9.8  Monitoring an OpenVMS Galaxy with DECamds

  The DECamds availability manager software provides a
  valuable real-time view of the Galaxy system.  DECamds can
  monitor all Galaxy instances from a single workstation or
  PC anywhere on the local area network.  DECamds utilizes
  a custom OpenVMS driver (RMDRIVER) that periodically
  gathers availability data from the system.  This information is
  returned to the DECamds client application using a low-level

  Ethernet protocol.  The client application provides numerous
  views and graphs of the system's availability characteristics.
  Additionally, when DECamds detects one of numerous known
  conditions, it notifies the user and offers a set of solutions
  (called fixes) that can be applied to resolve the condition.

  Every OpenVMS system comes with the DECamds Data
  Collector (RMDRIVER) installed.  To enable the collector,
  you must execute its startup procedure inside SYSTARTUP_
  VMS.COM or manually on each Galaxy instance you want
  to monitor.  Use the following commands to start the data
  collector:

  $  @SYS$STARTUP:AMDS$STARTUP  START   or  STOP

  Prior to starting the collector, you need to specify a
  group name for your Galaxy.  Do so by editing the file

  SYS$COMMON:[AMDS]AMDS$LOGICALS.COM. This
  file includes a statement for declaring a group name.  Choose
  any unique name, making sure this file on each Galaxy
  instance contains the same group name.

  When using DECamds, OpenVMS Engineering finds it useful
  to display the System Overview window, the Event Window
  and a CPU Summary window for each Galaxy instance.

  There are a number of additional views you can monitor
  depending on your specific interests.  For more information
  about DECamds, refer to the    DECamds Users Guide     .