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    Hi Mel!
    
    Interested to see you are thinking about an Update Seminar for V7.0.
    
    Some questions about this...
    
    Will it cover just OpenVMS Alpha V7.0 as note .0 implies?
    Is it intended to be for customers or employees or both?
    Will it be along the lines of what Perry Donham did for OpenVMS VAX V6.0?
    Is it planned to be available before FRS of V7.0?
    
    
    Regards,
    
    Geoff
    
    PS: Like the typo in .0 - at least it wasn't "MVS" !

    
    Hi Geoff,
    
    Oh well, never could spell...
    
    The update will cover V7.0 of bot OVMS and Alpha and will also
    include SCSI clusters from 6.2.  We updated at 6.1 but did not
    have an update seminar.  Do we need to include anything from
    that update in the update seminar...make an inclusive 'point-
    to-point' type of document?
    
    We are suggesting that we run a TTT for employees/instructors
    in November...one in the US and one in Europe...then the seminar
    would be released for customer teaches starting in January...which
    means the TTT materials would be available early but not the
    finished course.
    
    Will have to go look at what Perry did to answer the last question.
    We are working from the Field Test Training materials.  I will
    also post a note from Nancy Tiernan listing the topics she
    entered in the catalogue for the offering.
    
    Mel
    

From:	ORION::TIERNAN      "NANCY -- DTN 381-2152" 15-SEP-1995 12:20:39.98
To:	ME
CC:	
Subj:	Copy of OpenVMS Tech Update Seminar sent to MaryJo


Course Number:
Course Title:  OpenVMS V7.0 Technical Update Seminar

OVERVIEW
This one-day technical update seminar presents the new features of 
OpenVMS Alpha V7.0 as well as information on expanded functionality 
and changes, including:
  * The 64-bit address space 
  * Kernel threads 
  * LIBRTL
  * C RTL and other RTL changes
  * FAST I/O AND FAST Path
  * DECnet and DECnet/OSI
  * Spiralog
  * Changes to tools such as SDA, etc.

FEATURES & BENEFITS
This seminar:
  *  Provides detailed technical information about the software components
     that make up the OpenVMS Alpha V7.0 release
  *  Gives students a head-start in understanding:
     - New (and changed) features of OpenVMS 
     - Strategies for using these new features in system programming 
       and applications.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This seminar is for system managers, system programmers, network managers, 
programmers, and support personnel who require detailed information about 
the new features of OpenVMS for Alpha V7.0 and its effect on new and existing 
systems and applications.
  
OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this seminar, students should be able to:
  *  Discuss the technical details of the major software components that make
     up the OpenVMS for Alpha V7.0 release
  *  Identify opportunities for employing these new features in their systems
  *  Use the new features to develop new applications and optimize their 
     existing ones

PREREQUISITES
In order to successfully complete this seminar, the student should be
familiar with previous versions of the OpenVMS Operating System.

TOPICS COVERED
  *  64-bit Addressing Overview
  *  64-bit Addressing Internals  
  *  64-bit Device Drivers
  *  DECthreads and Kernel Threads
  *  V7.0 Changes to Privileged-Code Applications
  *  Changes to tools, SDA, etc.
  *  DEC C and 64-bit addressing support
  *  C RTL and other RTL changes
  *  Debugger Changes
  *  LIBRTL
  *  FAST I/O
  *  FAST Path
  *  DECnet and DECnet/OSI
  *  Internet Ready Server
  *  Spiralog

    Re: .2
    
    Hi Mel,
    
    � We are suggesting that we run a TTT for employees/instructors
    � in November...one in the US and one in Europe...then the seminar
    
    Could I suggest that for the benefit of those coming from overseas the
    V7 TTT in the US be run the week before or the week after the OpenVMS 
    Partners meeting - this will allow us to get the most bangs for our travel 
    buck. The Partners meeting is tentatively scheduled for the week of
    27th November - the person who would know for sure is Rae (VMSMKT::) 
    Laflamme who is organising it.
    
    Thanks for reading this,
    
    	John

    
    Great idea.  I will forward the idea to the funder and see
    what we can do.
    
    Mel
    

    Mel:	could you post the dates you expect the revisions for the
    standard courses to go on the shelf?  I am interested in 
    	OpenVMS Operator
    	Skills for User
    	Sysnet I
    	Sysnet II
    	Sysnet III
    	Vaxclusters
    	Troubleshooting
    	System Performance Mgmt
    
    Will any of the course codes change or will they just be revisions? 
    
    Thanks!

    
    
    Hi,
    
    	OpenVMS Operator  OTS
    	Skills for User   OTS
    	Sysnet I	  end q2
    	Sysnet II         end q2
    	Sysnet III        end q2
    	Vaxclusters       not in my plan at the moment...Nancy and I are
    	                  looking at it
    	Troubleshooting   end q4
    	System Performance Mgmt   end q3
    
    As far as I know, no codes will be changed [you mean Eys, yes?]
    
    These are just revisions.
    
    Mel
    

    I'm not sure if this info belongs here or not, but I'm putting it here
    cuz I don't know if it justifies it's own note....
    
EY-T423E-IG (and SG)  OpenVMS V7.0 Update Seminar

The cover pages states that this seminar covers the new software features
supported by OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS VAX Version 7.0-EFT1.  Should this
really be pointing to Field Test Version if the "real thing" is out there?

It also mentioned on the About This Course first page.

I am happy to see the examples and explanations in this non-pilot of the course
materials.  
    
    
Course EY-T446E-IG and SG   (System and Network Manager I)
 
I have the same issue with the version showing as Field Test software. 
Shouldn't we really have the "VAX F7.0" replaced with just "VAX 7.0"
or am I just nitpicking????

Also, maybe this is presumptuous, since I haven't seen the student kit
completely (just the course guide), but; in the IG on page xxx it says that the
students receive the book OpenVMS VAX Hardware Specific Operations Guide.

They used to get the OpenVMS Managment Essentials.  

On page 2-40 there is an example that is used for IF-THEN-ELSE-ENDIF
that I have found entertaining for a couple of years, I don't know if I want
you to change it....

 	$ INQUIRE NUM_COPY "How many copies do you want?"
	$ IF NUM_COPY  .LT. 5
	$ THEN 
	$ 	PRINT/QUE=OFFICE_PRINT MYFILE.TXT
	$       WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "Your copies are printing in the Office"
	$ ELSE
	$     	PRINT/QUE=LAB_PRINT MYFILE.TXT
	$	WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "Your copies are printing in the Lab"
	$ ENDIF

If you notice you inquire for a number of copies to a symbol but then never use
it!  the following piece needs to be added to each print line 
	/COPIES='NUM_COPY'
But as I said, it's funny to point out in class to system manager types that
you would care what a user wants, but still not allow them to have it their way
at all!!! (I mean that as a joke, certainly not a jab at anyone!  ;-)

'nuf said

Meg                                              

Hi again

I am spending today going over my IG's and making the appropriate page number
corrections to the SG references (since the notes on the IG tend to shift
pages, not an issue to a group that all speaks the same language but a
nightmare when students don't. It's much easier to know the page number in
their guide). It's really not that I have too much free time!  These are just
the things I've observed in my quick glances through.

EY-T446E-IG states in Preparing the Systems that it be version 6.0 or higher.
T448E states version 7.0 or higher. 

EY-T448E-IG (and SG) OpenVMS System and Network Manager II

Same as last note, stating that OpenVMS VAX Hardware Specific Operations Guide
is the additional documentation - Noted on page xxxii .

page 1-10 doesn't mention the existence of the new 64-bit virtual address
layout that is touted in the V7 update seminar on pages 4-7 and 4-8. It's
listed as a programming feature, but should probably be mentioned in this 
course as well.

page 1-14 of the IG and page 1-12 of the SG are dealing with Working Sets.
the IG on page 1-15 shows a UAF record that is not noted as an Instructor Note
and yet is visibly absent from the SG. The SG on page 1-13 has an example of a
SHOW QUEUE/BATCH/FULL command which is also on page 1-17 of IG.

pages 1-35 through 1-39 in IG are not even referenced in the SG. These pages
deal with New Processor Affinity Capability and START/CPU commands.

page 5-15 SG, page 5-16 IG
I don't know if it's me but the assign command lines for SYS$ANNOUNCE looks
like a "cool" idea for syntax, but I have never been able to make it work. Is
it just a personal thing or is there a problem with it??????


EY-U581E-IG (SG) OpenVMS System and Network Manager III


Same as last note, stating that OpenVMS VAX Hardware Specific Operations Guide
is the additional documentation - Noted on page xxxii .
(I guess I understand this same page appears in all the books...anyway it
should be corrected to read the real books they are supposed to get or delete
that line!).

page 1-43 of IG and page 1-39 of SG talk about PAGE and SWAP files.  There is
an Instructor Note that says the formula has changed for calculating page file
size on Alpha system in OpenVMS version 7.0. To What???? or where can we find
more info on it ????


page 6-68 of SG and page 6-74 of IG reference a SET ACL/ACL=blah in the
commands summary, but for the life of me I can't find it in the module as being
a command that is taught.  It makes sense to teach it, but it's not in the
material as far as I can see.