[Vms.sig-hu] Updated VMS Information - OK for external use (fwd)

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2005. Feb. 3., Cs, 20:52:22 CET



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Feladó: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Címzett: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Tárgy: Updated VMS Information - OK for external use

Greetings my Friends,

Here is some updated VMS information for you.

I hope you are all well.

Warm Regards,
Sue



1) This sounded like a cool company -  Synergex
2) Oracle Rdb beta program web page
3) Golden Eggs are back
4) There is a Disaster Recovery Survey out
5) Cool Customer Story from the University of California
6) Jobs there are 2 of them one in Mass and one in CA.
7) Archive Backup System Training Announcement
8) Press Release - Mimer SQL


1) SYNERGY/DE 8.1.7c WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK ON NEWLY 
RELEASED HP OpenVMS I64
HP announced on Tuesday, January 18, the general availability of 
OpenVMS Version 8.2 for Integrity servers (HP OpenVMS I64). We are 
now building Synergy/DE with HP's production version, and plan to 
release Synergy/DE 8.1.7c on HP OpenVMS I64 next week. 

Based on the Intel Itanium® 2 architecture, HP OpenVMS I64 provides a 
cost-effective, industry-standard platform for OpenVMS 

Our focus has always been on portability, so when HP announced the 
Itanium-based server two years ago, we immediately started planning 
our port to the new platform."

Roger Andrews, Synergy/DE technology architect at Synergex 
http://www.synergex.com/company/
   

2) Oracle Rdb Beta Program Web Site    
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/rdb/beta/index.html

3) Golden Eggs are back on Line thanks to Ken Farmer and Matti Patari 
and Matti says that The first HP StorageWorks MSA500 G2 in GE shine. 
It is an entry level SCSI based  shared storage shelf for MS and Linux 
users. Logical construction, order numbers and configuration example 
are in bright colours. 
http://goldeneggs.spyderbyte.com/geggs/GTMSA500G2a.pdf

4)  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=7824817307 Take Network 
Magazines Disaster Recovery Survey (might be a good for VMS)

5) Nice Customer/Partner Success story from the University of California 
http://www.i-s-e.com/Success/ISE_Success_Story_21/index.html
(I got this from their newsletter sue)

University of California, Riverside gets Grade A job scheduling from 
EnterpriseSCHEDULE
 
The University of California, Riverside (UCR) is the fastest growing and 
most ethnically diverse of the 10 campuses of the University of 
California. As a major research university, UCR offers an exceptional 
environment for both undergraduate and graduate students interested 
in a supportive, collegial learning environment with nationally and 
internationally recognized faculty dedicated to the highest standards in 
research, teaching and public service. 
 
UCR Systems Administrator Bob Ayers recently sat down with ISE to 
discuss how many of the operations in the Data Center of UCR have 
been automated using ISE EnterpriseSCHEDULE. Bob has been the 
primary administrator of the OpenVMS operations for several years and 
uses EnterpriseSCHEDULE to schedule the majority of database 
operations including exports and reports, system backups and overall 
system maintenance. 

Administering a total of about 40 databases, Bob saves massive 
amounts of time and energy by letting EnterpriseSCHEDULE do many of 
the tasks he normally would have to do manually. He estimates he runs 
about 150 jobs a day. These jobs include the exporting of vast 
amounts of University financial, budgeting and funding data from RDB 
and Oracle databases. Bob commented, "One of the beauties of 
EnterpriseSCHEDULE is that jobs are all timed to perform these tasks. 
You never have to think about it."

Bob recently began working with the EnterpriseSCHEDULE Windows 
Client Interface connected to his OpenVMS job server. He found the 
interface to be "very nice" and commented that he liked the "visual 
elements" that are added to job scheduling. He also likes using the 
command line interface that he's used to, especially from home where 
he can quickly fire off a job from a command prompt. "That's the nice 
thing about it" he noted, "you can use either one". 

When asked to describe his overall experiences with 
EnterpriseSCHEDULE, Bob said that it's "really nice". He said, "its 
reliability has been a real boon to us". He also found the command line 
and Windows Client interfaces both "easy to use". Finally he summed 
up his use of the software with: "It's a great product and it's always 
reliable".
 
"One of the beauties of EnterpriseSCHEDULE is that jobs are all timed 
to perform these tasks. You never have to think about it."

Bob Ayers
University of California, Riverside

JOB
Job in Mass
Interested folks can contact [Cheryl.A.Blake at lahey.org]either by phone 
(781-744-3063) or email (blake at lahey.org)
*	In depth knowledge and proven experience in VMS system 
management on the Digital Alpha GS platform. This includes but is not 
limited to:
o	VMS User Authorization Facility (UAF) and the ability to add, 
modify and delete user and service accounts based on standards set 
up by the Information Security Officer.
o	Create, modify and delete print queues and associate 
appropriate hardware assets to the queue. This may include the 
creation of modification of form definitions from within the form libraries.
o	In depth knowledge and experience in the use of the VMS 
Backup utility program, Storage Works Command Console (SWCC), and 
the Command Scripter Language. 
o	In depth knowledge and experience in the configuration and 
management of a Storage Works SAN and HSG80 Fiber control units
o	Expertise in managing the VMS based systems and 
associated peripherals utilizing the TecSystems Consoleworks 
application. This includes the ability to analyze and generate reports 
from the various system logs created by Consoleworks.
o	Extensive knowledge and experience in the configuration and 
operation of Storage Works Super DLT tape library systems utilizing CLI 
commands and scripts to manipulate Modular Data Routers (MDR) and 
the Media Robot Utility (MRU).
o	Extensive knowledge and experience in the installation, 
maintenance, configuration and use of the Multinet TCP/IP application 
in a highly secure LAN / WAN environment.
o	Extensive knowledge and experience in the use of Digital 
Command Language (DCL). This includes developing, debugging and 
modifying complex scripts developed in the DCL language.
o	Experienced in the ability to identify and troubleshoot VMS 
problems and determine the appropriate course of action to remediate 
the problem.
o	Experienced in building and executing test plans for new or 
upgraded hardware and software.
o	Demonstrated ability to interface and interact with other 
departments such as desktop support, help desk, network services and 
computer operations.
o	Extensive experience in the installation of new operating 
system releases, layered products, preventative and corrective 
maintenance, and operating system components.

*	Familiarity and experience in any of the following would be 
helpful:
o	Intersystems Cache 5 in a VMS environment
o	Intersystems ISM in an AIX environment
o	IDX Clinical Application Software particularly IDX Flowcast
o	Alpha based Linux
o	Meditech Corporation MAGIC operating environment 


Job in California


From: Talinda Fontes [mailto:tfontes at WGA.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 21:59
To:    Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Open VMS Programmer

Greetings:

Please contact me regarding our position as an in-house Open VMS 
Programmer.  Our preferred candidate would possess the following:

1.      Bachelors' degree (BA/BS) in Information Systems, Computer 
Science, Business Administration, and/or two to four years of an 
equivalent combination of education and experience with theoretical 
and practical knowledge in the field preferred. 

2.      Good working knowledge of the OpenVMS operating system and 
associated file structure and access.

3.      Experience in having coded in C++ and/or Pascal.


We are located in Irvine, California and offer a competitive salary as 
well as a selection of benefits including 401K and Pension. 

I look forward to speaking with you.


Talinda Fontes
Human Resource Generalist
Western Growers (tm)
949 885-2298 phone
949 809-6298 Direct Fax
TFontes at wga.com


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7)

HP OpenVMS 
Archive Backup System    
 Advanced Administration and Management Training
					   	
April 12th - 14th, 2005
July 12th - 14th, 2005
Sept 27th - 29th, 2005
 
      
The Archive Backup System (ABS) Workshop ValuPack will give 
participants a three-day training on the ABS and MDMS products. 
Classes are conducted in an HP facility providing information and 
practical skills application.  Training is delivered by senior OpenVMS 
Archive Backup Consultants experienced in the applications as well as 
OpenVMS Backup. 


Training Abstract 

This three-day training course will cover the installation, configuration, 
management and troubleshooting of the OpenVMS Archive Backup 
System (ABS) application.  Media and Device Management Systems 
(MDMS) topics will also be covered to help the system manager be able 
to design and develop their backup solution for their site.  The course 
will focus on major functionality of the applications as well as the steps 
required to implement from ground up.

Knowledge of the OpenVMS Backup utility is recommended as well as 
an understanding of the site specific backup hardware solution 
environment that will be implemented.  The current backup strategy 
and policy should also be known.   No prior knowledge of ABS or MDMS 
is required or expected.  

Class will be presented in a lecture / lab format giving students hands-
on experience with the products.  Discussions time is also allotted as 
available for specific questions regarding different hardware 
environments.


  
Course Syllabus: 

 
§	Introduction MDMS Overview 
o	What is MDMS? Volume and Device Management (volumes, 
media, pools, magazines, drives, jukeboxes, locations, Nodes, Groups, 
Server, Domain), Database Domain, Server vs. Client, Process/Account, 
Startup/Shutdown, and CLI & GUI 

§	ABS/MDMS Installation 
o	Pre-Installation steps
o	Installation,
o	Post-Installation steps
o	Installation Lab 

§	MDMS Configuration 
o	Order of configuration, Locations, Media types, Domain, 
Database Server Node, Client Node, Groups, Jukeboxes, Drives, 
Magazines, Pools, Volumes, and Configuration Lab 

§	MDMS Management Tasks 
o	MDMS database backups
o	Moving the MDMS database
o	Volume States
o	Manipulating Volumes
o	Drives & Magazines
o	Volume Onsite/Offsite
o	Management Lab

§	MDMS and Tape Libraries 
o	Silos vs. Libraries vs. Magazine Loaders vs. Stackers vs. 
Drives, TL812 and TL891 (Configuring, Inventorying, 
Importing/Exporting), MRU/Robot, Other Libraries, and Tape Library Lab 

§	MDMS Advanced Topics 
o	RDF
o	Granting MDMS Rights
o	Log files (location, contents & additional debug options) 

§	ABS Overview 
o	What is ABS? 
o	Its Components (Policies, Catalogs, Archive File Systems, 
Backup Agents, User Interfaces)
o	Client-Server
o	Central Security Domain
o	Backup Domains (Central, Distributed, and Combined), and 
System vs. User Backups 

§	ABS Configuration 
o	Policy Objects (Storage Class, Execution Environment, Save 
Requests)
o	Catalogs
o	Save Requests
o	Lookups, 
o	Restore Requests
o	Scheduling (Options and Interfaces)
o	Labs 

§	ABS Advanced Topics 
o	Unix & NT Clients
o	Pre & Post Processing
o	Disaster Recover Procedures
o	Monitoring ABS (via GUI and 
o	DCL commands), and Trouble Shooting 

 

Class Enrollment Costs:

Customer fee:   $1,800 per student. 

 
Cancellations and Substitutions:

Customer cancellations received up to five working days before the 
training are refundable, minus a $25 registration service charge. After 
that, cancellations are subject to the entire fee, which you may apply 
toward a future session. Please note that if you do not cancel and do 
not attend, you are still responsible for payment.   Substitutions may 
be made at any time. 

Dates: 

The OpenVMS Archive Backup System training will be held at the HP CS 
facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado the weeks of:

-	April 12th, 2005 
-	July 12th, 2005
-	September 27th, 2005

9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Additional Notes:

v	A listing of area accommodations and services is available 
upon request, or through the Chamber of Commerce.  Note that 
Students will be responsible for their own travel, accommodations, and 
meals. 
To Enroll: (non-HP employees, customers and partners)
If you have any questions regarding the training, or the enrollment 
process, please send email to: ted.saul at hp.com  - 951-696-2221 or 
jeff.chisholm at hp.com - 719-592-4128.
_________________________________________________________
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8) 
PRESS RELEASE
Mimer SQL First DBMS on OpenVMS 64-bit HP Integrity servers
Uppsala, Sweden -January 26 2005 - Mimer Information Technology 
today announced the availability of Mimer SQL for the OpenVMS 
operating system on HP Integrity servers based on Intel® Itanium® 2 
processors. Mimer SQL is the first relational database management 
system available for this platform. This enables OpenVMS users to 
utilize the performance and scalability of the new HP Integrity server 
platform for their mission-critical database applications.
Mimer SQL is currently used in many mission critical systems running HP 
OpenVMS on AlphaServer systems worldwide. By extending Mimer's 
support for OpenVMS to the HP Integrity server family, customers will 
benefit from a high performance and zero maintenance DBMS on this 
new platform. The compatibility in Mimer SQL between HP AlphaServer 
systems and Integrity servers makes it possible to migrate Mimer SQL 
database applications for OpenVMS from AlphaServer systems to 
Integrity servers without any application modifications.
"OpenVMS is a very important platform for Mimer, and we're very 
pleased to announce the availability of Mimer SQL as the first relational 
DBMS on the new HP OpenVMS Integrity server platform," says Stefan 
Eck, Product Manager, Mimer Information Technology. "We're convinced 
that Mimer SQL on OpenVMS on HP Integrity servers will be a very 
successful product combination on the market. Our close relationship 
with HP will increase the market potential even further," concludes 
Stefan Eck. 
"We are delighted that Mimer Information Technology has 
strengthened its commitment to OpenVMS with this announcement," 
says Mark Gorham, vice president of the OpenVMS Systems Division at 
HP. "Expanding the scope of the Mimer database, now successfully 
deployed in many of the vertical markets that benefit from the 
strengths of OpenVMS, should deliver enhanced value to our customers 
that are implementing OpenVMS on HP Integrity servers."
Developer and evaluation versions of Mimer SQL 9.2 for all platforms, 
including HP OpenVMS for AlphaServer systems, are available for free 
download from Mimer's developer web site 
(http://developer.mimer.com/). The developer and evaluation version of 
Mimer SQL for OpenVMS on HP Integrity servers is planned to be 
available for free download from February 23, 2005.
About Mimer Information Technology AB
Mimer Information Technology is a world leader in the field of zero 
maintenance DBMSs with its Mimer SQL product. Mimer SQL is an easy-
to-use, high performance and scalable DBMS available for OpenVMS, 
Windows, Linux and other Unix platforms. Examples of customers using 
Mimer SQL for their mission-critical systems on OpenVMS are Volvo Car 
(Sweden), National Blood Service (England) and DJ Galvanizing 
(Canada).
The company is part of the Upright Group.
For further information about Mimer SQL, please contact
Stefan Eck, Product Manager, Mimer Information Technology AB 
Phone +46 - (0)18 780 92 21, +46 - (0)730 299 321 (mobile)
E-mail: stefan.eck at mimer.se, Web: http://www.mimer.com







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