[Info-vax] OpenVMS Reference / Graduate Materials (Commercial and Free)

[Kerry Main]

Starting a new thread to provide a better focus for available technical 
reference materials for those new to OpenVMS:

University, Graduate, Post Grad, System Programmers: (Purchase)

1. VMS Internals and Data Structures - Ruth Goldenberg and
Lawrence Kenah, ISBN 1-55558-059-9 . Based on OpenVMS V5.2
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555580599  (Amazon order)

Extract from back cover:
"Teachers and students of graduate and advanced graduate courses
in operating systems will also find this book a valuable study in how
theory and practice are resolved in a complex commercial operating
system"

2. OpenVMS Alpha Internals and Data Structures - Memory Mgmt
ISBN 1-55558-159-5
http://tinyurl.com/Alpha-OpenVMS-Internals  

" OpenVMS Alpha Internals and Data Structures: Memory Mgmt 
is an update to selected parts of the book OpenVMS AXP Internals 
and Data Structures (Digital Press, 1994). This book covers  the 
extensions to the memory management subsystem of OpenVMS 
Alpha to allow the operating system and applications to access 64 bits 
of address space. It emphasizes system data structures and their 
manipulation by paging and swapping routines and related system 
services.... It also describes management of dynamic memory, such 
as non-paged pool, and support for non-uniform memory access 
(NUMA) platforms." [km note - new X86-64 servers are NUMA]

>From back cover:
"Aside from the source code itself, this book is THE definitive reference
describing how the OpenVMS kernel works, particularly  its virtual
memory subsystem. Its wealth of detail is indispensable to developers 
and consumers alike. Anyone who is serious about understanding of the
inner workings of a general purpose operating system would do well to 
have this book handy - Michael Harvey, Consulting Member of Technical 
Staff - Oracle Corporation"

3. VMS File Server Internals - Kirby McCoy ISBN 1-55558-056-4
www.amazon.com/VMS-File-System-Internals-VAX/dp/1555580564

Extract from back cover:
"VMS File System Internals is an in depth study of the OpenVMS file 
system. It covers on-disk structures, volume structure processing, 
system wide caching algorithms, cluster wide coordination techniques
and the IO subsystem, including the extended $QIO processor (the
Files-11 XQP) .. It may also be used as a case study of the VMS file 
system for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in 
operating systems..... This book is a companion to VMS Internals and 
Data Structures by Ruth Goldenberg and Lawrence Kenah (see note 
above)"

4. Writing Real Programs in DCL, Second Edition - Steve Hoffman and
Paul Anagnostopoulos. ISBN 1-55558-191-9
http://tinyurl.com/Real-DCL-Programs 

"Writing Real Programs in DCL, 2nd Edition will help OpenVMS 
programmers make an intelligent choice between DCL and more 
conventional programming languages. In addition, it offers a 
programming language to computer users who are not conversant with 
conventional languages. Among the new material is information on 
DCL commands, security, DCL procedures, aliases, searchlists, UIC-
based protection, objects, pipes, detached processes, network 
processes, HTML, CGI scripting and environments, and reading and 
writing logical names. New chapters on using DCL for the web and 
DCL and compiled code are particularly relevant to today's 
programming needs.... Writing Real Programs in DCL, 2nd Edition, also 
covers updated OpenVMS concepts, files and directories, aliases, 
searchlists, UIC-based protection, and pipes. The only book devoted 
to programming in DCL, Writing Real Programs in DCL, 2nd Edition, is 
an essential guide for OpenVMS developers, administrators, and 
advanced users"

Free:

The DEC/Compaq/HP provided manuals and guides on OpenVMS are 
available for free online:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/index.html  
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/os84_index.html 

Training and Courses:
http://h10076.www1.hp.com/education/openvms.htm  
http://h10076.www1.hp.com/education/hg769aae_demo/default.htm 

Whitepapers:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/whitepapers/index.html 

Other links: (FAQ, Ambassadors, SPD's, Tech Journals etc)
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/resources.html  

[Others - feel free to add to this thread...]

Regards,

Kerry Main
Back to the Future IT Inc.
 .. Learning from the past to plan the future

Kerry dot main at backtothefutureit dot com