[Vms.sig-hu] Answers to some questions raised today on the IPF port by a member of the OpenVMS SIG - OK for external distribution (fwd)

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Dátum: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:24:21 -0500
Feladó: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Címzett: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Tárgy: Answers to some questions raised today on the IPF port by a 
member of the OpenVMS SIG - OK for external distribution

Dear Folks,

The following comes from the product mgr working on the IPF port.  This
is in response to the following
rom: Wayne Seifert [mailto:wayne.seifert at theliebermangroup.com] 
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:25 AM
To: Open VMS SIG List; Skonetski, Susan
Subject: VMS on Itanium questions


Have the VMS engineers published the way we will move source 
and data files (we are still on VAXes) to the Itanium boxes?  

Will a TCP/IP stack be included in the Itanium VMS version?

Will Pathworks be available when Itanium VMS is first
released commercially?  Or, is there another way to have
a "seamless" integration with PCs that Pathworks offers?


    Wayne Seifert

    The Lieberman Group, LLC

I thought that if one person has the question so do other folks.

Warm Regards,
Sue

________________________________________________________

Hi Sue, 
I do have answers to post for these questions: 

Q: Have the VMS engineers published the way we will move source and 
data
files (we are still on VAXes) to the Itanium boxes?  
A: Porting applications from VAX to Itanium will involve work similar to
what would have been done to port applications from VAX to Alpha.
Although the port of most VAX applications to Alpha, and now to 
Itanium,
is fairly straightforward, there are certain architectural differences
in the platforms that require changes to the applications. The key areas
that involve differences are data alignment, H_FLOAT data types, data
granularity, page sizes, and exception handling. HP recommends that 
you
refer to the "Migrating an Application from OpenVMS VAX to OpenVMS
Alpha" book and apply the recommendations from that book as you port
your applications from VAX to Itanium. For more details (including the
link to this book) visit:
http://www.hp.com/products1/evolution/alpha_retaintrust/

Q: Will a TCP/IP stack be included in the Itanium VMS version?
A: Yes, the TCP/IP product will be included in OpenVMS for Integrity
servers. It is available on the V8.1 evaluation release. For more
details in V8.1 visit:
http://www.hp.com/products1/evolution/alpha_retaintrust/openvms/ 

Q: Will Pathworks be available when Itanium VMS is first released
commercially?  Or, is there another way to have a "seamless" 
integration
with PCs that Pathworks offers?
A: Pathworks is not being ported to OpenVMS Itanium. However, 
Advanced
Server for OpenVMS will be ported to OpenVMS I64 and will be 
enhanced to
support all platforms currently supported by the PATHWORKS server. 
This
will provide customers a simple installation and configuration migration
from PATHWORKS to Advanced Server, with no loss of functionality or
support. Existing versions of PATHWORKS will continue to be supported 
on
the OpenVMS VAX and Alpha platforms. For more information on layered
product porting plans visit:
http://www.hp.com/products1/evolution/alpha_retaintrust/openvms/op
envms_
plans.html

If there are any other questions I can help with, please let me know. 

Thanks, 
	Bill Hanley 
	OpenVMS Program Manager 
	OpenVMS Business Management 
	Hewlett-Packard Company
		Phone: 603-884-0606
 		Mobile: 603-553-8145
		FAX: 603-884-2006 
	william.hanley at hp.com