[Info-vax] HP's Partner Virtualization Program
Richard Maher
maher_rj at hotspamnotmail.com
Tue Aug 4 19:35:48 EDT 2009
Hi Jan-Erik, Alan,
"Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing" <winston at SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
wrote in message news:00A8F8A5.9786EEC7 at SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU...
> 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.)
Excellent. So there'd be absolutely *no* reason why IPsec could not be added
to the kit in the intervening 4-6 months then, yes?
What a marvellous opportunity to take full advantage of this God-send of a
grace period!
>
> -- Alan
Cheers Richard Maher
>
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