Document revision date: 19 July 1999

Chapter 16
16	Performance Considerations
16.1	Understanding Performance Management
16.2	Knowing Your Work Load
16.3	Choosing a Work Load Management Strategy
16.4	Distributing the Work Load
16.5	Understanding System Tuning
16.6	Predicting When Tuning Is Required
16.7	Evaluating Tuning Success
16.8	Choosing Performance Options
16.9	Using INSTALL to Install Known Images
16.9.1	Understanding Images and Known Images
16.9.2	Understanding Known File Entries
16.9.3	Understanding Attributes You Can Assign to Known Images
16.9.4	Determining Which Images to Install
16.9.5	Installing Images to Improve Image Activation Performance
16.9.6	Installing Images with Shared Address Data
16.9.6.1	System-Provided Images
16.9.6.2	Application Images
16.9.7	Installing Images to Conserve Physical Memory
16.9.8	Installing Images to Enhance Privileges of Images
16.9.8.1	Privileged Executable Images
16.9.8.2	Privileged Shareable Images
16.9.9	Activating Images in a Privileged Context
16.9.10	Specifying File Names in INSTALL
16.9.11	Installing Images with INSTALL
16.9.12	Displaying Known Images with INSTALL
16.9.13	Defining Logical Names for Shareable Image Files
16.9.14	Removing Known Images
Chapter 17
17	Testing the System with UETP
17.1	Overview
17.1.1	Understanding UETP
17.1.2	Summary of How to Use UETP
17.2	Preparing to Use UETP
17.2.1	Logging In
17.2.2	Using the SYSTEST Directories
17.3	Setting Up the Devices to Be Tested
17.3.1	Check Your Devices
17.3.2	System Disk Space Required
17.3.3	How UETP Works on Disks
17.3.4	Prepare Disk Drives
17.3.5	Magnetic Tape Drives
17.3.6	Tape Cartridge Drives
17.3.7	Compact Disc Drives
17.3.8	Optical Disk Drives
17.3.9	Terminals and Line Printers
17.3.10	Ethernet Adapters
17.3.11	DR11--W Data Interface (VAX Only)
17.3.12	DRV11--WA Data Interface (VAX Only)
17.3.13	DR750 or DR780 (DR32 Interface) (VAX Only)
17.3.14	Second LPA11--K Device
17.3.15	Devices That Are Not Tested
17.3.16	OpenVMS Cluster Testing
17.3.17	Testing a Small-Disk System
17.3.18	DECnet for OpenVMS Phase
17.3.19	Vector Processors and the VVIEF (VAX Only)
17.4	Starting UETP
17.4.1	Running a Subset of Phases
17.4.2	Single Run Versus Multiple Passes
17.4.3	Defining User Load for Load Test
17.4.4	Report Formats
17.4.4.1	Long Report Format
17.4.4.2	Short Report Format
17.5	Stopping a UETP Operation
17.5.1	Using Ctrl/Y
17.5.2	Using DCL Commands
17.5.3	Using Ctrl/C
17.6	Troubleshooting: An Overview
17.6.1	Error Logging and Diagnostics
17.6.2	Interpreting UETP Output
17.6.3	Displaying Information on Your Screen
17.6.4	Example Screen Display (VAX Only)
17.6.5	Example Screen Display (Alpha Only)
17.6.6	Defining a Remote Node for UETP Ethernet Testing
17.6.7	Log Files
17.7	Troubleshooting: Possible UETP Errors
17.7.1	Summary of Common Failures
17.7.2	Wrong Quotas, Privileges, or Account
17.7.3	UETINIT01 Failure
17.7.4	UETVECTOR Failure (VAX Only)
17.7.5	Device Allocated or in Use by Another Application
17.7.6	Insufficient Disk Space
17.7.7	Incorrect Setup of an OpenVMS Cluster System
17.7.8	Problems During the Load Test
17.7.9	DECnet for OpenVMS Error
17.7.10	Errors Logged but Not Displayed
17.7.11	No PCB or Swap Slots
17.7.12	No Keyboard Response or System Disk Activity
17.7.13	Lack of Default Access for the FAL Object
17.7.14	Bugchecks and Machine Checks
17.8	UETP Tests and Phases
17.8.1	Initialization Phase
17.8.2	Device Test Phase
17.8.2.1	How the Device Phase Works
17.8.2.2	Running a Single Device Test
17.8.2.3	Format of UETINIDEV.DAT
17.8.2.4	Running a Test in Loop Mode
17.8.2.5	Functions of Individual Device Tests
17.8.3	System Load Test Phase
17.8.4	DECnet for OpenVMS Test Phase
17.8.4.1	Environment
17.8.4.2	How the DECnet Phase Works
17.8.5	Cluster-Integration Test Phase

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