumes: Procedures for mounting disks and tapes, backing up system and non-system disks to disk or tape, restoring data, and managing floppy diskettes.
• Controlling Batch and Print Queues: How to manage and terminate jobs within queues, merge print queues, and prevent data loss when printers run out of paper.
• Tending the Card Reader: Guidelines for processing batch jobs and data decks, and correcting physically defective cards.
• Monitoring System Status and Activity: Information on examining and maintaining the error log file (ERRLOG.SYS) and the operator's log file (OPERATOR.LOG).
• System Shutdown and Restart: Procedures for orderly and emergency shutdowns, as well as restarting the VAX/VMS operating system.

The guide also provides detailed descriptions of operator-specific commands, such as ASSIGN/MERGE, INITIALIZE/QUEUE, MCR BAD, MCR DSC, MCR VFY, REPLY, RUN SYS$SYSTEM:INSTALL, RUN SYS$SYSTEM:SYE, SET (ACCOUNTING, DEVICE, LOGINS, PRINTER, PROTECTION/DEVICE, TERMINAL/PERMANENT, UIC), SHOW TERMINAL/PERMANENT, START/QUEUE, and STOP/ABORT, STOP/ENTRY, STOP/QUEUE, STOP/REQUEUE. It clarifies various system messages produced by the Operator’s Communication Process (OPCOM) and offers appendices on qualifiers for the MCR VFY command and error messages from the Bad Block Utility (BAD).