DECram for OpenVMS User's Manual

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A C D F I L M N O P R S U W

A
Allocating space #1
Allocating space #2
    local disk
        shared disk
Applications
    identifying commonly used images
    locating files
    on workstations
    restrictions
    using DECram disk
C
Comparison of a DECram disk
    to disk caches
Configuration
    allocating memory
    creating
        a DECram device
    deallocating memory
    determining device resources
    INITIALIZE command
    mounting
    mounting a shadowed DECram disk
    system resources
Configuring DECram disks
    Version 2.3
    Version 3.0
CONNECT command
Controller failure
    effects of
Creating
    a DECram device
Creating and formatting RAM disks
    INITIALIZE command
D
Deallocating space
    local disk
    shared disk
DECRAM command
    command interface
DECram disk
    allocating space for
    characteristics
    comparison to conventional disk
    comparison to disk caches
    configuration
        allocating memory
        creating a DECram device
        deallocating memory
        determining device resources
        system resources
    configuring
    deallocating space
    description
    disk size limitation
    following a dismount
    initialize
        failure recovery
    MDDRIVER
    mounting #1
    mounting #2
        following a dismount
    MSCP served
    Multiple DECram disks
    recommended use of
        on workstations
        SYS$SCRATCH files
    restrictions
    shadowing
DECram disk volume-label
DECram startup procedures
DECram volume shadow reads and writes
Disk space limit
F
Failure characteristics
Failure recovery
    INITIALIZE command
File lookups
Free page list
    effect of reduced size
I
I/O database
    creation of
I/O operations
    delays in applications
INITIALIZE command
    failure recovery
Install utility (INSTALL)
    LIST command
IO CONNECT command
    System Management (SYSMAN) utility
L
Limitations of DECram disk
    I/O delays in applications
    paging and swapping behavior
    redefining system logical names
LIST command
    Install Utility
Locating files
Logical names
    redefining system
M
MDDRIVER
Memory
    allocating
    deallocating
    determining device resources
    effect of reduced available
    system resources
MOUNT verification process
Mounting a DECram disk
    following a dismount
    local #1
    local #2
    shared #1
    shared #2
Mounting a shadowed DECram disk
Mounting a shared DECram disk
MSCP serving a DECram disk
N
/nocache qualifier
O
OpenVMS cluster configurations
    serving a DECram disk
    shadowing a DECram disk
P
Paging and swapping behavior
Privileges required
R
Read/write disk
    restriction on use
Recovering lost files
Recovery files
    DECRAM$RECOVER.DAT
        MDRECOVER.DAT
Redefining system logical names
Restoring a DECram disk
    after a power failure
    after a system crash
Restoring a disk
Restrictions #1
Restrictions #2
RMS AI Journaling
    using to recover DECram files
S
Search list #1
Search list #2
Search order
Served DECram disks
    failure characteristics
Shadow Set
    number of members
Shadowed DECram disks
    clusters
    configuration
    dismounting
    mounting #1
    mounting #2
Shadowing a DECram disk
Shadowing to a physical disk
SHOW DEVICE command
SHOW DISK command
    deleting .DAT files
    displaying disk information
/SIZE qualifier
Startup files
SYS$SCRATCH files
    storing on a DECram disk
        improving system performance
SYSMAN command
    command interface
System idle time
System Management (SYSMAN) utility
    IO CONNECT command
System parameters
    FREEGOAL
    FREELIM
    GBLPAGES
    GBLSECTIONS
    GROWLIM
    requiring modification
System resources
    determining
    memory
    System Page Table Entries (SPTEs)
U
Using a DECram disk
W
Workstations
    using DECram disk with
        diskless workstations