[Info-vax] VSI and Process Software announcement

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-09-24 20:41:29 +0000, Kerry Main said:
> 
> No it does not.  How is remote management /profiling better than secure 
> console management?

Then you probably haven't used remote server management.   What I've 
used works quite well, and the ability to detect and adopt a newly 
booted server is very handy.   For a larger data center, I'd prefer all 
that to be entirely automated.  Wire up the rack and power up the box 
and either the FIS or the console brings the box online to the 
provisioning servers.  OpenVMS isn't good at this, at all.  OpenVMS is 
still stuck with serial console concepts and operations, and most of 
that chatter is a confusing and problem-masking mess and a complete 
waste of photons.

> As an example, in your ideal scenario, how do you archive console 
> messages, what someone has typed at the console before the OS is up and 
> do console HW event alerting?

I'd prefer to not have anybody on the console line, even for first 
boot.   I regularly work with servers that don't even have serial 
consoles.  Or DVDs, for that matter.

> I would be interested in hearing about what you are describe as 
> "already available and already working".

I'm already using what I'm describing here.   As are other folks.   I'd 
like to be able to use and integrated with these capabilities on 
OpenVMS, and — since I'm looking at 2021 and beyond — I'd like better 
versions of what's available.



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