The System Management Utility (SYSMAN) is Digital's first effort
        at a bundled tool which centralizes the management of VMS nodes
        and clusters. The STARTUP command set of SYSMAN provides a
        standard interface to configure a data-driven system startup
        mechanism. This session presents advantages, limitations,
        undocumented features, gotchas, and suggestions for improving
        the functionality of the STARTUP portion of the SYSMAN utility.
        Specific topics include features of the STARTUP data files,
        controlling order of execution, debugging techniques, minimizing
        STARTUP execution time, notes on batch mode files, and hints and
        kinks for the user interface to the SYSMAN utility.

        This information is based on experience gained from a full
        implementation of a STARTUP database on an 8-node production
        cluster.