Doug Gordon OpenVMS Engineering InfoServer as an OpenVMS Application InfoServer as an OpenVMS Application OpenVMS

April 11, 2001 Slide 2 InfoServer History InfoServer Hardware – EOL Jan – CVAX-based — no more chips InfoServer Software – EOL April 1999 – No more hardware, no more software Services Offerings – EOL announcement has gone out No replacement product

April 11, 2001 Slide 3 The Problem OpenVMS customers want: – CD serving for doc sets and software distribution – ISL / VMS Upgrade from centralized server – CD-R OpenVMS Engineering needs the same.

April 11, 2001 Slide 4 What the InfoServer Did (Still Does) Virtual Disk Services – Block-level disk access Virtual Tape Services MOP Support – MOP ISL Performance Assistance LAT Service Responder VXT support CD-R support – “Disk image” recording

April 11, 2001 Slide 5 What We’re Implementing Virtual Disk Services – CD and hard drive support – “Partitions” implemented as contiguous container files. “Layered Product” kit until integration in OpenVMS (post-V7.3) – Probably V7.2 and later

April 11, 2001 Slide 6 Possible Features Small MOP improvements – Make APB & firmware system images easily visible to standard VMS MOP support.

April 11, 2001 Slide 7 What We’re NOT Implementing VAX support Tape support – InfoServer tape support was an engineering resource drain for next to no financial return. CD-R – CD-R technology changes too quickly for the OpenVMS release cycle. – Recommend a separate investigation for a PC- based solution

April 11, 2001 Slide 8 Where We Are Today “Working” version since January – Supports CDs, hard drives and partitions. – Can create partitions – “Auto-mount” possible

April 11, 2001 Slide 9 Q Q A A & & Lock Manager Enhancements