OpenVMS System Management Guide, 2nd Edition

This complete text details the tools, technologies and techniques that can configure, maintain, and tune computers running Hewlett-Packard's high-performance OpenVMS operating system.
Examine the organization of an OpenVMS system disk
Review standard OpenVMS logical names
Present basic OpenVMS cluster configuration options
By default, when you install OpenVMS, a directory structure is created on the target device as follows:
[000000] ! Master File Directory [.SYS0] ! SYS0 system-specific root [.SYSEXE] ! Specific system files [.SYSMGR] ! Specific management files ... [.SYSUPD] [.SYSCOMMON] ! Link to common root (VMS$COMMON) [VMS$COMMON.] ! Cluster common directory [.SYSEXE] ! Common system files [.SYSLIB] ! Common utility executables [.SYSHLP] ! HELP files and release notes [.SYSMGR] ! Common management files [.SYSMSG] ! Common error message files ... [.SYSUPD] ...