  Disabling OPCOM? 
 The Question is:
 
ON an upgrade from 6.1 to 7.1 for Y2K compliancy, 7.1 starts the Opcom
process.  We do not use this process for our software application running on
the Vax.
Is there a way to stop this process on a permanent basis?
 
Thanks for you time
 
John Vassel
Technical Support Specialist
Security Technologies Group
Canton Mi
 
 
 The Answer is:
 
  OPCOM is generally assumed to be present, and is generally required for
  operation within an OpenVMS Cluster.
 
  The OpenVMS Wizard does not recommend disabling OPCOM -- OPCOM is used
  by a variety of mechanisms including security alarms and (obviously) by
  the REQUEST and REPLY commands, by MOUNT and BACKUP and other commands,
  and by any user applications that call the sys$sndopr system service.
 
  If you choose to (try to) disable the OPCOM process, consider using
  commands similar to the following:
 
   SYSMAN&gt; STARTUP SET DATABASE STARTUP$STARTUP_VMS
   SYSMAN&gt; STARTUP DISABLE FILE VMS$CONFIG-050_OPCOM.COM/NODE=*
 
  If you simply wish to disable the output from the OPCOM process on various
  terminals such as the system console OPA0:, please see the information in
  the SYS$STARTUP:SYLOGICALS.TEMPLATE file.
 
