[Info-vax] Special deals on Tape Drives

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>From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Simon Clubley
>via Info-vax
>Sent: March-07-22 2:58 PM
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>Cc: Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
>Subject: Re: [Info-vax] Special deals on Tape Drives
>
>On 2022-03-06, abrsvc <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 7:49:53 PM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> How many VMS people know about z/OS ?
>>>
>>> You have just made an argument (in the eyes of management at least)
>>> to get rid of those "strange" VMS boxes and replace them with boxes
>>> that everyone knows how to manage and write software for.
>>>
>>> z/OS has some unique features you can discuss with any management
>>> thinking about getting rid of z/OS. What would you say to that same
>>> management when the discussion turns to VMS ?
>>> Simon.
>>>
>>
>> Yep.  Easy to manage, needs little management, doesn't fail.  Need more??
>>
>
>The problem with that is that VMS isn't easy to manage by current standards
>although it certainly was by the standards of 25 years ago.
>
>VMS management is still a very manual process, with no patch management
>or notification tools, requires manual error-prone editing of command and
>configuration files, no dependency management architecture, overly complex
>resource management tuning, etc.
>
>Compare that with the tools available for managing Linux and Windows
>systems.
>
>This stuff matters because if you want VMS to survive in today's world, it
>needs to have the management tools that people have come to expect in
>today's world.
>
>Simon.
>

In terms of dependency on config files, have you maintained Linux or Linux
based appliance systems? 

Do you think there are not manual config files that need to be maintained?

Of course, there is room for GUI improvements, but if you look at this link,
you will see there is progress being made by VSI:
<https://vmssoftware.com/products/webui/>
<https://vmssoftware.com/openkits/i64opensource/VSI-I64VMS-WEBUI-V0400-2-1-R
ELEASE-NOTES.PDF>

Extract from page:
VSI OpenVMS WebUI connects to your OpenVMS Integrity servers and runs in
your browser. It provides a convenient way to manage your OpenVMS server or
cluster:

- schedule and view batch jobs
- manage licenses
- manage PCSI products installed on your server
- add, modify, and remove users and rights identifiers
- view process info, suspend and resume processes
- view disk information (status, space available, etc.)
- view real-time CPU, memory, I/O statistics, and export them into a file


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com




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