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Last post Re: OpenVMS ATOM Project
by ajbrehm View the latest post
Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:36 pm
General OpenVMS Questions
Everything about buying, using, and managing OpenVMS systems not covered by other sections.
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Last post Re: Datatrieve?
by garyrevell View the latest post
Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:53 am

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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
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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
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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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Last post by ajbrehm
Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:32 am
Community License Program - Questions & Answers

Last post by reinhardtjh « Tue Oct 20, 2020 11:12 am
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by marty.stu » Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:39 am

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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Tue Oct 20, 2020 11:12 am
Printer

Last post by reinhardtjh « Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:56 am
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by lilgeek » Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:30 pm

Okay, so, I'm frustrated. My first experience with VMS was on a VAX-11/780 at my college that was an upgrade from a PDP-11/40 in the (very) early...

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Last post by reinhardtjh
Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:56 am
VSI-OpenVMS on rx4640

Last post by joukj « Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:39 am
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by joukj » Fri Aug 28, 2020 9:06 am

Hi all,

I do not see the rx4640 in the list of supported machines. Does did mean OpenVMS will fail on that machine or is it just not tested ?

Jouk

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Last post by joukj
Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:39 am
Identifying users locking records

Last post by volkerhalle « Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:55 am
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by pmcmahon » Thu Jul 16, 2020 4:40 pm

What's the best way to determine which user/process is locking an ISAM or relative file record? We've tried a few different standalone view record...

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Last post by volkerhalle
Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:55 am
OpenVMS Event at Oracle in Paris 12/12/2019

Last post by ajbrehm « Thu Dec 12, 2019 4:57 pm

by ajbrehm » Thu Dec 12, 2019 4:57 pm

Was a success, I thought. Lots of good information, good people.

Anyone here in the forum who attended?

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Last post by ajbrehm
Thu Dec 12, 2019 4:57 pm
VSI Youtube Channel

Last post by afassl « Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:53 am

by afassl » Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:53 am

Hi,

found this quite interesting :

e.g.: Andy's stories: Large Disk Drives and Gyroscopic Effects :-)

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Last post by afassl
Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:53 am
REG$STARTUP.COM

Last post by ajbrehm « Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:17 pm
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by ajbrehm » Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:15 pm

I found REG$CONFIG.COM but I am missing REG$STARTUP.COM.

Should the file not be in SYS$SYSROOT: ?

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Last post by ajbrehm
Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:17 pm
Rolling Roadmap - July 22, 2019

Last post by marty.stu « Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:37 am

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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Last post by marty.stu
Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:37 am
Commercial licenses

Last post by ajbrehm « Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:05 am
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by ajbrehm » Wed Jun 19, 2019 3:57 am

The hobbyist license is reserved for non-commercial use. For commercial licenses, please see our official website.

So it says on the hobbyist...

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Last post by ajbrehm
Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:05 am
Find out which nodes have the disk mounted

Last post by m_detommaso « Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:01 am
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by jane.doe » Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:51 am

How can I find out which nodes in the cluster have a given disk mounted? There is mount count, but that only gives you the number.

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Last post by m_detommaso
Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:01 am

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