PMDF System Manager's Guide


Previous Contents Index


Chapter 29
Utilities on OpenVMS

PMDF contains a modest collection of management utility programs, which are used to perform various maintenance, testing, and management tasks. The following sections describe these utilities. Note that many of the utilities are mentioned elsewhere in this document in the context of how they are actually used. PMDF popstore and PMDF MessageStore utilities are described in the PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide. User-level utilities are described in the PMDF User's Guide.

Briefly, the PMDF utilities, both those documented in the PMDF User's Guide or PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide and those documented here, are shown in Table 29-1. Those utilities only available under OpenVMS are marked with a +; those only available under UNIX and NT are marked with a ++; those available on UNIX but not available on NT are marked with a §.

Table 29-1 PMDF Utilities
Web-based utilities and displays
URL Description
http:// pmdfhost:7633/configure/ Configure: generate PMDF configuration files; see the PMDF Installation Guide
http:// pmdfhost:7633/dispatcher/ Dispatcher Statistics : view statistics on recent connections to the Dispatcher, e.g., SMTP, POP and IMAP connections
http:// pmdfhost:7633/mailbox_filters/ Mailbox Filters : generate and modify system and user mailbox filters controlling filtering of incoming messages
http:// pmdfhost:7633/qm/ Message Queue Management : queue management utility
http:// pmdfhost:7633/msgstore/ MessageStore Administration: manage PMDF MessageStore; see the PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide
http:// pmdfhost:7633/monitor/ Monitoring : view PMDF counters; on OpenVMS, also view the status of PMDF processing queues
http:// pmdfhost:7633/chng_pwd/ Password Change Utility: change your e-mail password; usually used to change a PMDF MessageStore or PMDF popstore account password, but may also change a system password, depending upon configuration; see the PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide
http:// pmdfhost:7633/popstore/ popstore Administration: manage PMDF popstore; see the PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide
http:// pmdfhost:7633/msps_user/ popstore and MessageStore User Interface: change your password or view your account settings, or for popstore only view your messages; see the PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide
Command utilities
  OpenVMS utility   UNIX utility Description
+ CACHE/CLOSE     Have detached processes close their connections to the queue cache database
+ CACHE/REBUILD     Build a new, synchronized queue cache database
  CACHE/SYNCHRONIZE   cache -synchronize Synchronize the current queue cache database
    ++ cache -view View entries in the queue cache database
  CHBUILD   chbuild Compile the PMDF character set conversion tables
  CLBUILD   clbuild Compile a PMDF command definition file
  CNBUILD   cnbuild Compile the PMDF configuration, alias, mapping, security, system wide filter, circuit check, and option files
  CONFIGURE § configure Create a PMDF configuration file
+ convert_cache.com     Perform a CONVERT/RECLAIM on the queue cache
    § convertdb Read entries from a V6.0-V6.4 PMDF crdb database and write out a corresponding V6.5 or later PMDF crdb database
  COUNTERS/CLEAR   counters -clear Clear the in-memory cache of channel counters
+ COUNTERS/CRDB     Create a database of channel counters
  COUNTERS/SHOW   counters -show Display the contents of the database of channel counters
+ COUNTERS/SYNCHRONIZE     Synchronize the in-memory cache of channel counters with the database
  COUNTERS/TODAY   counters -today Display PMDF's count of the number of messages processed today
  CRDB   crdb Create a PMDF database
  DB   db Manage a personal alias database; see the PMDF User's Guide
+ DCF     Convert WPS and DX files to ASCII; provided with PMDF-MR
  DECODE   decode Decode a file encoded using MIME encodings; see the PMDF User's Guide
tm DUMPDB   dumpdb Dump entries in a PMDF crdb database to a flat text file
    ® edit Edit PMDF configuration files
  ENCODE   encode Encode a file using MIME encodings; see the PMDF User's Guide
    ++ find Find the filename corresponding to the specified "version" of a PMDF file
+ FOLDER     Place a message file into a VMS MAIL folder; see the PMDF User's Guide, OpenVMS Edition
+ FORWARD     Set a forwarding address in the PMDF alias database; see the OpenVMS Edition of the PMDF User's Guide
+ G3     Analyze a PMDF-FAX G3 file; provided with PMDF-FAX
+ INSTALL     Install or deinstall PMDF images and databases
  KILL § kill Kill the specified PMDF component
  LICENSE   license -verify On OpenVMS, activate or deactivate PMDF bundle licenses on a node; on Solaris, Linux, and Windows, verify the validity of a PMDF license file
+ MAIL     An extended version of VMS MAIL; see the OpenVMS Edition of the PMDF User's Guide
  migrate § migrate Copy message folders from one IMAP host to another IMAP host; see the appropriate edition of the PMDF User's Guide
  MOVEIN § movein Migrate a user's mailbox from one message store to another; see the PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide
  MSGSTORE   msgstore Interactive PMDF Message Store management utility; see the PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide
  password   password Set remote authentication passwords
  POPSTORE   popstore Interactive PMDF popstore management utility; see the PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide
  PROCESS § process List currently running PMDF jobs
    § profile Set local user's choice of delivery mechanism in the PMDF user profile database
+ PS     Convert text and Runoff .mem files to PostScript; provided with PMDF-FAX; see the OpenVMS Edition of the PMDF User's Guide
    ++ purge Purge PMDF log files
  QCLEAN   qclean Hold or delete message files matching specified criteria
  QM   qm Manage PMDF message queues; see also the web-based QM utility, Section 31.2
  QTOP   qtop Display the most frequently occurring strings found in message files in the PMDF queue area
  RESTART   restart Restart detached PMDF processes
  RETURN   return Return (bounce) a mail message to its originator
  master.com   run Process messages in a specified channel
  SEND   send Send a mail message; see the PMDF User's Guide
  SHUTDOWN   shutdown Shut down detached PMDF processes
  STARTUP   startup Start detached PMDF processes
  submit_master.com   submit Process messages in a specified channel
  submit_master.com   submit_master Process messages in a specified channel---on UNIX, a synonym for submit
  (HEAD2_TLSUTILS_CERTDUMP\tls_certdump)   (HEAD2_TLSUTILS_CERTDUMP\tls_certdump) Dump the contents of a certificate file
  (HEAD2_TLSUTILS_CERTREQ\tls_certreq)   (HEAD2_TLSUTILS_CERTREQ\tls_certreq) Generate a public key pair and a certificate request
  (HEAD2_TLSUTILS_CIPHERS\tls_ciphers)   (HEAD2_TLSUTILS_CIPHERS\tls_ciphers) List available ciphers
    ++ view Display the specified "version" of a PMDF file
  VERSION   version Print PMDF version number


+Available on OpenVMS only
++Available on UNIX only
§Not available on NT
®Available on NT only
tmSee also the PMDF DB (OpenVMS) or pmdf db (UNIX or NT) utility's write filename alias command.

This chapter is broken into two main sections. The first section, Command Line Utilities on OpenVMS, describes the command line utilities available on OpenVMS (except those documented in the PMDF User's Guide); the second section, Interactive Utilities on OpenVMS, describes the interactive QM utility available on OpenVMS.


Previous Next Contents Index