[Info-vax] ODS-5 to ODS-2 Data Migration

[Bob Gezelter]

On Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 12:01:18 PM UTC-5, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> Bob Gezelter <gezelter at rlgsc.com> wrote:
> > With regards to naming, one could similarly iterate through the directory
> > tree and check for the presence of any extended names (e.g., names with
> > lowercase or special characters).
> 
> That makes sense, I'll give that a try.
> 
> > A better question is: Why is it desired to revert to ODS-2?
> 
> These is for my home system.  I'm moving as much of my VMS data and apps
> back to VAX as I can, and then creating a SIMH VAX cluster.  The desired
> goal is less dependance on hardware that's in the 18 year range, and a much
> lower power bill.
> 
> I also plan to move my real VAX/VMS 5.5-2 system to SIMH.
> 
> Zane

Zane,

If you are interested in retiring hardware, and are running Alphas, I would recommend looking at the Hobbyist versions of some of the x86 Alpha emulations. That would be a less effort path (e.g., basically imaging the disks).

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com