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OpenVMS System Messages: Companion Guide for Help Message Users

OpenVMS System Messages: Companion Guide for Help Message Users

Order Number: AA--PV5TC--TK


January 1999

The OpenVMS System Messages: Companion Guide for Help Message Users describes how to use the online Help Message utility to obtain online message descriptions. This manual also contains descriptions of messages that can display on the operator's console when the system and the Help Message utility are not fully functional.

Revision/Update Information: This manual supersedes the OpenVMS System Messages: Companion Guide for Help Message Users, OpenVMS Alpha Version 1.5 and OpenVMS VAX Version 6.0.

Software Version: OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1
OpenVMS VAX Version 7.1

The content of this document has not changed since OpenVMS Version 7.1.


Compaq Computer Corporation Houston, Texas


Reprinted January 1999

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Contents Index


Preface

Intended Audience

The OpenVMS System Messages: Companion Guide for Help Message Users is intended for everyone who uses the Help Message utility to access online descriptions of system messages.

This manual also provides hardcopy descriptions of messages that can display on the operator's console when the operating system and the Help Message utility are not operational.

Document Structure

This manual consists of two parts:

Related Documents

The Help Message database supplied with the OpenVMS operating system documents messages for the facilities listed in Table 1. Where applicable, the table cites one or more associated documents that contain information about the facility.

Table 1 OpenVMS Facilities and Associated Documentation
Facility Code Facility Name Reference Manual
ACC Accounting Utility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
ACLEDIT Access Control List Editor OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
AMAC MACRO-32 Compiler for OpenVMS Alpha Porting VAX MACRO Code to OpenVMS Alpha

VAX MACRO and Instruction Set Reference Manual

ANALDISK Analyze/Disk_Structure Utility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
AUDSRV Audit Server OpenVMS Guide to System Security
BACKUP Backup Utility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
BAD Bad Block Locator Utility OpenVMS Bad Block Locator Utility Manual 1
BOOT Virtual Memory Boot OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
BUGCHECK System Bugcheck OpenVMS Alpha System Dump Analyzer Utility Manual

OpenVMS VAX System Dump Analyzer Utility Manual

CAF Cluster Authorization File Service OpenVMS Cluster Systems
CDU Command Definition Utility OpenVMS Command Definition, Librarian, and Message Utilities Manual
CLI Command Language Interpreter (DCL) OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
CMA DECthreads (Digital's Multithreading Run-Time Library) Guide to DECthreads
CONV Convert and Convert/Reclaim Utilities OpenVMS Record Management Utilities Reference Manual
CREF Cross-Reference Utility OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual
DCL DIGITAL Command Language OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
DCX Data Compression/Expansion Facility OpenVMS Utility Routines Manual
DDTM DECdtm Services OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
DIFF DIFFERENCES Command OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
DISM DISMOUNT Command OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
DNS Digital Distributed Name Service (DECdns) DECnet for OpenVMS Networking Manual
DSR DIGITAL Standard Runoff OpenVMS DIGITAL Standard Runoff Reference Manual 1
DTK DECtalk Facility OpenVMS RTL DECtalk (DTK$) Manual 1
DTR DECnet Test Receiver DECnet for OpenVMS Network Management Utilities
DTS DECnet Test Sender DECnet for OpenVMS Network Management Utilities
DUMP DUMP Command OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
EDF FDL Editor OpenVMS Record Management Utilities Reference Manual
--- EDT Editor OpenVMS EDT Reference Manual 1
ERF Error Log Utility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
EXCHANGE Exchange Utility OpenVMS Exchange Utility Manual 1
FDL FDL Utilities OpenVMS Record Management Utilities Reference Manual
IMGACT Image Activator OpenVMS Linker Utility Manual
INIT INITIALIZE Command OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
INPSMB Input Symbiont OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
INSTALL Install Utility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
IOGEN IOGEN OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
JBC Job Controller OpenVMS System Manager's Manual

OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual

LADCP LAD Control Program Utility OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
LAT LAT Facility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
LAVC Local Area OpenVMS Cluster OpenVMS Cluster Systems
LBR Librarian Routines OpenVMS Utility Routines Manual
LIB Library Facility OpenVMS RTL Library (LIB$) Manual
LIBRAR LIBRARY Command OpenVMS Command Definition, Librarian, and Message Utilities Manual
LICENSE License Management Utility OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual

OpenVMS DCL Dictionary

LINK Linker Utility OpenVMS Linker Utility Manual
LMCP Log Manager Control Program OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
LOADER Executive Image Loader OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual
LOGIN Login Procedure OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
MACRO VAX MACRO Assembler VAX MACRO and Instruction Set Reference Manual
MAIL Mail Utility OpenVMS User's Manual or MAIL Help
MESSAGE Message Utility OpenVMS Command Definition, Librarian, and Message Utilities Manual
MOM Maintenance Operation Module DECnet for OpenVMS Networking Manual
MONITOR Monitor Utility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
MOUNT Mount Utility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
MSGHLP Help Message Utility OpenVMS System Messages: Companion Guide for Help Message Users

OpenVMS System Manager's Manual

MTH Mathematics Facility OpenVMS VAX RTL Mathematics (MTH$) Manual

Digital Portable Mathematics Library

NETWRK SET/SHOW/START/STOP NETWORK Commands OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
NICONFIG Ethernet Configurator Module DECnet for OpenVMS Networking Manual
OPCOM Operator Communication Process OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
OTS General Purpose Facility OpenVMS RTL General Purpose (OTS$) Manual
PATCH Patch Utility OpenVMS VAX Patch Utility Manual 1
PCSI POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
PCSIUI POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility user interface OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
PPL Parallel Processing Facility OpenVMS RTL Parallel Processing (PPL$) Manual 1
PPPD Point-to-Point Protocol TCP/IP Networking on OpenVMS Systems
PRINT PRINT Command OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
PSM Print Symbiont Modification Facility OpenVMS Utility Routines Manual
QMAN Queue Manager OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
QUEMAN Queuing Utility Commands OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
RBLD REBUILD Command (Mount Utility) OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
REM Remote Terminal Support
and SET HOST Command
OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
RENAME RENAME Command OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
RMS OpenVMS Record Management Services OpenVMS Record Management Services Reference Manual
RMSREC RMS Recovery Utility RMS Journaling for OpenVMS Manual
RUN Run Detached Utility OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
RUNOFF DIGITAL Standard Runoff OpenVMS DIGITAL Standard Runoff Reference Manual 1
SDA System Dump Analyzer OpenVMS Alpha System Dump Analyzer Utility Manual

OpenVMS VAX System Dump Analyzer Utility Manual

SDP Set Dump Priority Utility OpenVMS Alpha System Dump Analyzer Utility Manual

OpenVMS VAX System Dump Analyzer Utility Manual

SEARCH SEARCH Command OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
SECSRV Security Server OpenVMS Guide to System Security

OpenVMS System Manager's Manual

SET SET Command and SET Utility OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
SHADOW_SERVER Volume Shadowing Server Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS
SHOW SHOW Command OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
SHOW Show Cluster Utility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
SMB Symbiont/Queue-Manager Interface Facility OpenVMS Utility Routines Manual
SMG Screen Management Facility OpenVMS RTL Screen Management (SMG$) Manual
SMI System Management Integrator/Server OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
SMP Symmetric Multiprocessing OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual

OpenVMS System Manager's Manual

SORT Sort/Merge Utility OpenVMS User's Manual
STACONFIG Standalone Configure Process  
STARTUP SYSMAN Utility STARTUP Command OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
STDRV System Startup Driver OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
STR String Manipulation Facility OpenVMS RTL String Manipulation (STR$) Manual
SUBMIT SUBMIT Command OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
SUM SUMSLP Batch Editing Utility OpenVMS SUMSLP Utility Manual 1
SYSBOOT System Bootstrap Facility OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
SYSGEN System Generation Utility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
SYSINIT System Initialization OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
SYSMAN System Management Utility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
SYSTEM System Services OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual
TIE Translated Image Environment DECmigrate for OpenVMS AXP Systems Translating Images
TPU DEC Text Processing Utility (DECTPU) DEC Text Processing Utility Reference Manual
TRACE Traceback Facility OpenVMS Linker Utility Manual
UAF Authorize Utility OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual
UETP User Environment Test Package OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
VAXCLUSTER OpenVMS Cluster Software OpenVMS Cluster Systems
VMB Virtual Memory Boot OpenVMS System Manager's Manual
VMSINSTAL Install Procedures OpenVMS Developer's Guide to VMSINSTAL 1


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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:
'variable' In message text, apostrophes delimit a variable field that is replaced with an actual value when the message is issued.
Ctrl/ x A sequence such as Ctrl/ x indicates that you must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while you press another key or a pointing device button.
bold text This text style represents the name of an argument, an attribute, or a reason (user action that triggers a callback).
italic text Italic text indicates important information, complete titles of manuals, or variables.
UPPERCASE TEXT Uppercase text indicates a command, the name of a routine, the name of a file, the abbreviation for a system privilege, or the facility code that prefixes a system message.
lowercase In syntax statements and format descriptions, lowercase words indicate a type of variable that you must enter.
Monospace text

Monospace type indicates code examples and interactive screen displays.
- A hyphen at the end of a command line in a coding example indicates that the command continues on the following line.
numbers All numbers in text are assumed to be decimal unless otherwise noted. Nondecimal radixes---binary, octal, or hexadecimal---are explicitly indicated.


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