[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2019-06-15 kl. 11:31, skrev Jan-Erik Söderholm:
> Den 2019-06-15 kl. 09:15, skrev Terry Kennedy:
> 
>> It might be the best thing since sliced bread, but since they apparently
>> have a badly-broken SFTP server that dies after successful logins
>> there's no way to tell.
>>
> 
> Removed Terrys failed FTP sessions...
> 
> I have no idea why you had those issues as you show. I use Putty
> SFTP and have been downloading a lot of VSI packages such as the
> Alpha CD container files and 10s of Alpha patches. Never had
> any issues with the SFTP sessions as such.
> 
> I do note that VSI has issued some information about service
> downtime on their FTP services:
> 
>  > The VSI FTP server will be down for 2 software upgrades.
>  > Friday, June 14, 5:00PM Eastern US time – 7:00PM Eastern Time
>  > Saturday June 15,  4:00PM to 6:00PM.
>  > Best Regards,
> 

And a few minutes after posting that I got this mail from VSI support:

 > Hello,
 > The vsiftp.vmssoftware.com kit download server is back online.
 > The downtime scheduled for later today is not necessary, all
 > the work is completed.
 > Thank you for your patience as we upgraded the server.
 > Best Regards,




> 
> I got a message about changed key that I just accepted (and removed
> from my session copy below). Didn't got that yesterday.
> 
> Apart from that, it works just fine. A little slower than expected
> with the bandwidth available at my side. Took approx 30 min, should
> had been 2-3 min with my bandwidth
> 
> Using Putty SFTP on my Win10 laptop (over Wifi):
> 
> 
> psftp> open vsiftp.vmssoftware.com
> 
> login as: VSIPUBLIC
> 
>   This is VMS Software, Inc. OpenVMS (TM) IA64 Operating System, V8.4-2L1
> 
> VSIPUBLIC at vsiftp.vmssoftware.com's password:
> Remote working directory is /disk$public01/VSI$PUBLIC
> 
> psftp> cd student_kit
> Remote directory is now /disk$public01/VSI$PUBLIC/STUDENT_KIT
> 
> psftp> ls
> Listing directory /disk$public01/VSI$PUBLIC/STUDENT_KIT
> dr--r-----   1 VSIPUBLIC VSI$PUBLIC      512 May 23 09:09 ARCHIVE
> -r--r--r--   1 VSIPUBLIC VSI$PUBLIC 470321152 May 23 09:01
> VSIOpenVMSStudentPackage.exe
> -r--r--r--   1 VSIPUBLIC VSI$PUBLIC      158 Feb 15 13:05 instructions.txt
> 
> psftp> lcd d:\dist\vsi\student_kit
> New local directory is d:\dist\vsi\student_kit
> 
> psftp> get VSIOpenVMSStudentPackage.exe
> remote:/disk$public01/VSI$PUBLIC/STUDENT_KIT/VSIOPENVMSSTUDENTPACKAGE.EXE
> => local:VSIOpenVMSStudentPackage.exe
> psftp> quit (approx 30 min later...)
> 
> d:\dist\VSI\STUDENT_KIT>dir
>   Volume in drive D is DATA
>   Volume Serial Number is 5636-27A5
> 
>   Directory of d:\dist\VSI\STUDENT_KIT
> 
> 2019-06-15  10:52    <DIR>          .
> 2019-06-15  10:52    <DIR>          ..
> 2019-06-15  11:22       470 321 152 VSIOpenVMSStudentPackage.exe
>                 1 File(s)    470 321 152 bytes
>                 2 Dir(s)  194 025 369 600 bytes free
> 
> d:\dist\VSI\STUDENT_KIT>
> 
> Same byte count at least...