Hi I planed to work as VMS operator. but i am new to this operating system. and i couldnt find any operator commends for VMS. can anyone will help me? i need some commends like how to do backups, restores, print jobs, see log file, read, change a file, dir, stop a process, and check queues etc. or where can i find out this info.? thanks

The OpenVMS System Manager's Manual is at : http://www.openvms.compaq.com:8000/73final/6017/6017pro.html Other manuals are at : http://www.openvms.compaq.com:8000/

are you going to crack(that means hack to lots of people) a VMS or OpenVMS server???if not,then i am sorry to ask you this question

Are the 2 responses to the first question in this thread typical to this forum? I find the first one fairly helpful and the second one mean spirited and stereotypical techno-nerd speak. I find myself, perhaps, in a situation similar to the person in the first post, I have someone who needs an 8 month replacement for their Open VMS system admin. Therefore I am in the process of trying to get a handle on the command line syntax before I have to go in for the interview. Here is what I have discovered about Open VMS so far: Once you are logged in, you can communicate with the VMS system by entering commands from the DIGITAL Command Language (DCL). There seems to be no way to emulate the interface on a Windows 9x PC the way Cygwin does for Unix and finding an Alpha server at a garage sale for a few bucks seems unlikely. A google search for "DCL digital command language" has turned up 5,960 sites, starting with http://cc.usu.edu/~bob/vmsdcl/dcl.html. Lots of info here. If I am traveling down a blind alley here, I would hope that one of you good people could steer me in the right direction.

Ther are various Windows based applications to help manage an OpenVMS based system e.g. OpenVMS Management Station and products like Availability Manager to monitor these systems. There are also Web Agents to allow certain tasks via a web browser. Compaq Insight Manager can also be used. These tools are available via the Compaq web sites.

You can get an introductory course at http://www.openvms.compaq.com/wbt/netscape/welcome.htm A PC/Linux utility with a (small) subset of VMS commands is free DCL-Lite : http://www.accelr8.com/download.html The best place to start to look for information is the OpenVMS FAQ at http://www.openvms.compaq.com/wizard/openvms_faq.html And getting an old VAX or first generation Alpha with a hobbyist license can't be that difficult. -- ME

You can find some good information at the following links. http://seqaxp.bio.caltech.edu/www/vms_beginners_faq.html http://www.utexas.edu/cc/rack/vms.html