Overview

Digital UNIX Version 4.0 supports all the customary UNIX system administration utilities from OSF/1 Version 2.0, including tar, dump/restore, and dd for performing backups and restores; df, du, scu, radisk, and disklabel for managing disks and disk usage; tunefs, newfs, and fsck for managing file systems; dbx for performing kernel debugging; and adduser for creating user accounts. For more information on these utilities, see the System Administration guide; and the appropriate reference page for each utility.

In addition to providing system administration utilities from the OSF, Digital UNIX adds a number of other useful Digital-specific utilities, such as the following:

• SysMan Tools

• Software Subset Management Utility setld

• Event Management Utility (DECevent)

• Analysis Tools with Object Modification

• Enhanced Kernel Debugging

• Dynamically Loadable Subsystems

• Dynamic System Configuration

• Dynamic Device Recognition

• Dataless Management Services

• Monitoring Performance History

• Bootable Tape

The following sections describe the Digital-specific utilities.