Preface
This guide describes how customers can take advantage of
the OpenVMS Galaxy capabilities available in OpenVMS
Alpha Version 7.2.
The information in this document applies to OpenVMS Alpha
systems only; it does not apply to OpenVMS VAX systems.
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for system managers, application
programmers, technical consultants, data center managers,
and anyone else who wants to learn about the Galaxy
Software Architecture on OpenVMS.
Document Structure
Specific topics include: basic OpenVMS Galaxy concepts,
hardware and software requirements, configuration
alternatives, installing and licensing information, system
management options, and available application programming
interfaces (APIs) for developing programs for OpenVMS
Galaxy systems.
To be supplied: Chapter descriptions
How to Use this Book
To be supplied: Add a road map of the book.
This book introduces OpenVMS Galaxy features and explains
how to use the OpenVMS Galaxy features available in
OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.2-EFT3. It includes step-by-step
procedures for configuring, managing, and using OpenVMS
Galaxy technology as well as APIs for developing programs to
take advantage of the new OpenVMS Galaxy features.
Related Documents
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Group (OSSG) products and services, access the OpenVMS
World Wide Web site at the following address:
http://www.openvms.digital.com
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Conventions
In this manual:
* Instance refers to a copy of the OpenVMS Alpha oper-
ating system.
* OpenVMS Galaxy and Galaxy refer to the Compaq
Galaxy Software Architecture on OpenVMS.
* DECwindows and DECwindows Motif refer to
DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS software.
The following conventions are used in this manual:
Ctrlx A sequence such as Ctrlx indicates that you
must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while you
press another key or a pointing device button.
PF1 x A sequence such as PF1 x indicates that you
must first press and release the key labeled
PF1 and then press and release another key
or a pointing device button.
Return In examples, a key name enclosed in a box
indicates that you press a key on the keyboard.
(In text, a key name is not enclosed in a box.)
In the HTML version of this document, this
convention appears as brackets, rather than a
box.
. . . A horizontal ellipsis in examples indicates
one of the following possibilities:
* Additional optional arguments in a
statement have been omitted.
* The preceding item or items can be
repeated one or more times.
* Additional parameters, values, or other
information can be entered.
. A vertical ellipsis indicates the omission of
. items from a code example or command for-
. mat; the items are omitted because they are
not important to the topic being discussed.
( ) In command format descriptions, parentheses
indicate that you must enclose the options in
parentheses if you choose more than one.
[ ] In command format descriptions, brackets
indicate optional elements. You can choose
one, none, or all of the options. (Brackets
are not optional, however, in the syntax
of a directory name in an OpenVMS file
specification or in the syntax of a substring
specification in an assignment statement.)
[ | ] In command format descriptions, vertical
bars separating items inside brackets indicate
that you choose one, none, or more than one
of the options.
{ } In command format descriptions, braces in-
dicate required elements; you must choose one
of the options listed.
bold text This text style represents the introduction of
a new term or the name of an argument, an
attribute, or a reason.
In the HTML version of this document, this
convention appears asitalic te.t
italic text Italic text indicates important information,
complete titles of manuals, or variables.
Variables include information that varies in
system output (Internal erronumber ), in
command lines (/PRODUCER= name ), and
in command parameters in text (where dd
represents the predefined code for the device
type).
UPPERCASE TEXT Uppercase text indicates a command, the
name of a routine, the name of a file, or the
abbreviation for a system privilege.
Monospace text indicates code examples and
interactive screen displays.
Monospace type
In the C programming language, monospace
type in text identifies the following elements:
keywords, the names of independently com-
piled external functions and files, syntax
summaries, and references to variables or
identifiers introduced in an example.
- A hyphen at the end of a command for-
mat description, command line, or code line
indicates that the command or statement
continues on the following line.
numbers All numbers in text are assumed to be dec-
imal unless otherwise noted. Nondecimal
radixes-binary, octal, or hexadecimal-are
explicitly indicated.