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Last post Re: Rolling Roadmap - July 22…
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Fri Jul 15, 2022 11:19 pm
General OpenVMS Questions
Everything about buying, using, and managing OpenVMS systems not covered by other sections.
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Last post Re: Enhancement to Backup
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Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:40 am

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Enhancement to Backup

Last post by volkerhalle « Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:40 am
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by abrsvc » Thu Jul 14, 2022 10:35 am

I wasn't sure where to put this, so here it is...

A recent topic in comp.os.vms centered around inquiring info about a backup saveset. The only way...

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Last post by volkerhalle
Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:40 am
Rolling Roadmap - July 22, 2019

Last post by marty.stu « Fri Jul 15, 2022 11:19 pm
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by marty.stu » Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:37 am

VSI has published a new roadmap for OpenVMS support and development:

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Fri Jul 15, 2022 11:19 pm
Initial Focus on Hypervisor Support for OpenVMS on x86

Last post by cgrant « Thu May 12, 2022 10:09 am
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by ajbrehm » Fri May 06, 2022 7:40 am

This will be interesting.

It's definitely necessary to support some elements of paravirtualisation for example reboots and shutdowns via...

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Last post by cgrant
Thu May 12, 2022 10:09 am
FreeAXP under Linux

Last post by martin « Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:36 pm
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by martin » Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:15 pm

Hi, I'm really just waiting for the x86_64 port to become generally available so that I can run it as a VM on my main machine. Until then I see that...

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Last post by martin
Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:36 pm
Bad HELP for CREATE /SYMLINK

Last post by sms « Tue Apr 05, 2022 6:07 pm

by sms » Tue Apr 05, 2022 6:07 pm

I wanted to create a symlink on my main VMS system, but couldn't
remember the syntax, so I tried to find it in HELP, without success.

CREATE...

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Last post by sms
Tue Apr 05, 2022 6:07 pm
Community License Program - Questions & Answers

Last post by willemgrooters « Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:06 pm
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by marty.stu » Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:39 am
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VMS Software has launched the Community License Program: you can get a free OpenVMS license intended for non-commercial use by applying here: In this...
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Last post by willemgrooters
Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:06 pm
DECset PCA use with detached processes

Last post by garyrevell « Thu Mar 10, 2022 10:59 am

by garyrevell » Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:40 am

Morning all,

We've got a number of detached processes of which we'd like to run PCA on to help find where CPU/IO etc bottlenecks are occurring. I've...

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Thu Mar 10, 2022 10:59 am
CTRL-P and x86

Last post by volkerhalle « Mon Jan 31, 2022 7:37 am
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by madsweeney » Sun Jan 30, 2022 2:07 pm

OS version: V9.1-A

Does the CTRL-P key halt the X86_64 on OPA0 like Itanium, Alpha? I've never used an X86 instance before.

Email:...

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Last post by volkerhalle
Mon Jan 31, 2022 7:37 am
OpenVMS training - recommendations?

Last post by bclaremont « Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:24 am
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by garyrevell » Tue Dec 14, 2021 5:38 am

Morning all,

I'd like to do some OpenVMS training - System/Cluster Management for example and I'm looking for recommendations for a good training...

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Last post by bclaremont
Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:24 am
FreeAXP+Wi-Fi

Last post by paolo_r « Sat Nov 13, 2021 6:14 pm
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by paolo_r » Wed Nov 10, 2021 7:18 pm

I'm running FreeAXP/OpenVMS on an ethernet linked laptop which, amongst other things, allows me to use FTP to communicate with my host laptop and use...

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Last post by paolo_r
Sat Nov 13, 2021 6:14 pm
Free AXP

Last post by paolo_r « Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:18 pm
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by paolo_r » Sat Oct 23, 2021 11:28 pm

I currently run OpenVMS on the Free AXP emulator under the original DEC Hobbyist license, soon to expire.

I would like to continue this hobbyist...

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Last post by paolo_r
Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:18 pm
HP(E)-VMS --> VSI VMS questions

Last post by willemgrooters « Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:54 am
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by willemgrooters » Fri Sep 10, 2021 3:26 pm

Installing VSI-VMS (under Community license) on an existing HP(E)VMS environment, you have the possibility to PRESERVE the current environment, but...

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Last post by willemgrooters
Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:54 am
HTML Documentation Released

Last post by marty.stu « Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:24 am

by marty.stu » Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:24 am

Dear all,

We have released a new portal which hosts online OpenVMS documentation in PDF, as well as a long-awaited HTML version. You can find the...

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Last post by marty.stu
Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:24 am
Training, Forum, and Wiki Authorization Issues

Last post by marty.stu « Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:57 am
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by marty.stu » Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:29 am

Dear community,

Our system is currently on maintenance. We will let you know as soon as the system is fully operational again. Sorry for the...

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Last post by marty.stu
Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:57 am
CPU affinity questions

Last post by imiller « Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:56 am
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by garyrevell » Fri Oct 15, 2021 7:49 am

Hi all,

We've got a legacy system that runs VSI I64VMS OPENVMS V8.4-2L1 on an OpenVMS cluster and with the following CPU config:

XXXXX (VMS2) $...

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Last post by imiller
Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:56 am
Digital Technical Journal

Last post by ajbrehm « Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:15 am

by ajbrehm » Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:15 am

I see old issues of the Digital Technical Journal on the web site, which I think is great.

I assume there are no plans to revive the magazine, but I...

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Last post by ajbrehm
Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:15 am
OpenVMS mailbox - logging

Last post by arne_v « Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:06 pm
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by garyrevell » Wed Sep 15, 2021 1:25 pm
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Hi all,

We've got a complex application that makes a lot of use of mailbox interprocess communication, there are many processes and differing...
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Last post by arne_v
Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:06 pm
MONITOR PROCESS/TOPCPU recording

Last post by iamcamiel « Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:18 am
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by garyrevell » Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:40 am

Morning all,

We've got a production node that is experiencing some performance problems and I've used the MONITOR PROC/TOPCPU to see what processes...

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Last post by iamcamiel
Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:18 am
Datatrieve?

Last post by garyrevell « Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:53 am
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by garyrevell » Fri Jul 23, 2021 9:00 am

Hi all,

Whatever happened to Datatrieve? We've got a lot of RMS files (SEQ, Indexed etc) that it would be very useful to be able to dump/list in a...

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Last post by garyrevell
Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:53 am
VSI$SUPPORT.COM information and where to download the latest copy of the script

Last post by madsweeney « Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:37 am
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by madsweeney » Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:28 am

VSI$SUPPORT.COM is a DCL script originally authored by Homi Faris of VMS Software, Inc. VSI$SUPPORT.COM gathers hardware and software configuration...

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Last post by madsweeney
Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:37 am
Increasing Max record size on a variable length RMS Indexed file

Last post by arne_v « Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:02 pm
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by bboyczu » Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:53 pm

We have a few hundred different RMS files as part of a mission critical COBOL application running on OpenVMS 8.3 on ALPHA Servers. We need to expand...

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Last post by arne_v
Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:02 pm
OpenVMS ATOM Project

Last post by ajbrehm « Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:36 pm
Replies: 2
by ajbrehm » Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:21 am

By now, I think, everybody has seen this or heard of it:

I think this is rather exciting. But the question is, how real will it be. Can one...

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Last post by ajbrehm
Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:36 pm
Setting OpenVMS to automatically switch between GMT & BST

Last post by willemgrooters « Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:35 am
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by garyrevell » Fri Jan 29, 2021 5:48 am

Hi,

We've got a UK OpenVMS system that we want to configure such that it automatically changes the time when going from GMT BST , and I've been...

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Last post by willemgrooters
Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:35 am
DEC Notes

Last post by mw « Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:49 am
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by ajbrehm » Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:19 am

Is DEC Notes still available in some form?

(Will it be ported to x86?)

I find it quite useful.

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Last post by mw
Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:49 am
Renaming OpenVMS host

Last post by ajbrehm « Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:32 am
Replies: 4
by ajbrehm » Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:43 pm

I must have become rusty.

I am trying to rename an OpenVMS machine. modparams.dat change is done, sys$node_* is changed, net$configure.com and...

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Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:32 am

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