Mimer SQL is now available for OpenVMS on X86

Mimer proudly presents Mimer SQL as the first relational database product available on OpenVMS for the x86 architecture!

Mimer SQL 11.0.8 is now available for OpenVMS on both the x86 platform as well as the traditional Itanium CPU environment.

The x86 product runs on computers based on the x86 CPU using the 64-bit Instruction set. Since this is a full-featured implementation of Mimer SQL, applications can run on X86 and access Mimer SQL locally and on any other platform, or applications can run on other platforms and access the database server on OpenVMS x86.

Applications on OpenVMS can be developed on x86 and linked with Mimer SQL. In addition, a cross-development package can be used, where the applications are built on Itanium and then deployed on x86

OpenVMS V9.2 Available Now

VMS Software, Inc. is excited to announce general availability of OpenVMS V9.2, the first production release of OpenVMS for x86_64. A special thanks to the developer community for their tremendous effort and perseverance in making this release a success. And our gratitude to all of our field test customers for their participation and committment to the success of OpenVMS.

 

VSI OpenVMS V9.2 can be installed as a guest operating system on Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, and VMware hypervisors. It provides support for VSI TCP/IP Services (including SSL111, OpenSSH, and Kerberos), and VSI DECnet Phase IV/DECnet-Plus, all of which will be installed along with the operating system; a native MACRO compiler is also included.

 

A new cross-tools kit is provided for this release which includes updated MACRO and Bliss, FORTRAN, COBOL, and Pascal compilers. For more information on the new release, lists of new features and layered products, please see the V9.2 page and the release documentation. The current participants of the field test will continue to have access to E9.2 for some time.

Meanwhile, VMS Software Inc. will continue to improve the x86_64 version of the system: the native C++ compiler is in field test, C and BLISS are also coming along; Pascal, COBOL, FORTRAN and BASIC will follow. Patch kits and eventually OpenVMS V9.2-1 will be released to include further developments. VSI is also planning on making OpenVMS V9.2 available to hobbyists as soon as more native compilers are available.

 

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OpenVMS 9.2 Available on DL380 Bare metal servers

The VSI OpenVMS V9.2 for x86 release is the first VSI OpenVMS release that supports bare metal x86 servers. VSI OpenVMS V9.2 for x86 supports the HPE ProLiant DL380 GEN9 and GEN10 server models. The HPE ProLiant DL380 is a highly customizable 2 socket/2U server.

The VSI OpenVMS V9.2 for x86 release supports a subset of the full range of options that can be configured in an HPE ProLiant DL380 server are supported by VSI OpenVMS V9.2 for x86, and have been explicitly tested by VSI.

For more information please look at :

https://vmssoftware.com/docs/VSIDLBuyersGuide-Nov2021.pdf

OpenVMS V9.0-H released

OpenVMS on x86 was made available to the first customer on May 15, 2020. The 14-April Release V9.0-H, the eighth overall, is another good one with more functionality and many improvements. VSI also added five additional EAK testers (making 53 in all) and there may be a few more in the coming days.

With each release more features become available along with increased stability. As of the V9.0-H release, all users run x86 OpenVMS as a Virtual Box, KVM, or VMware guest. VSI provides an appliance file (.OVA) which the customer downloads and imports. Release Notes and updated documentation are also provided. Components of the Cross Tools Kit are updated as needed with each release. The appliance is a preconfigured OpenVMS system. After importing the appliance, the customer simply starts the guest and OpenVMS boots. After executing the standard startup procedure, the system is ready for user login. The configuration may be changed by the customer; any guidelines noted by VSI must be followed.

The appliance has SSL and VSI TCPIP Services installed and the customer does a standard network configuration specific to their local network address. TELNET and FTP are the only network applications available in this release. DECset (CMS, DTM, ENV), FMS, SSMgr, DWMOTIF, KERBEROS, CSWS (Apache), RTR, MOSQUITTO, and DECnet IV kits are on the appliance and can be installed.

With each release more core operating system features will be available. Also, layered products and additional compiler updates (in the Cross Tools Kit) will be ready for use.

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VSI announces community license

You may be aware that HPE have announced they are “concluding the HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program in alignment with the HPE OpenVMS support roadmap” which essentially means that the Hobbyist program as you know it ceases at the end of 2020.

GOOD NEWS: There has been speculation that VMS Software, Inc. would take over this program, so let us end the speculation and say categorically that VMS Software, Inc. is bringing out a replacement program for the HPE Hobbyist license program. It will be called the “OpenVMS Community License Program”, and we are currently in the process of working out all the details, which will be available well before the end of the HPE Hobbyist license program.

VMS Software, Inc. announces a new TCP/IP networking stack for its O/S.

VMS Software, Inc. (VSI) is pleased to introduce our new networking stack, VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS Version 10.6, which is based on Process Software’s MultiNet for OpenVMS product. Owned and built by VSI, this new networking stack is supported on VSI OpenVMS Integrity Version 8.4-2L1. VSI Engineering plans to release new versions of the VSI TCP/IP stack approximately every 6-9 months with continued improvements to product quality and additional feature content.

VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS Version 10.6 includes the following features:

  • VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS is a standalone product, installable and supported on VSI’s OpenVMS Integrity V8.4-2L1 operating system.

  • VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS product usage is enabled by the VSI OpenVMS Integrity BOE or HA-OE license; no additional license is required.

  • VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS has been engineered to co-exist on an HPE Integrity server system disk that contains other network stacks.

  • When other network stacks are present on the system disk, VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS software allows you to select the stack you prefer, switch to your chosen stack, and then switch back again, if desired. The command procedure SYS$MANAGER:IP$SET_STACK allows you to switch between VSI TCP/IP, TCP/IP Services, MultiNet, or TCPware without having to modify your system startup procedure each time. It does not install or remove any product on your system.

  • VSI TCP/IP’s SSH provides modern ciphers through the inclusion of the Suite B-compliant implementation of the Secure Shell Transport Layer Protocol and the Secure Shell Authentication Protocol.

  • Users who are familiar with the MultiNet for OpenVMS networking stack will be able to set up and configure VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS using tools that look and feel like those provided by MultiNet.

VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS Version 10.6 Enhancements

In Version 10.6, VSI has enhanced VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS in the following ways:

  • IP$EXAMPLES contain updated programs that demonstrate aspects of network programming that users might find helpful.

  • If you are a MultiNet user, you can import and convert your existing MultiNet configuration files to be used by VSI TCP/IP. Conversion can be done during or after installation of VSI TCP/IP and all instances of MultiNet configuration files will be copied and converted for use. When you start VSI TCP/IP after conversion, your networking environment will be the same as when you were running MultiNet. Refer to the VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS Version 10.6 Installation, Upgrade, and Quick Start Guide for additional details.

  • SNMP supports interrogation of MIBs. Please refer to the VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS Version 10.6 Release Notes for a list of MIBs that are supported. Support for additional MIBs will be added in a future release of VSI TCP/IP.

  • SSH supports the following new key exchange (KEX) algorithms:

    diffie-hellman-group14-sha256
    diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1
    diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256

  • SSH Port Forwarding and OpenVMS Captive Users
    SSH implements a user group, known internally by SSH, which designates the users of captive accounts. This group, IP$SSH_CAPTIVE_USERS, gives the system administrator a method by which to specify captive users in various aspects of SSH configuration without requiring definition and management of OpenVMS rights identifiers. Additionally, the supplied SSH configuration template, SSHD2_CONFIG.TEMPLATE, disables port forwarding for captive users by default.

    To enable the SSH port forwarding feature for captive users, remove the line “DenyTcpForwardingForGroups” from the SSHD2_CONFIG.CONF, which can be found in SYS$SPECIFIC:[IP.CONFIG.SSH2].

  • VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS V10.6 has been updated to BIND 9 version 9.11.8 which contains CVE fixes. Additional information on the contents of BIND 9.11.8 may be found at: https://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.11.8/RELEASE-NOTES-bind-9.11.8.html

    One aspect of release planning is identification of obsolete features and services that are no longer used by modern TCP/IP stacks. To that end, in VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS V10.6 we have removed or deprecated a number of commands and services.

    Please refer to the VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS Version 10.6 Release Notes for descriptions of these items which include:

  • Interfaces no longer supported

  • Commands no longer supported

  • Commands and services not present

Please refer to the VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS Version 10.6 Release Notes, as well as other VSI TCP/IP documents, for more information about enhancements and other features of VSI TCP/IP for OpenVMS V10.6.

The Release Notes are included in the kit download. The kit will be made available and announced to VSI direct customers and customers who purchased through VSI Authorized Resellers.

http://vmssoftware.com/news.html