Updated Titan User’s Guide Available

The June 2005 edition of the Titan User's Guide is now available through the Center for Information Technology (CIT) publication service. This edition is current through Interface issue 232 (April 2005) and the May 26, 2005 edition of Titan News. The Titan User's Guide is the major resource for the mainframe z/OS-based Titan system and is especially useful for new users and account officials. It includes information on where to go for more technical information, including references to many important Web sites and CIT help options. It also offers brief descriptions of other services provided by the NIH Data Center and CIT. Titan users who submit batch jobs should also refer to the Titan Batch Processing manual. Both manuals are available from the CIT publications Web page.

What's New

The updated Titan User's Guide includes the following:

- New Titan password rules (Section 4.6.1)

- Output delivery to Parklawn ends September 1, 2005 (Section 5.6.1.2)

- VPN information (Section 6.2.6)

- Secure file transfer - via SILK Web (Section 6.4.2)

- Updated hours of operation (Section 1.4)

- Temporary change for output pickup (Section 5.6.1)

- BMDP information (Section 7.6.2)

- User Display Facility (UDF) information (Section 7.2.1.4)

- Web Sponsor updated (Section 2.3)

How to Get a Copy

To view the June 2005 Titan User's Guide in PDF or to order a hardcopy, go to the CIT publications Web page, and look for it under the category "NIH Data Center User's Guides." The Titan User's Guide is available in these formats:

• view in PDF format - via Acrobat (893 Kb PDF)


• print to the central printers

The printed version is available to users with a Titan userid, or a Unix username/login. Copies can be placed in your output box, mailed, or held for pickup at CIT.

If you need assistance ordering any CIT publications, please contact the NIH Help Desk at 301-496-4357 (HELP), 866-319-4357 (Toll free), 301-496-8294 (TTY), or via e-mail at ithelpdesk@nih.gov.

Stay Up to Date

We strongly recommend that all users of CIT's mainframe services subscribe to the two e-mail lists that announce new issues of Titan News and Interface. Subscribing is easy from their respective Web pages.

In addition, you can subscribe to the e-mail list "CIT-Doc-Renew" that sends you e-mail notification whenever a new manual is available. CIT only distributes updates of publications when they are specifically requested.