[Info-vax] VSI VMS Community License Program - PAKS Arrived today

John H. Reinhardt johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org
Wed Aug 12 11:59:55 EDT 2020


I got an email from VSI this morning at 5:50AM CDT with the the response to my application for the VSI VMS Community License Program

Looks like they listened about some of the EULA items.  This is the first part of the e-mail:

Hello John,

Thank you for your OpenVMS Community License application.

On August 12, 2020, a few amendments were made to the Community License Agreement (found here: https://vmssoftware.com/services/community-license/agreement/), which happened to be after you accepted the Agreement. The changes are as follows:

Old version:
You may Use Software only as provided for, and in connection with either Alpha or Integrity servers, as agreed by You and VSI.

New version:
You may Use Software only as provided for, and in connection with either Alpha, Integrity, or x86-64 processor-based servers, and/or emulators and/or hypervisors, as agreed by You and VSI.

The following statements were removed from the Agreement:
You may Use one copy of the Software on one device at a time.
Operating system Software may only be used when operating the associated hardware in configurations as approved, sold, or subsequently upgraded by VSI or a VSI authorized reseller.

By clicking the links below, you accept the changes to the Agreement.


After that comes the links to download the two sets of PAKS.  For Alpha there are two, for Integrity there are 33.  There is "OPENVMS-I64-BOE" plus 32 other individual entries for ACMS, ABS, CMS, DTR and others.  The full list is below.

Answers to some of the questions are now here: <https://forum.vmssoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=130&sid=675a0db40d3142cf07d47870f99d61e5>

"Community license may be used on hardware or emulators."

"The Community License for Integrity does not include Clustering. The Community License for Alpha includes ALPHA-SYSTEM and ALPHA-LP (Clustering is included). VMS Software does not disallow the use of community license on several devices at a time."

"ECO kits are not provided to holders of the Community License as they are released." So, again we are shut out of any patches and ECO fixes.

If you have problems or questions email to training at vmssoftware.com


I'm disappointed on the lack of the HAOE PAK for Integrity.  This means, among other things, no VMSCluster with Integrity systems, something I have already set up and will have to break.  No Volume Shadowing which all my systems use. I don't remember what else comes with HAOE.  I'm also somewhat dispointed that patches andECOs will not be available.  So much for testing on any VSI CLP system.  No point in doing any bug testing/reporting if you won't get access to them.  Maybe they will do like HP and release the SYSTEM patches occasionally.

The file access provided is like HP, one for Alpha, one for Integrity.  Files are listed below.  Downloading with FileZilla using SFTP on my Mac with a 200M cable link is somewhat slow.  Might be others downloading at the same time.  You are limited to two streams, each stream has a limit of just under 300KiB/Sec.

I haven't moved the files to an OpenVMS system yet so I don't know what version of TCP/IP is included.

Here are the actual PAKs included:

Alpha:
	ALPHA-SYSTEM
	ALPHA-LP

Integrity:
	OPENVMS-I64-BOE
	ACMS
	ACMS-REM
	ACMS-RT
	ABS-SERVER-I64
	ABS-CLIENT-I64
	CMS
	DTR
	FORMS
	FORMS-RT
	VAXSET
	DFS
	DTM
	DFG
	DFG - twice with different Authorization Codes
	DCE-APP-DEV
	DCE-CDS
	DCE-SECURITY
	DVNETEXT
	DQS
	FMS
	FMS-RT
	GKS
	GKS-RT
	LSE
	MMS
	OMNI
	OSAP
	PCA
	SAVE-SET-MANAGER
	X25
	TDMS
	TDMS-RT


I'm curious if the PAKS are generated for each user.  I don't think so.  My Alpha PAKs were generated on 16-JUL-2020 and the Integrity on 20-JUL-2020. Both well in advance to my application on 28-JUL-2020.

Here are the files available:


Alpha:
	ALPHA0842L.HASH
	ALPHA0842L1.ZIPEXE
	ALPHA0842L1DOC.HASH
	ALPHA0842L1DOC.ZIPEXE
	AVMS842L1DOC.HASH
	AVMS842L1DOC.ZIPEXE
     LPS/
	ABS046.TXT
	ABS046.ZIPEXE
	ACMS053.RELEASE_NOTES
	AVAIL_MAN_COL-V0302--1.TXT
	AVAIL_MAN_COL-V0302--1.ZIP
	AVAIL_MAN_COL-V0302--1.ZIPEXE
	AVMS842L2LP1.ZIP
	AVMS842L2LP1.ZIP_AXPEXE
	AVMS842L2LP2.ZIP
	AVMS842L2LP2.ZIP_AXPEXE
	CMS048.TXT
	CMS048.ZIPEXE
	DQS014.TXT
	DQS014.ZIPEXE
	VSI-AXPVMS-DECNET_OSI-V0804-K-1.TXT
	VSI-AXPVMS-DECNET_OSI-V0804-K-1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-AXPVMS-DECNET_OSI-V0804-K-1.ZIPEXE_VNC
	VSI-AXPVMS-GKS-V0703--1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-AXPVMS-GKSRT-V0703--1.ZIPEXE
	VSIAXPGKS_RELEASE_NOTES.TXT
	VSI_ACMSDEVA_53-2.ZIPEXE
	VSI_ACMSREMA_53-2.ZIPEXE
	VSI_ACMSRTOA_53-2.ZIPEXE

Integrity:
	I640842DOC.HASH
	I640842DOC.ZIPEXE
	I640842L1U1.HASH
	I640842L1U1.ZIPEXE
	I640842LP.HASH
	I640842LP.ZIPEXE
	V842INTRO.HASH
	V842INTRO.ZIPEXE
	V842L1U1DOCS.HASH
	V842L1U1DOCS.ZIPEXE

     LPS/
	ACMS053.RELEASE_NOTES
	AVAIL_MAN_COL-V0302--1.TXT
	AVAIL_MAN_COL-V0302--1.ZIP
	AVAIL_MAN_COL-V0302--1.ZIPEXE
	BASIC018.ZIP
	BASIC018.ZIPEXE
	CMS048.TXT
	CMS048.ZIPEXE
	DQS014.TXT
	DQS014.ZIPEXE
	HP-I64VMS-BLISSI64-V0112-74-1.ZIP
	HP-VMS-LD-V0907--1.ZIP
	I64VMS-DWMOTIF-V0107-E-1.ZIPEXE
	I64VMS-FORTRAN-V0803-3-1.TXT
	I64VMS-FORTRAN-V0803-3-1.ZIPEXE
	IA64S.ZIP
	JVMS842I_ECO-V0100.TXT
	JVMS842I_ECO-V0100.ZIPEXE
	JVMS842I_ECO-V0100.ZIPEXE_VNC
	PASCAL062.ZIP
	PASCAL062.ZIPEXE
	VMS842L1I_CMIDRIVER-V0100.TXT
	VMS842L1I_CMIDRIVER-V0100.ZIPEXE
	VMSI18N842L1I_JA-V0100.TXT
	VMSI18N842L1I_JA-V0100.ZIPEXE
	VMSI18N842L1I_JA-V0100.ZIPEXE_VNC
	VSI-I64VMS-AVAIL_MAN_ANA_SRVR-V0302--1.TXT
	VSI-I64VMS-AVAIL_MAN_ANA_SRVR-V0302--1.ZIP
	VSI-I64VMS-AVAIL_MAN_ANA_SRVR-V0302--1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-C-V0704-001-1.ZIP
	VSI-I64VMS-C-V0704-001-1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-COBOL-V0301-7-1.ZIP
	VSI-I64VMS-COBOL-V0301-7-1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-CXX-V0704-006-1.ZIP
	VSI-I64VMS-CXX-V0704-006-1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-CXX-V0704-006-COVER_LETTER.ZIP
	VSI-I64VMS-CXX-V0704-006-DOCS.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-DCE-V0302-A-2.TXT
	VSI-I64VMS-DCE-V0302-A-2.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-DECNET_PLUS-V0804-K-1.TXT
	VSI-I64VMS-DECNET_PLUS-V0804-K-1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-DECNET_PLUS-V0804-K-1.ZIPEXE_VNC
	VSI-I64VMS-DTR074-1.TXT
	VSI-I64VMS-DTR074-1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-FORMSI042.ZIP
	VSI-I64VMS-FORMSI042.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-GKS-V0703--1.TXT
	VSI-I64VMS-GKS-V0703--1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-GKSRT-V0703--1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-HPBINARYCHECKER-V0102-2-1.TXT
	VSI-I64VMS-HPBINARYCHECKER-V0102-2-1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-KERBEROS-V0302-260.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-MSAI-V0302--1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-RTR-V0503.TXT
	VSI-I64VMS-RTR-V0503.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-T4.TXT
	VSI-I64VMS-T4.ZIP
	VSI-I64VMS-T4.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-TDC_RT-V0203-1020-1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-VSI_TCPIP-V1006--1.TXT
	VSI-I64VMS-VSI_TCPIP-V1006--1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-VSI_TCPIP-V1006--1.ZIPEXE_VNC
	VSI-I64VMS-WBEMPROVIDERS-V0202-5D.TXT
	VSI-I64VMS-WBEMPROVIDERS-V0202-5D.ZIP
	VSI-I64VMS-WBEMPROVIDERS-V0202-5D.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-X25-V0201--1.TXT
	VSI-I64VMS-X25-V0201--1.ZIPEXE
	VSI-I64VMS-X25-V0201--1_DOCS.ZIP
	VSIFMS_HEB026.ZIP
	VSI_ACMSDEVI_053-2.ZIPEXE
	VSI_ACMSREMI_053-2.ZIPEXE
	VSI_ACMSRTOI_053-2.ZIPEXE
	VSI_OMNIAPII_040.TXT
	VSI_OMNIAPII_041.TXT
	VSI_OMNIAPII_041.ZIPEXE
	VSI_OSH1I_040.TXT
	VSI_OSH1I_041.TXT
	VSI_OSH1I_041.ZIPEXE
	WBEMCIM-V0300-E180108.TXT
	WBEMCIM-V0300-E180108.ZIPEXE

-- 
John H. Reinhardt



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