From: mpye@netcom.com (Michael Pye)
Subject: Operations Manual (ascii) 1/3
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 11:08:33 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

Thanks to all who wrote!  I just made a Postscript version and it
turned out to be 1.9MB.  Not wanting to post a 50-part file here,
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Again, please note that the thing I thought was most valuable was
the existing format of the original document - not necessarily the
information contained in this one.  The original should make it 
fairly easy to set up a site-specific document for individual sites.
This ascii version doesn't do it justice.

As some have guessed, I no longer have access to a VAX - and so can't
provide anything with VMS SHARE or any other VAX-specific utilities.
My only access to Internet is through NETCOM (I pay for an account),
which runs on a UNIX box (gosh I hate UNIX :).  I also can't place 
anything on an FTP site.  

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                                                     Table of Contents


Useful Phone Numbers                                     1
General Numbers                                          1
Computer Lab Numbers                                     1
Service Contracts                                        1
Miscellaneous Numbers                                    1
Computer Class Summary                                   2
Computer & Systems Bring-Up Order                        2
Normally                                                 2
     Quarter Break                                       2
Computer Status Hotline                                  3
     Updating the Hotline message                        3
     The message                                         3
     Sample message #1                                   3
     Sample message #2                                   3
Lab Alarm Procedures                                     4
Moisture Alarm Procedures                                5
Shutdown Procedures for VAX Systems                      6
Powerdown Procedures for VAX Systems                     7
Power Failure Procedures for VAX Systems                 8
Powerup Procedures for VAX Systems                       9
Startup Procedures for VAX Systems                       10
VMS/DCL Control Key List                                 11
HEGIS Program                                            11
Directory Specifications                                 12
File Security                                            13
     General File Permissions                            13
          SET PROTECTION                                 13
     Specific File Permissions                           14
          DIR/ACL                                        14
          SET ACL                                        14
Monitoring & Balancing the System                        15
     What to do For a System SlowDown                    15
     What to do If The System is Hung                    15
     Miscelanious Monitoring Commands                    16
          SHOW CPU/ALL                                   16
          SHOW DEFAULT                                   16
          SHOW DEVICE/FULL device-name                   16
          SHOW DEVICES/MOUNTED                           16
          SHOW ENTRY/FULL                                16
          SHOW ERROR                                     16
          SHOW MAGTAPE                                   16
          SHOW NETWORK                                   16
          SHOW PROCESS                                   16
          SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS/ID=pid                 17
          SHOW QUEUE                                     17
          SHOW QUEUE/FORM                                17
          SHOW QUOTA                                     17
          SHOW SYSTEM                                    17
          SHOW USERS                                     17
Displaying & Modifying Queues/Jobs                       18
     Displaying Print Queues                             18
     Starting & Stopping Print Queues                    18
     Changing Printer Forms                              19
     Moving Queues                                       19
     Reprinting Damaged Jobs                             20
     Aligning Standard Paper                             20
     Miscellaneous Commands                              21
          Delay printing job until after specified time  21
          Change number of copies to print               21
          Change form type for job                       21
          Hold a job for later processing                21
          Assign an operator message to a job            21
          Print selected portions of a job               21
          Set the priority of a job                      21
          Release a job that is on hold                  21
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                                                     Table of Contents


Initializing Tapes                                       22
Electronic Mail on the VAX                               23
     Your Electronic Mail Address                        23
     Sending Mail to Other Addresses                     23
     The Basics of Using Mail                            23
     Some More Advanced Mail Features                    24
     Sending Mail to Other Networks                      24
          AMERICA ONLINE                                 24
          COMPUSERVE EASYPLEX                            24
          MCI MAIL                                       24
          FIDONET MAIL                                   24
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)                             25
     Using FTP                                           25
     When Do I "GET" And When Do I "PUT"?                26
     Nationwide List of Anonymous FTP Sites              26
USENET News                                              27
     What is USENET News?                                27
     Reading USENET and Other News                       27
     Some Common News Commands                           27
Utilities                                                28
     No BIN# on Printouts                                28
     Printing Executable & Object Files                  28
     Banners (Line Printer Generated Signs)              29
     Fortune Cookies                                     29
     Line Printer Calendars                              30
     On-Screen Calendars                                 30
Miscellanious Useful Commands                            31
     DIRECTORY                                           31
     CREATE/DIR                                          31
     TYPE                                                31
     RENAME                                              31
     COPY                                                31
     DELETE                                              31
     PRINT                                               31
     PURGE                                               31
     HELP                                                31
     SET PASSWORD                                        31
     LOGOUT                                              32
     SET TIME                                            32
     SHOW                                                32
          /Device                                        32
          /Default                                       32
          /Error                                         32
          /User                                          32
          /System                                        32
     REPLY                                               32
          /Enable                                        32
          /Status                                        32
          /To                                            32
          /ABORT                                         32
          /USER                                          32
          /Term                                          32
          /All                                           32
          /URGENT                                        32
VAX Operator Hotkey Summary                              33
ASCII Character Table                                    34
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                                                  Useful Phone Numbers


                                                 
     General Numbers                   Computer Lab Numbers
                             
 911  EMERGENCY              Bldg.Room#   Phone#  Lab Title
3070  Police                 
4000  Health Center           2    109B   4143    Agriculture Classrooms
3030  Physical Plant          2     135   3148    Agriculture Classrooms
   0  Information            *6     113   2355    CIS Dept. Micro Lab
4451  Mainframe Consultant   *7    213A   2668    Environmental CAD
4193  Micro Consultant        8      52   3138    Advanced Workstation Lab
3133  Computer Status         8     146   3139    Science
Hotline                      *8     301   3450    CS Dept. Lab
3235  CIS Department         *9     101   2486    CAE Engineering
3440  CS Department           9     139   3466    Engineering
3280  Computer Store          9     141   2606    Engineering Faculty Lab
3073  Library Reserve Desk   10     106   3144    Metal Processes Lab
6900  Telecommunications     11     133   3145    CE/ME/MPE Engineering
3022  Stephanie Dota         13     108   3996    Aerospace Engineering 1
4411  Lino Barro             13     207   3146    Aerospace Engineering 2
                             15       1   3147    Library Lab
                             45     111   4108    Agriculture Engineering
                             97     121   4184    Campus Center
                             * Denotes a non-Computing Resource Center Lab


                                                 
    Service Contracts                 Miscellaneous Numbers
                                                 
DIGITAL/VAX                  1-310-985-9599 SWRL Operations
M-F  8am - 5pm: 1-800-624-   1-310-985-9622 SWRL Operations
3852                         1-310-985-9533 SWRL Communications
After Hours: 1-800-432-      1-310-985-9571 SWRL Communications
3373                         (evening)
Remote Dialup: 1-714-xxx-    1-310-985-9616 SWRL Analyst of the Day
xxxx                         1-310-985-9614 SWRL Temp Cyber Analyst
                             1-310-985-9407 SWRL Tieline problems -
IBM 3174 SERVICE             Alex
1-800-426-7378               1-805-756-5512 SLO Operations (IBM 3090)
Cust#xxxxxxx                 1-805-756-1295 SLO Communications (James
Serial# xxxxxxxx  Model#     Feld)
xxxx                         1-805-756-1296 SLO Communications (Ralph
IBM 3191 Console Serial#     Nicovich)
xxxxx                        1-805-756-2516 SLO George Westlund
                             714-773-3910   Fullerton Operations (Mike
CDC SERVICE NUMBER           Rojo)
Look on the top left         714-595-5993   ISN Dialup Modem Pool
corner of                    714-595-3779   X.25 Pad Modem Pool
Console screen for the       xxx-xxx-xxxx   ADVAX Remote Dialup Modem
latest                       
Phone# and Customer ID#      vmx access # 4777   ID#xxxx- Operations
                                            ID#xxxx - Hotline Message
CDC Tech: 1-818-xxx-xxxx     
Home# - Only use if
necessary

MICOM SERVICE CONTRACT
8am - 8pm: 1-800-833-3282
Maint Agreement #xxxxx
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                                                Computer Class Summary


Below is a list of most of the computers accessible through the ISN.
The steps necessary to access these systems depends on several
factors.  Basically, what you enter at the DIAL: prompt will either be
##, 1/##, or 2/##.  For example, to go to the ACVAX cluster, this
would be 85, or 1/85, or 2/85.  Without going into a lengthy
explanation of why this is so, just try one.
If it responds with the message WRONG ADDRESS, try another.  (1/85
works in most of the labs.)


                     Class#   Description

                         11   Engr. VAX 11/750
                         13   X.25 PAD
                         15   Library Inquiry System ( or 1/15 or 2/15)
                         16   CS Department PC BBS System
                         31   SLO IBM 3174 link
                        IBM   SLO IBM 3174 link
                         34   Port Selector
                         35   AT&T 3b15
                         70   Renex
                         75   9600 baud Cyber lines
                         83   Local Cyber 830
                         85   ACVAX Cluster
                         86   ISN
                         90   ADVAX Cluster
                         91   ADVAX Cluster
                         99   Micom
                       PAD>   CCS/30  ELXIS (embos)
                       PAD>   CCS/31  ELXIS (bsd)
                       PAD>   CCS/32  ELXIS (enix)
                       PAD>   SWRL/80  Telnet
      vmsa.is.csupomona.edu   Cal Poly Pomona's ACVAX Cluster IP address
      vmsc.is.csupomona.edu   Cal Poly Pomona's ADVAX Cluster IP address
            ibm.calpoly.edu   Cal Poly SLO's IBM 3090 IP address


The IP addresses above are just for reference.  They cannot be entered
from the DIAL: prompt.  The addresses following the PAD> prompt are
accessible through computer 13, the X.25 Pad.  From the DIAL: prompt,
enter 13.  This should bring up the PAD> prompt.  You can then enter
these addresses.




                                     Computer & Systems Bring-Up Order


               Normally                 Quarter Break

               Air Conditioners         Air Conditioners
               MICOM/Port Selector      MICOM/Port Selector
               ACVAX Cluster            ADVAX Cluster
               AT&T 3b15                Cyber 830
               IBM 3174                 ACVAX Cluster
               ADVAX Cluster            AT&T 3b15
               Cyber 830                IBM 3174
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                                               Computer Status Hotline


The "Hotline" informs users of the current status of all the computer
systems.  It should be updated at the beginning of each shift.  It
should also be updated whenever there is a change in the status of a
particular computer or computers.


Updating the Hotline message

 y Call VoiceNet from any phone @ extension 4777.
 
 y Enter the Hotline extension and password - xxxx.
 
 y Enter 072 when requested to enter the address.
 
 y As requested, after the beep, enter 1 - followed by the status
   message.  When you're through with the message, enter 5.  If a
   mistake was made, you may enter a * instead of the 5 to start over.
 
 y When you're finished with the status message, type ** to leave
   VoiceNet.
 
 y Dial extension 3133 to verify the new status message.
 
 
 
The message
 
 y Give the current date and time.
 
 y Give the current status of all the computer systems and estimated
   time up if one is down.  If all systems are operational, you may
   state it that way.  If an abnormality occurs (a computer being
   down, no operator on duty, etc.), this should be stated here.
 
 y Give the distribution of output schedule.
 
 y Give the Dial Up modem number along with related text.
 
 y Give numbers to call for further information.



Sample message #1 (All's well)

 This is a recording.  This is the Cal Poly Computing Resource Center
 for Monday, January 1, 8am.  All systems are up.  Distribution of
 output is made every half hour.  The Dialup number for modems is
 (714) 595-5993.  There are 15 lines running from 300 through 9600
 baud.  For further information, call a consultant at 869-4451 or a
 receptionist at 869-3120.
 Thank you.



Sample message #2 (Various troubles)
                                   
 This is a recording.  This is the Cal Poly Computing Resource Center
 for Monday, December 31, 8am.  The Academic VAXCluster is currently
 down.  Estimated time up is 4pm.  All other systems are up.  There
 will be no operator on duty until 7am on January 2.  Distribution of
 output is made every half hour.  The Dial up number for modems is
 (714) 595-5993.  There are 15 lines running from 300 through 9600
 baud.  For further information, call a consultant at 869-4451 or a
 receptionist at 869-3120.  Thank you.
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                                                  Lab Alarm Procedures


                                        What to do     What to do
     Building  Room#     Description    (DayTime)      (After Hours)

      2        135       SIL          Call Sadru        Option 1
      2        109B      SIL              "             Option 1
      8         52       SIL              "             Option 2
      8        146       SIL              "             Option 1
      9        139       SIL              "             Option 1
      9        141       Faculty Lab      "             Option 1
      10       106       SIL              "             Option 2
      11       133       SIL              "             Option 1
      13       108       SIL              "             Option 2
      13       207       SIL              "             Option 1
      13       213       Training Lab     "             Option 2**
      15        1        SIL - Library    "             Option 2
      45       111       SIL              "             Option 1
      97       120       Training Lab     "             Option 2**
      97       121       SIL              "             Option 2



Option #1:

  Ask Public Safety to close the Lab and send a staff mail message on
  the Administrative VAX.  Also leave a note for the Computing
  Resource Center Receptionist.  If Public Safety isn't able to send
  someone to close the lab within a reasonable period of time, you can
  do it yourself with the operator's master lab key.


Option #2

  y Call Glenn at (714) xxx-xxxx.  If he is not available -

  y Call Jim at (714) xxx-xxxx.  If he is not available -

  y Call Sadru at (310) xxx-xxxx.  If he is not available -

  y Ask Police Department to close the Lab as in Option #1 above.

** Option 2 only if during a training session, otherwise, Option 1.



SIL = Self Instructional Laboratory
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                                             Moisture Alarm Procedures


When this alarm sounds, it means that there is water underneath the
floor.  Perform the following procedures:

 y Push the "alarm stop" button.
 y Determine the extent of the water level by lifting the floor panels
   in and around the A/C units, the VaxClusters, and the Cyber/Prime
   room.
 y If the situation looks serious, power down the computer(s) in the
   area of the water using normal shutdown procedures.  Also, if
   warranted, shut down all electrical equipment, A/C units, and main
   circuit breakers using normal shutdown procedures.
 y Report problem:
     If during weekday, Physical Plant at extension 3030.
     If after hours, Police Dept. at extension 3070.
     Always notify supervisor.
 y Send "staff" mail on ADVAX cluster, if possible.
 y See below for diagram of water sensor locations.

[Insert your favorite graphic here]


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                                   Shutdown Procedures for VAX Systems


y     Before the Shutdown command is executed, it is a good idea to
 send all the users logged in a message informing them of the
 shutdown.  If possible, this should be done about an hour in advance.
 If the shutdown is a non-scheduled one, it may also be a good idea to
 put a temporary message in the WELCOME.TXT file so that all users
 logging in will immediately be aware that the system is going to be
 shutdown.  See the EWELCOME "Hotkey" for information on how to edit
 the WELCOME.TXT file.  To send a message to all users, use the WARN
 "Hotkey".

     Example:  WARN "VAX Systems going down in 1 hour for
 maintenance."       or....
     Example:  REPLY/ALL/BELL/URGENT "VAX Systems going down in 1 hour
 for maintenance."

y     Execute the shutdown procedure for each of the VAX systems to be
 shut down.  To execute the shutdown procedure, type the following
 command at each console to be shutdown:  @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN
 After this command is entered, several questions will be asked
 concerning the nature of the shutdown.  The system will use your
 answers to these questions to display imminent shutdown warnings to
 the users every few minutes.  So if there are users on the system, it
 is a good idea to make the answers to the questions meaningful for
 their sake.  An example shutdown is shown below.  Note that this is
 an EXAMPLE - your mileage may vary.

     $@SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN
     How many minutes until final shutdown [0]? 15 (or whatever)
     Reason for shutdown [standalone]? Weekly maintenance (or
     whatever).
     Do you want to spin down the disk volumes [No]? No
     Do you want to invoke the site-specific shutdown procedure [Yes]?
     Yes
     Should an automatic system boot be performed [No]? No
     When will the system be rebooted [later]? at 1300 (or whenever).
     Shutdown options [None]? REBOOT, SAVE, CLUSTER, REMOVE
     
     (use CLUSTER ONLY if entire cluster is being shut down).
     (use REMOVE ONLY if a single node is being shut down and NOT the entire 
cluster).
     (REMOVE and CLUSTER cannot be used at the same time).

     The above is an example only.  You will likely want to change the
 answers to the questions depending on the circumstances.  After all
 the above questions have been answered, the system(s) will proceed in
 shutting down.

     When the system(s) are completely shutdown, the following message
 will be displayed on the console of each:

     SYSTEM SHUTDOWN COMPLETE - USE CONSOLE TO HALT SYSTEM

y     After the above message is displayed, the systems are logically
 shutdown.  If you wish to completely HALT the system (such as
 preparing for a power down), you need to do the following:

     For the VAX 6000 series, make sure that the CPU key switch is on
 ENABLE, and not SECURE.  For the 9000 series, make sure the Service
 Processor Access switch is set to LOCAL/SPU.  Then, enter the
 following on each system console you wish to halt:
 
         CTRL-P <cr>
    >>>  H <cr>
 
 At this point, the systems are halted.  If needed, you may now
 proceed to the Power Down Procedures.
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                                  Powerdown Procedures for VAX Systems
                                   
                                   
           ( if systems will be down for more than 5 hours )


y     Execute the Shutdown Procedures for VAX Systems for each system
 to be powered down.

y  To power off the 6000 series, turn the CPU switch    
next to the tape cartridge counter-clockwise until it
is vertically positioned (in the OFF position).

y  To power off the 9000 series, turn the POWER switch
from ON to OFF.

y  Because the VAXs are clustered, they share many of
 the resources between them.  DO NOT CONTINUE PAST
 THIS POINT unless ALL systems in the cluster are
 logically shutdown and HALTed.

y  Power off the VT320 terminals on the consoles.

y     Power off all disk drives.  First, push in the WRTE PROT button
 and then release the RUN STOP button on each of the disk drives.
 Both buttons are located on the front of the drives.

y     Power off all tape drives.  The TU81 tape drives may be powered
 off with the on/off switch located inside the tape drive (where tapes
 are loaded) to the rear and right.  The power switch for the TA79
 tape drives is in the front of the unit inside the bottom swinging
 door.  The power switch for the 8mm tape drives is on the rear of the
 unit.

y     Power off all printers.

y     Power off the HSC50 and the HSC70s.  The power switch for the
 HSC50 is located behind the maintenance access panel inside the front
 door.  The panel is located in the upper right-hand corner of the
 HSC50.  To open the access panel, turn the screw in the top right
 corner counter-clockwise.  The power switch for the HSC70s is near
 the upper right hand corner inside the front door - to the left side
 of the HSC disk drives.

y     Power off the DECservers and DELNIs in the Communications
 Cabinets (the short racks).  Turn off the red illuminated power
 switch inside the rear door.


All VAXcluster components should now be powered off.
--
                              Power Failure Procedures for VAX Systems


y     If the power only fluctuated, the systems will probably try to re-
 boot themselves.  This will usually work.  Let the systems try to
 bring themselves back up while you go around to all components, such
 as disk drives, tape drives, and HSCs to make sure there are no
 faults.  If there are faults, or a system will not come up
 automatically, refer to the sections below.

y     You may wish to refer to the Power Down Procedures, Power Up
 Procedures, Shutdown Procedures, and Startup Procedures for
 instructions on how to accomplish certain items on this page.

y     If the power has failed and it appears that the power will be
 down for an extended period of time, do the following:  Push the
 WRITE PROTECT button followed by the RUN/STOP button on all disk
 drives.  Follow this with using the power switch and breakers to
 power off all system components.  Refer to the Power Down Procedures
 for VAX Systems for information on how to do this.  This will protect
 the systems when the power does eventually come back on - as the
 power sometimes fluctuates on/off several times before it remains on.

y     If there are no faults on any of the devices and it appears as if
 the systems were successful in bringing themselves back up, refer to
 the ending portions of the Startup Procedures to make sure the
 systems are all the way up.

y     If a particular system was unsuccessful in bringing itself back
 up, refer to the Shut Down Procedures to bring that system logically
 down.  The system should be at some point between being powered off
 completely and completely operational.  Take whatever action
 necessary to bring the system from the current non-operational status
 to a logically shut down status.  Refer to the Shutdown Procedures
 and Powerdown Procedures.  It is probably not necessary to physically
 power down, however, it is possible for several things to get mangled
 enough so that this is necessary.  Also, it is possible for some of
 the systems to be operational while others are down.  Only shut down
 those systems which were unable to bring themselves back to
 operational status.  In addition the HSC's are particularly
 troublesome and may need to be power-cycled.

y     Check all disk drives to make sure they are on, on-line, and no
 fault conditions exist.  If any are off, press the WRITE PROTECT
 button followed by the RUN/STOP button.  The RUN/STOP button may have
 to be pressed twice, once to turn it off, (what you're doing is
 turning the RUN/STOP button off - the drive is already off) and again
 to turn it on.  The on position is with the button depressed.  On the
 RA70 and RA90 drives, you must refer to the digital display or the
 LED switch to tell whether the drive is write protected or running.
 On RA90's, a 'W' will appear on the digital display if the drive is
 write protected, and an 'R' will appear if it is 'Running'.  On the
 RA70's, a lit LED means that the drive is write protected or running.
 What you want to do is make sure the drives are write protected
 before bringing them to a 'Running' status.  When the drive comes on-
 line, turn the WRITE PROTECT off.  Faults can be cleared by pressing
 the FAULT button.  Do this for each drive down.

y     Check all tape drives in the same manner as the disk drives.  If
 powered off, they can be powered on again with the power switch
 located inside the drive (where tapes are loaded) for the TU81
 drives.  The TA79 drives power switch is located inside the lower
 swinging door on the front of the drive.  Faults can be cleared by
 pressing the RESET button.

y     Check the HSC50 and HSC70 disk controllers.  It may take a couple
 more minutes to come up than the disk drives.  Faults can be cleared
 by pressing the FAULT button.  It is possible that the HSCs may need
 to be powered off and on again.

y     Check the VT320 terminals on the consoles and on top of the HSCs.

y     Check all printers.  They may have to be turned off and on again.
 Faults can be cleared by turning them off-line and then on-line or by
 pressing the CLEAR button on the printer.  Leave the printers off-
 line until the systems are up and you can check to see if the paper
 is still aligned with a test print job (see the ALIGN print command
 in this manual).

y     If at this point, one or more systems are still down and all
 system components are on and operational, proceed to the Startup
 Procedures for VAX Systems, and use those instructions to bring the
 downed systems up to operational status.
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                                    Powerup Procedures for VAX Systems
                                   

y     Power on the VT320 terminals on the consoles and on top of the
 HSCs.

y     Power on the HSC50/HSC70s disk controllers.  The power switch is
 located behind the maintenance access panel inside the front door.
 The panel is located in the upper right-hand corner of the HSC50.  To
 open the access panel, turn the screw in the top right corner counter-
 clockwise.  The power switch for the HSC70s is near the upper right
 hand corner inside the front door - to the left side of the HSC disk
 drives.

y     Power on all disk drives.  The circuit breakers for these are
 located inside the back of the drive at the very bottom of the units.
 The circuit breaker should not be off, but in case it is, an Allen
 wrench may be used to open the back door of the drive to get to the
 breakers.

y     Spin up all disk drives.  Make sure the WRITE PROT button is
 depressed and that the drive is Write Protected and press the RUN
 STOP button for each drive.  After the drive spins up and comes on-
 line/ready, release the WRITE PROT button.  Do this for each drive on
 the system.

y     For the ADVAX cluster only:  The digital display on the drives
 will display something like "R AB".  It may only display "R A" or "R
 B" or just "R".  "A" and "B" here signify one of the two HSCs that
 the drives are connected to.  If the display is "AB", it means that
 the drive has access to both, but will only be using one.  What you
 want to do is make sure all drives display "R AB".  Treat the RA70
 drive the same way.  The RA70 drive uses LEDs and not a digital
 display.  The LEDs corresponding to "Run", "A", and "B" should all be
 lit.  Do this by depressing the A or B buttons on the drives.

y     Power on all printers.  The printers should probably be left off-
 line until you can check to see that the paper is aligned properly.

y     Power on all tape drives.  The TU81 tape drives may be powered on
 with the power switch located inside the tape drive (where tapes are
 loaded) to the rear and right of the tape drive.  The power switch
 for the TA79 tape drives is in the front of the unit inside the
 bottom swinging door.  The power switch for the 8mm tape drives is in
 the back of the unit

y     BEFORE CONTINUING ANY FURTHER, make sure that all disk drives and
 the HSC disk controller are powered on and on-line.  The HSC should
 also be in a "ready state".  If the STATE indicator on the HSC (shown
 below) is blinking on/off in approximately half-second intervals and
 the HSC is on-line, it is in a "ready state".

y     At this point, all VAX components should be powered up.

y     Refer to the Startup Procedures for VAX Systems to bring the
 systems to an on-line and operational status.
--
                                    Startup Procedures for VAX Systems


y     Make sure all components to the VAX cluster are powered up as in
 the Powerup Procedures for VAX Systems.

y     Startup the VAX 6000 series by turning the CPU key next to the
 tape cartridge three steps clockwise from the OFF position to the
 ENABLE position.  This will initialize the VAX and return the
 subsystem prompt (>>>).  If the key switch below the CPU key was set
 to AUTOSTART, the VAX should initialize and boot itself.  If it was
 set to HALT, initialize and boot the VAX by entering the following
 command on the console after the subsystem (>>>) prompt.

          >>> B <cr>

y     Power on the VAX 9000 series by first turning the Service
 Processor Access switch to LOCAL/SPU.  Then turn the Power switch
 from OFF to ON.  Like the 6000 series, the 9000 may automatically
 boot up depending on the setting of the Startup switch.  If the
 system doesn't start up automatically, but returns with the subsystem
 prompt (>>>), enter the following:

          >>>  I/K <cr>
          >>>  @CLEAR_MEMORY <cr>
          >>>  B <cr>

y     Power on the DECservers and DELNIs in the Communication cabinets.
 These may be powered on with the power switch located by opening the
 cabinet door in the rear.  The switch should light up when lit.

y     After the boot process is complete on each system brought up
 (this will probably take around a half hour), log into the operator
 account on each console.  In order to make sure that the systems are
 up and operational, enter the following commands on each console in
 the cluster:

          $ SHOW NETWORK
          $ SHOW DEVICES D
          $ SHOW SYSTEM

y     The system should display a network node for each operational
 system as outlined below for the SHOW NETWORK command.  If any node
 is unintentionally missing, the system is not completely operational
 and steps should be taken to find out why and correct the problem.
 (It is possible for one of the systems to take longer than the other
 to boot.  In this case the slower system will not show up as a node
 in the cluster until it is finished booting.)  Only the ACVAX nodes
 are shown below.

VAX/VMS Network status for local node  5.2 ACVAX2 on 24-JUN-1992
09:01:00.89

The next hop to the nearest area router is node  5.5 CISCOA.

        Node          Links  Cost  Hops   Next Hop to Node

     5.2    ACVAX2       2     0     0     (Local)   ->  5.2    ACVAX2
     5.1    ACVAX1       0     4     1     BNA-0     ->  5.1    ACVAX1
     5.10   CLSTAC       0     0     0     (Local)   ->  5.2    ACVAX2

                Total of 21 nodes.

y     The information shown above may vary, but all expected nodes
 should be present and visible.  An example of the SHOW DEVICES D
 command is below.  Again, the numerical information may change, or
 drives may be added, but the status of all the devices should usually
 be "Mounted" - especially if that volume has a volume label and is a
 DUAx drive.

Device                  Device           Error    Volume         Free     
Trans  Mnt
 Name                   Status           Count     Label        Blocks    
Count  Cnt
HSC000$DUA0:            Mounted              0  SYSFILES        161520      
201   2
HSC000$DUA1:            Mounted              0  APPFILES        418857       
15   2
HSC000$DUA4:            Mounted              0  USER1          1755582        
4   2

y     You should also log in to the systems from a normal terminal (non-
 console) as an additional check to make sure they're up.

y     After the systems are operational, turn the CPU key on the 6000
 series next to the tape cartridge unit clockwise to the SECURE
 position.  Turn the Service Processor Access switch on the 9000
 series to the LOCAL/OS position.

y     Check all printer queues to make sure they are in their proper
 state with SHOW QUEUE/FULL/ALL *PRINT*.
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                                              VMS/DCL Control Key List


The following table is a list of control keys.  All the keys listed
are almost universally used in the same manner with the majority of
VMS commands, procedures, and programs - where they are applicable.  A
control key sequence is represented as CTRL/?, where CTRL represents
the [CONTROL] key and ? represents a control character.  To type a
control key sequence, press and hold the [CONTROL] key while typing
the control character.


                 <CR>             Return key
                 DELETE (rubout)  Delete character (left of cursor)
                 
                 CTRL/A           Toggle between insert and overwrite
                 mode
                 CTRL/B, ( -, or / )      Recall last command(s)
                 CTRL/C           Cancel
                 CTRL/E           Position cursor to End Of Line
                 CTRL/H (backspace)  Position cursor to Beginning Of
                 Line
                 CTRL/J (linefeed)Delete word (left of cursor)
                 CTRL/O           Toggle suppression of screen output
                 CTRL/Q           Continue to display output (negates
                 CTRL/S)
                 CTRL/S           Suspend display output
                 CTRL/T           Display system and CPU time
                 CTRL/X           Discard current input line
                 CTRL/Y           Interrupt (a more powerful version
                 of CTRL/C)
                 CTRL/Z           Exit
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                                         HEGIS Program


HEGIS is a program that gives information about standard Computer
Center computer accounts.  Supported are the standard seven character
accounts on cybers as well as the eight character VAX and UNIX
accounts.  These accounts are distinguished by the second digit of the
account, ex: CVADR001 & CUADR001.  Also supported are the individual
HEGIS codes themselves, ex: DR stands for Computer Science.

     Format:
     
     HEGIS account#.  Where account# is a valid account or a valid
     HEGIS code.
     
     Examples:
     
     HEGIS CADR001
     CADR001 is a Computer Sciences account
     for Course Work at Pomona
     
     HEGIS CVADR001
     CVADR001 is a Computer Sciences account
     for Course Work at Pomona
     
     HEGIS DR
     DR is a Computer Sciences code


All of the previous will give the department represented by the code
'DR'.  Alternatively, the format HEGIS account# account# account# is
supported.  This will display the HEGIS departments for each of the
given accounts.  The limit is the number of accounts that can fit into
the 255 character limit for VMS commands.
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                                              Directory Specifications


To locate a file, it is necessary to specify its directory path, also
known as a directory specification or DIR-SPEC.  The general format of
a DIR-SPEC is:

          Device:[Directory.Subdirectory.Subdirectory...]

For example, operator accounts are located on the device (or disk
drive) named USER_DISK:.  A directory structure (with corresponding
DIR-SPECS) could be set up like this:


[insert a diagram here]


Most of the time, you will be able to leave out the device from your
DIR-SPEC.  For example, Nancy's account could be referenced with just
[DAC.NEKING], and not USER_DISK:[DAC.NEKING].  Either one will work.

When you initially log in to your account, the system automatically
sets up your "default directory".  Nancy's default directory is
[DAC.NEKING].  Everything you do will be in relation to your default
directory.  You can change your default directory at any time with the
SET DEFAULT command.  For example, let's assume Nancy just logged in:

     After logging in                   Default directory starts at:
[DAC.NEKING]

     SET DEFAULT [.REPORTS]   or   Default directory is now:
[DAC.NEKING.REPORTS]
     DOWN REPORTS             Nancy could then reference all files
underneath the REPORTS directory.

     SET DEFAULT [-]          or   Default directory is now:
[DAC.NEKING].
     UP                       This is back where we started from.

     SET DEFAULT [-]          or   Default directory is now: [DAC].
     UP                       From here, she can see other accounts
under the [DAC] directory.

     SET DEFAULT [.GRCREWS]   or   Default directory is now:
[DAC.GRCREWS].
     DOWN GRCREWS             This assumes Nancy has been given access
to GRCREWS.

     SET DEFAULT [OPR.MPYE]        Default directory is now:
[OPR.MPYE].
                              This assumes Nancy has been given access
to [OPR.MPYE].

     SET DEFAULT SYS$LOGIN    or   Default directory is now: GRCREWS.
[DAC.NEKING].  This
     HOME                     will always return you to your original
login directory.
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                                                         File Security


General File Permissions:

Every file contains security information regarding ownership and
access control.  When a file is created from a particular account,
that account automatically becomes the owner of the file.  The owner
of a file always has privilege to modify the file's protection field.
The protection field dictates, in general terms, who else on the
system has access to that file.

The protection field consists of four parts:

     System         Defines file/directory accessibility to the system
and privileged users.
     Owner          Defines file/directory accessibility to the file
owner.
     Group          Defines file/directory accessibility to all users
within the owners group (ex: [OPR]).
     World          Defines file/directory accessibility to ALL users.

Each part above can have the following authorizations set:

     Read      Allows users to Read the given file.
               If on a directory, allows access and listing of files
within that directory.
     Write          Allows users to modify or Write to that file.
               If on a directory, allows creation of deletion of files
within that directory.
     Execute   Allows users to run or Execute the given file.
               If on a directory, allows Executable access to files
within a directory.
     Delete         Allows users to Deletion the specified file.
               If on a directory, allows the deletion of the
directory.

     Note:          As indicated above, the protection fields for
files and directories are interpreted differently.

The command SET PROTECTION allows the file owner to alter protection
fields.  In addition, it is possible (through the use of Access
Control Lists and System Identifiers) to make special provisions for
only certain users to gain access to a file.

As an example of the SET PROTECTION command, let's assume that Nancy
(once again) has logged in and wants to change the security for her
directory REPORTS directory to give the WORLD (everyone) Read and
Execute permission, and to give her GROUP ([DAC]), Read, Write,
Execute, and Delete permission.  This is how she would do that:


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