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V9.2 auto boot not working

Last post by vamike « Sat May 20, 2023 3:53 pm
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by mjimji » Tue Mar 14, 2023 1:37 pm

I have V9.2 running under VirtualBox, with UEFI shell set to boot into VMS_BOOTMGR, which works fine. In BOOTMGR I issue the command AUTO BOOT and it...

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Last post by vamike
Sat May 20, 2023 3:53 pm
OpenVMS x86 guides for VirtualBox

Last post by movesen « Thu May 18, 2023 4:54 am
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by raymii » Sun Apr 16, 2023 4:44 pm
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Hi All,

I was involved with the AXPBox project, an Alpha emulator based on ES40, but that seems to be finished, works just fine to get X11 / CDE...
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Last post by movesen
Thu May 18, 2023 4:54 am
DECwindows

Last post by dmjb « Mon May 08, 2023 6:00 pm
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by martin » Mon May 08, 2023 5:33 pm

I may be being particularly thick here, but is DECwindows supported fully or only as a client interface? For my other VMs a graphical window can be...

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Last post by dmjb
Mon May 08, 2023 6:00 pm
Installation Guide for V9.2-1 correction - OpenSSH setup

Last post by volkerhalle « Mon May 08, 2023 5:10 am
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by agn453 » Sat May 06, 2023 8:53 pm

I see that the Installation Guide for x86_64 V9.2-1 (document DO-DVXINS-01A) suggests in
section 4.3 Configuring VSI OpenSSH to add the startup and...

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Last post by volkerhalle
Mon May 08, 2023 5:10 am
"Password may contain only A-Z, 0-9, $ and _ characters!" LOOP

Last post by starlet « Fri May 05, 2023 6:47 pm
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by starlet » Mon May 01, 2023 5:29 pm
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I'm installing X86E921OE.ISO in VirtualBox version 7.0.8 (Windows 10), and everything runs OK until the installation
bit where I get asked this,...
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Last post by starlet
Fri May 05, 2023 6:47 pm
Virtual printer/tapes for OpenVMS x86?

Last post by sword7 « Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:27 pm

by sword7 » Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:27 pm

Does anyone have any configuration settings for virtual printer (LPT device) and virtual tapes (accessing from tape images) for OpenVMS x86 on...

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Last post by sword7
Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:27 pm
Shutdown via SSH

Last post by m_detommaso « Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:38 pm
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by ajbrehm » Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:19 pm

What's a good way to shutdown OpenVMS via SSH? Currently the shutdown.com procedure kills my sshd process and then aborts the shutdown.

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Last post by m_detommaso
Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:38 pm
E9.2-1 v. existing CLUSTER_AUTHORIZE.DAT (IA64, et al.)

Last post by volkerhalle « Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:03 am
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by sms » Sat Apr 22, 2023 12:37 am

I thought that I had an x86_64 system clustered (briefly) with my
main IA64 system, but now that I've installed (upgrade not allowed)
(the Community)...

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Last post by volkerhalle
Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:03 am
QEMU/KVM-or-HVF crash in installer

Last post by adam « Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:07 pm
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by adam » Wed Apr 19, 2023 2:59 am

On both a MacBook Air Intel and an HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini (cpus respectively Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8210Y CPU @ 1.60GHz and Intel(R) Core(TM)...

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Last post by adam
Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:07 pm
Configuring access from OpenVMS x86-64 to company intranet via Windows VPN

Last post by imiller « Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:40 am
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by volkerhalle » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:29 am

If running a VSI OpenVMS x86-64 system at home using Windows and VMware workstation and trying to set up easy communication to your company's OpenVMS...

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Last post by imiller
Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:40 am
Community license issue with TCP/IP on x86

Last post by m_detommaso « Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:31 am
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by dmccorm1 » Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:13 pm

I've installed three licenses as you can see from the output of license list below:

License Management Facility V2.0

License Database File:...

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Last post by m_detommaso
Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:31 am
Setting the Password on 9.2-1 on VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22

Last post by m_detommaso « Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:28 am
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by ohmeadhbh » Mon Apr 10, 2023 1:49 pm

After downloading the image from and following instructions at to install into a VirtualBox virtual machine, I hit a snag where I was to select the...

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Last post by m_detommaso
Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:28 am
Cluster licenses (X86)

Last post by sms « Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:10 am
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by mickenx » Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:02 pm

Hello,

I noticed that I can't load licenses on my clustered node. None of them works including the basic os license. It is like that in the manual ,...

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Last post by sms
Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:10 am
V9.2 Bootable disk

Last post by dittman « Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:51 am
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by dittman » Tue Apr 04, 2023 5:44 pm

I installed V9.2 on an ESXi 7 hypervisor. The installation was successful but the hard drive was not made bootable. I can leave the installation ISO...

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Last post by dittman
Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:51 am
BOOTMGR boot device list and shadowed system disks

Last post by fossman « Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:03 pm
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by m_detommaso » Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:53 am

How to add shadowed system disks in a multiple-member shadow set to the BOOTMGR boot device list (VMS V9.2 + UPD2 x86-64) ?

For Alpha we did this...

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Last post by fossman
Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:03 pm
SA5300A failure but no manuals...

Last post by willemgrooters « Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:14 am

by willemgrooters » Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:14 am

I have SA5300A installed in both DS10's, two disks in RAID 1 connected to them.
One of these systems has been running for a few months when the...

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Last post by willemgrooters
Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:14 am
axpbox installation fails with PFMBSY -> CTRLERR

Last post by martin « Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:59 am
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by martin » Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:03 pm

I've built my axpbox and have been trying to install VMS on it. Each time I try I get as far as:
Execution phase starting ...

The following...

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Last post by martin
Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:59 am
OpenVMS V9.2 x86 field test in a virtualbox exvironment; is a USB device supported?

Last post by dvdwrite « Thu May 12, 2022 10:59 am

by dvdwrite » Thu May 12, 2022 10:59 am

This is my first post after I have managed to run the V9.2 field test version in a VirtualBox environment.

These are my observations:

1. I had to...

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Last post by dvdwrite
Thu May 12, 2022 10:59 am
Detached Process consuming Paging File Quota

Last post by volkerhalle « Tue Mar 01, 2022 2:41 am
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by vmskostoff » Thu Feb 24, 2022 4:13 pm

I have a detached process on an Itanium, rx3600, OpenVMS 8.4 that starts with

PQL_DPGFLQUOTA 700000

Now observing:

Paging file quota: 32

Elapsed...

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Last post by volkerhalle
Tue Mar 01, 2022 2:41 am
License and using and installing

Last post by sms « Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:46 am
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by billc1 » Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:59 pm

I have the source code for axp and the axp free that is used for windows in regards to the student licenses. Now I have the software made available...

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Last post by sms
Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:46 am
Installation failures

Last post by sms « Fri Dec 31, 2021 3:23 pm
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by willemgrooters » Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:34 am

After upgrading my DS10 to VSI OpenVMS, I installed a number of layered products to upgrade the HP software I had installed on this systems. Most...

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Last post by sms
Fri Dec 31, 2021 3:23 pm
Shared SCSI gone after upgrade

Last post by willemgrooters « Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:28 am

by willemgrooters » Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:28 am

There are a few issues you have to be aware of after upgrading HP OpenVMS to VSI-OpenVMS - at least, I found them in the Community license version -...

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Last post by willemgrooters
Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:28 am
Lock Manager Memory increasing suddenly

Last post by dirk.bogaerts « Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:41 pm
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by dirk.bogaerts » Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:39 pm

Situation & Setup:
OpenVMS V8.4
3 identical RX2600 – 48GB mem - with only internal disks in RAID
Cluster consisting of:
2 Production servers:
•...

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Last post by dirk.bogaerts
Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:41 pm
Error installing 8.4L1 on FreeAXP 4.0

Last post by willemgrooters « Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:39 am
Replies: 11
by cct » Sun Aug 16, 2020 7:08 am
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Trying to install VSI VMS V8.4-2L1 on FreeAXP - Avanti 4.0.0.649 running on Win 10 64,
Install image from the Community licensed distribution ISO...
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Last post by willemgrooters
Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:39 am
Virtual Box restriction, no cluster common system disk support

Last post by arne_v « Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:42 am
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by madsweeney » Thu Oct 14, 2021 3:43 pm

Research and experimentation with Virtual Box (VBox) supporting cluster common system disks (CCSD), uncovered technical issues. CCSD on VBox is a...

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Last post by arne_v
Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:42 am

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