VMS Version 5.5 New Features Manual - November 1991

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VMS Version 5.5 New Features Manual provides an overview of new capabilities introduced in the VMS 5.5 operating system, with additional coverage of prior VMS releases whose updates were not documented in earlier printed manuals. The manual also supersedes the VMS Version 5.4 New Features Manual. Contents include summaries of new software features, enhancements to DCL commands and lexical functions, updates to batch and print queuing, and system management topics, organized into prefatory and feature sections.

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Pages498

Reading Time2 h 54 min

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Preface

Part I Summary of New Features

Part II General User Features

Part III System Management Features

Part IV System Messages

VMS Version5.5New FeaturesManual Order Number:AA-LA97D-TE November 1991 Revision/Update Information: Software Version: This manual describes the new features of the VMS Version 5.5operating system.It also describes new features from past VMSreleases that have not been documented in other printed manuals. This manual supersedes the VMSVersion 5.4 New Features Manual.VMS Version 5.5 November 1991 The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construedas a commitment by Digital Equipment Corporation.Digital Equipment Corporation assumes noresponsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. The software described in this document is furnished under a license and may be used or copied onlyin accordance with the terms of such license. No responsibility is assumed for the use or reliability of software on equipment that is not suppliedby Digital Equipment Corporation or its affiliated companies. ◎ Digital Equipment Corporation 1991. All Rights Reserved. The postpaid Reader's Comments forms at the end of this document request your critical evaluationto assist in preparing future documentation. The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation:BI,CDA,CI,DBMS,DDIF,DECdtm,DECnet,DECwindows,Digital,DSSI,DBMS,HSC,LAT,MASSBUS,MicroVAX,MSCP,Q-22 bus,RA,Rdb/VMS,TMSCP,UETP,UNIBUS,VAX,VAX Ada,VAXBI,VAXcluster,VAXDOCUMENT,VAX FORTRAN,VAX MACRO,VAXstation,VAX Volume Shadowing,VMS,and theDIGITAL logo. The following are third-party trademarks: PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories,Inc. ZK5719 This document was prepared using VAX DOCUMENT,Version 1.2 月 ( Contents Preface ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………xvii Part I Summary of New Features 1 Summary of New VMS Version 5.5 Features 1.1 New Software Features……………………………………………………………………………………………………1-1 1-4 1.2 Announcing the New VMS Dependability Handbook …………………………………………… 1.3 Announcing the New BACKUP Utility Guide ………………………………………………1-4 Part II General User Features 2 DCL Commands and Lexical Functions 2.1 DCL Command Enhancements ……………………………………………………………………………………2-2 INITIALIZE/SIZE …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2-3 SET VOLUME/REBUILD[=FORCE]……………………………………………………………2-4 SET MAGTAPE/RETENSION …………………………………………………………………………2-5 CONVERT/DOCUMENT/MESSAGE_FILE=filespec …………………………………2-6 2.2 F$MESSAGE Lexical Function ……………………………………………………………………………………2-7 3 Batch and Print Queuing System 3.1 Changes to SHOW ENTRY……………………………………………………………………………………………3-1 3.1.1 Change in Format of SHOW ENTRY Display ………………………………………………3-1 3.1.2 SHOW ENTRY Command Accepts Job Names………………………………………………3-1 New Stalled Job State …………………………………………………………………………………………………………3-2 3.1.3 Change in Format of SHOW QUEUE Display…………………………………………………………3-2 3.2( 3.3 User-Specified Job Retention …………………………………………………………………………………………3-3 Uses for User-Specified Job Retention ………………………………………………………………………3-3 3.3.1 Job Retention Command Syntax …………………………………………………………………………………3-3 3.3.2 How Job Retention Is Determined…………………………………………………………………………………3-4 3.3.3 Timed Retention…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3-5 3.3.4 3.4 Batch Log Time-Stamps…………………………………………………………………………………………………………3-5 New DCL Command: SET PREFIX……………………………………………………………………3-6 3.4.1 New Item for F$ENVIRONMENT Lexical Function ……………………………………3-7 3.4.2 /NOTE Qualifier for SUBMIT Command ……………………………………………………………………3-8 3.5 Changes to F$GETQUI Lexical Function…………………………………………………………………3-8 3.6 # 4 VMS System Messages Part Ⅲ System Management Features # 5 VMS Batch and Print Queuing System Clusterwide Queue Manager ………………………………………………………………………………………………5-1 5.1 5.2 New Queue Database Design………………………………………………………………………………………………5-2 5.2.1 Moving Queue Database Files from Their Default Locati

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What does the VMS Version 5.5 New Features Manual cover?

It describes new features in the VMS Version 5.5 operating system and also documents new features from earlier VMS releases that were not included in other printed manuals.

How does this manual relate to the VMS Version 5.4 New Features Manual?

The manual supersedes the VMS Version 5.4 New Features Manual.

What types of topics are included in the document’s table of contents?

The contents include summaries of new software features, DCL command and lexical function enhancements, changes to the batch and print queuing system, and system management feature sections.

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