Re: Oracle Hp OpenVMS

Thanks Rich. It is surely big change from Unix to VMS in terms of OS commands.

Sanjay


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From: Rich Jesse <rjoralist_at_society.servebeer.com>
To: "oracle-l_at_freelists.org" <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
Sent: Wed, October 28, 2009 3:43:44 PM
Subject: RE: Oracle Hp OpenVMS

> Once you're inside Oracle's walls (e.g. SQL*Plus, RMAN, lsnrctl, etc.) it's
> pretty much the same as on any other OS, but if you have to do anything at
> the OS level there is a big learning curve - even for simple things like
> changing directories, editing/manipulating files, checking filesystem space.
>  The commands and options are VERY different from Unix.  I'd say if the
> tuning you're being asked to do is within the database, e.g. tuning queries,
> Oracle parameters, etc., then you should be fine, but if it's tuning at the
> OS level that is needed, then run away unless you have lots of time to spend
> learning DCL.

Man, I miss DCL and logicals!  I was a VMS guy from 4.7 to about 7.1.  The
problem with most things on VMS is that they try and make it Unix-like.

Some (very) quick tips:

Unix                      VMS
-----------------------    ------------------------
$HOME                      SYS$LOGIN
.bashrc OR .kshrc          LOGIN.COM
echo                      WRITE SYS$OUTPUT
cd                        SET DEFAULT SYS$LOGIN
echo $PWD                  SHOW DEFAULT
vi                        EDIT/EDT or EDIT/TPU (TPU is generally preferred)
alias up='cd ..'          UP:=="SET DEFAULT [-]"
./myscript.sh              _at_MYSCRIPT.COM
cp                        COPY
rm                        DELETE/LOG
man                        HELP
exit                      LOGOFF

I'm going from 10yo malted-barley-soaked memory, so hopefully those are
close to correct.  The MAJOR power, however, comes from VMS Logicals.  It's
like how soft links in Unix should really work, as they transcend simple
filename substitution.  "SHOW LOGICAL" is your friend!

You may want to use alias commands for your interactive sessions (VMS can
make the distinction between interactive, batch, etc logins) in your
SYS$LOGIN:LOGIN.COM to ease the transistion, e.g. CD:=="SET DEFAULT".  Just
beware that doing this in the Oracle owner's account can affect how Oracle
itself runs if you should happen to override existing commands that it uses.

While much different from Unix, I *much* preferred DCL and the RMS
filesystem on VMS.  DCL is a very powerful scripting language, logicals are
invaluable for system management and maintenance, security was never an
afterthought, and DEC Rdb is what gave us all the new features of Oracle7. 
The very high overhead on process creation and the general kernel tunables
(trying to tune NPAGEDYN via AUTOGEN -- groan!) however, left a lot to be
desired, IMHO.

OK, trip down memory lane completed...

Good luck!
Rich


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