[Info-vax] HP's Partner Virtualization Program

[Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing]

In article <h5aef8$cde$1 at news-01.bur.connect.com.au>, "Richard Maher" <maher_rj at hotspamnotmail.com> writes:
>Hi,
>
>I read that the PVP is the replacement for the old TestDrive Cluster but
>also that "An OpenVMS offering will be added when it is supported under HP
>Integrity VM.".
>
>So when will VMS run on an integrity VM? Is it also waiting for
>Tukwila/Tequila? Can VMs not be run on any of the existing chips that VMS
>supports?

Virtualization was scheduled for 8.4, which was waiting for Tukwila. At the
Tech Forum, users were pretty clear that they wanted some kind of updated which
included virtualization without having to wait for Tukwila, and management
appeared to have heard that request.  (Then the VMS sig mailing list had a 
surprising-to-me discussion aobut what a pain and expense qualifying
intermediate versions was, so the message got somewhat muddled, but as far as
I know there's an intention  to get the non-Tukwila-support pieces originally
slated for 8.4 out the door in some shorter timeframe.)

-- Alan