[Info-vax] Something is happening at VSI

[Dave Froble]

On 4/1/2024 5:49 AM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> On 4/1/2024 4:29 AM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
>> On Sun, 2024-03-31 at 22:33 -0500, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been checking the VSI Service Platform to see if the x86
>>> Community PAK got renewed over the weekend just in case they decided
>>> to put out something to keep my x86 systems from expiring Monday (or
>>> will things stop working at midnight? I've ever been around when a
>>> PAK expired). All weekend there was no change - until tonight.  It's
>>> 10:20 CDT and not even midnight Eastern time but my package listing
>>> is blank.  It looks like all access to x86 packages there has been
>>> revoked.  At least to me.
>>>
>>> Both letters I got from VSI mentioned continuing x86 Community
>>> Licensing and I thought I saw someplace that said if you already had
>>> an x86 CLP then they would automatically send an email with the new
>>> credentials/setup but re-reading both I don't see that so I'm not
>>> sure if I imagined it or it was someplace else or that my reading
>>> comprehension failed.
>>>
>>> It will be interesting to see what April Fool's Day brings.
>>
>> Same here. Waiting to see what happens next.
>
> PAK wise I guess we still have today (1-APR-2024) and things will stop when the
> date rolls over to 2-APR-2024.  I couldn't remember if the termination date took
> effect ON the date or if that was the last day.
>

One of our customers had a problem.  Their PAKs expired in December, but the 
system wasn't re-booted until a recent power outage.  It appears that perhaps 
the licenses continued to work, but, would not re-load upon re-boot.

Now, never re-booting isn't a solution.  But perhaps the expired PAKs will work 
until a re-boot, and failure to load, occurs.  Then again there have been claims 
of long uptimes on VMS.

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