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VAX TFTP directory 4 3 (5/8/2013 9:01:50 PM) comp.os.vms We're starting to look at decommissioning our last production VAX (in the site cluster) because our last VAX customer is finally moving off theirs by the end of the year. My desktop VAXstation will keep on ... Rich

Offline VMS hobbyist question 6 6 (4/8/2013 5:38:44 PM) comp.os.vms I met a guy a few years ago at a tech swap meet who retired from VMS management work; told him about the hobbyist program and apparently he got busy and built a nice collection that he actually uses. He aske... Rich

P400 controller cache messaging 7 9 (3/29/2013 3:56:36 PM) comp.os.vms Integrity RX2660 with a P400 controller. VMS V8.3, ECOs up to date. We have a little polling job that checks the output of MSA$UTIL SHOW CONTROLLER periodically, and sends us an alert when it varies from a... Rich

New VMS position 1 13 (1/10/2013 10:49:19 PM) comp.os.vms This information is preliminary; our client wishes to determine availability of people who could fill this position. I'm just posting this; if any interested parties wish to discuss this posting please use... Rich

HP DAT72 noises 7 14 (12/24/2012 4:15:07 PM) comp.os.vms Please leave out any commentary on DAT suitability; we know. A customer has just had a TLZ10 drive fail, and no longer has hardware support on the system. They requested a new drive replacement that could... Rich

TCPIP Services SMTP config problems 12 66 (10/10/2012 9:34:46 PM) comp.os.vms This seems to be the week for wierd problems. I think we may have a corrupt TCPIP$CONFIGURATION.DAT file Standalone DS20e, OpenVMS Alpha V8.4, TCPIP V5.7 ECO 3, all class 1 and 2 ECOs up to April 2012. ... Rich

Alerting on tape insert 2 50 (10/9/2012 11:35:03 PM) comp.os.vms Does a SCSI attached tape drive send any kind of notification to VMS (ignored by default or not) when a tape is loaded into the drive, if the drive is currently unallocated and not being waited on by any pro... Rich

DAT drive misreads write protect tab 8 36 (10/9/2012 9:50:38 PM) comp.os.vms I'm reluctant to bring this up so soon after the most recent DDS bash session here but I'm hoping someone has seen this particular issue before and has a suggestion for an in-situ correction. TLZ10 tape dr... Rich

Another Alpha "TEMPERATURE_VECTOR" anomaly 16 47 (8/21/2012 11:22:16 PM) comp.os.vms Just ran into another unusual behavior using the undocumented and unsupported (yes I know) F$GETSYI("TEMPERATURE_VECTOR") for monitoring a couple of Alpha DS10 6/466 systems. They are clustered, and sit st... Rich

Attunity hash (.hsh) files 7 40 (6/6/2012 10:41:56 PM) comp.os.vms I just found two HASH##################.HSH files in the [navroot.tmp] directory on a server; I don't know attunity/navigator so I'm not sure if they're needed, but one of them is 1.2 million blocks, and neit... Rich

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New VMS position 1 13 (1/10/2013 10:49:19 PM) comp.os.vms This information is preliminary; our client wishes to determine availability of people who could fill this position. I'm just posting this; if any interested parties wish to discuss this posting please use... jordan (1202)

Unix on A DEC Vax? 179 28 (1/16/2013 5:00:02 PM) comp.os.vms I just picked up a DEC Vaxstation 90 with a built in CDROM and an auxiliary= SCSI storage module with tape drive. I believe it is functional although I= cannot test it yet since I still do not have a workin... hsaziz (16)

Compaq Smartarray 5300 - test results 9 18 (2/27/2013 8:24:16 AM) comp.os.vms This is a follow up on a question I posted earlier, whether the Compaq Smartarray 5300 would work on an AlphaServer 800 that runs VMS V8.4. The Compaq Smartarray 5300 is not a supported device; a later model,... hvlems (888)

Checking... 9 10 (3/15/2013 10:43:56 AM) comp.os.vms Has the latest couple of days been very low on list traffic? I think I have seen 3-4 post during the last 2-3 days. Jan-Erik. ... jan-erik.soderholm (2466)

tools for iPad which can transfer files to/from OpenVMS 7 8 (3/19/2013 5:06:30 PM) comp.os.vms I'm looking for an iPad/iPhone FTP tool which can handle OpenVMS. Most of t= he tools are able to connect to OpenVMS and could upload files to OpenVMS b= ut non of the testet FTP tools or text editors with in... j.spilling (7)

P400 controller cache messaging 7 9 (3/29/2013 3:56:36 PM) comp.os.vms Integrity RX2660 with a P400 controller. VMS V8.3, ECOs up to date. We have a little polling job that checks the output of MSA$UTIL SHOW CONTROLLER periodically, and sends us an alert when it varies from a... jordan (1202)

VAXstation 4000s available on ebay 73 21 (3/29/2013 7:04:33 PM) comp.os.vms Hello, World! Just wanted to tell you all, that there are some VAXstation 4000 for sale on ebay (not my auctions, of course) Correct search key for searching is "vax station". They are being sold for a s... gl153 (60)

Offline VMS hobbyist question 6 6 (4/8/2013 5:38:44 PM) comp.os.vms I met a guy a few years ago at a tech swap meet who retired from VMS management work; told him about the hobbyist program and apparently he got busy and built a nice collection that he actually uses. He aske... jordan (1202)

OpenVMS 8.4 alpha "backup" Problems 46 6 (5/1/2013 12:59:59 PM) comp.os.vms Hi, wanted to Update my Hobbyist-AS255/233 from OpenVMS 8.3. to 8.4 - and tried to create a stand-alone backup using the 8.4 CD to Tape before that. However, backup showed lot of missing blocks during ... ralffmail-news1 (31)

VAX TFTP directory 4 3 (5/8/2013 9:01:50 PM) comp.os.vms We're starting to look at decommissioning our last production VAX (in the site cluster) because our last VAX customer is finally moving off theirs by the end of the year. My desktop VAXstation will keep on ... jordan (1202)