VME NOVA Operations

Course Overview

This course provides delegates with the knowledge and skills needed to maintain the successful day-to-day operation of a VME system running on a Trimetra NOVA platform. It has been designed to give a basic understanding of the Trimetra NOVA hardware and VME operating system together with practical experience of operator commands and facilities.

Audience

This course is for computer personnel who are new to VME Operating.

Course Outline

• VME operating system introduction and explanation
• Trimetra NOVA Hardware layout and connections
• Use and format of System Control Language operator commands
• The VME catalogue on the Trimetra NOVA
• Hardware representation of the Trimetra NOVA in the catalogue with relevant operator screens
• System prompts
• The virtual machine environment in VME
• Job scheduling in the work management system using operator screens
• Control of the workflow/work scheduling
• The Journal System and System Housekeeping
• Load and closedown of the Trimetra NOVA VME system
• Simple use of Multi-Access Computing (MAC) Facilities
• An explanation of Trimetra NOVA Filestore (Disc and Tape)
• Handling Tape categories
• Use of the TELL command
• SAM and VISA error functions on Trimetra NOVA
• Operator commands
• Multi-Nodal Systems
• Service Printers