HP 3000 Manuals

Using the 900 Series HP 3000: Advanced Skills Module 0: Begin Here

Course Overview 

Course description 

This course gives you knowledge of the MPE/iX operating system and
provide hands-on experience in the following areas:

   *   creating an account structure

   *   creating and listing files and file equations

   *   creating and running jobs

   *   copying files across groups, accounts, and systems

   *   creating, modifying, and using command files and user defined
       commands

   *   using system and user-defined variables in command files and UDCs

Course goal and objectives 

After you complete this course, you will be able to do the following:

   *   Recognize and use MPE/iX commands to set up and manage accounts,
       run jobs, copy files, and store and restore files to and from
       tape.

   *   Customize your system environment by creating UDCs and command
       files, and use variables and expressions.

   *   Catalog and uncatalog UDC files.

Orientation 

This course takes an estimated two full days to complete.  The majority
of the information is presented in tutorial fashion with text to read,
instructions to follow, questions to answer, and exercises to complete.
Answers to lesson questions and exercises, as well as review exercises
are grouped by module and found in the Solutions Guide.

This course assumes that the user has successfully completed Fundamentals 
Skills and has mastered the following skills:

   *   can log on and log off the Mpe/iX system

   *   can use an editor to create, modify, and save files

   *   can explain users, groups, accounts

   *   can make offline listings of files

Reference documents 

The following manual is used with the course:

   *   MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual (32650-60002)

You may use the online help facility while studying any of the modules in
this course.  Enter

     HELPReturn 

at the system prompt to start the help facility.  When you want to leave
the help facility, enter:

     EXITReturn 

.

Conventions 

Read this important information before you begin to explore the modules. 

These modules use instructions and different typefaces to clarify what to
read and what to do.  The following reflects the conventions used
throughout this course:

     Sample                        Information for you to read and know.

     Sample                        A term you ought to recognize or understand.

     Sample                        Emphasis to bring something to your attention.

                                   Something that is underlined and in this typeface,
     SAMPLEReturn                  followed by Return, is what you should enter by
                                   typing the letters and pressing Return.

     SAMPLE                        Something in this typeface, without Return shows
                                   you how something should look on your terminal
                                   screen.  Do not enter anything you see in this
                                   typeface unless it is followed by Return.

     :SAMPLE                       Something in this typeface preceded by a colon, is
                                   another way of showing you how something should
                                   look on your terminal screen.  You will learn more
                                   about the colon a little later.

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