Re: OpenVMS books : seeking advice

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From: Daryl Jones
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 21:36

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Georges A. Tomazi <gt@diapason.com> wrote in message news:<phg8tukfkjbpdhm9d8b492nu7id0ugsmpf@4ax.com>...
> Hi -
> 
> I'm looking for a good introductory book on OpenVMS, from newbie level
> to intermediate/advanced covering usage and administration, for
> someone with some strong Unix background.
> 
> I've found at least three that may fit (and available here in France)
> :
> 
> * The Operating systems handbook: Unix, OpenVMS, OS/400, VM, MVS (D.
> DuCharme - McGraw-Hill GB, 1994).
> 
> * Unix for OpenVMS users, second edition (P. Bourne - Digital Press,
> 1998).
> 
> * Introduction to OpenVMS, 5th edition (L. Rice - Digital Press,
> 1999).
> 
> Any recommendation ?
> 
> Thx,
> 
> Georges

Some of my recommendations are old but the basics are there. There are
new versions of some of these books.


Recommendations:

VMS:                 VAX/VMS Operating Systems Concepts, 
                              David Donald Miller, 1992
VMS File System:     VMS File System Internals, Kirby McCoy, 1990
VMS IO:              VAX I/O Subsystems: Optimizing Performance, Ken
Bates 1991
DCL:                 VAX/VMS Writing Real DCL Programs in DCL, 
                              Paul C. Anagnostopoulos, 1989
VMS General:         A Beginner's Guide to VAX/VMS Utilites and
Applications
                     Ronald M. Sawey & Troy T. Stokes, 1989
 
Daryl Jones

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