Re: Virtualizing HP OpenVMS 7.3

VMNewbie1967 · ‎03-11-2008

I went through the "Guest OS" document provided by VMWare, and I didn't see OpenVMS on the list????

An old-timer like me refuses to abandon OpenVMS...

Anyone is the same position and does anyone know if VMWare will support this beloved OS?

TomHowarth · ‎03-11-2008

HP OpenVMS does not run on i368 Hardware therefore as VMware does virtualisation and not Emulation you will be out of luck this trying to run OpenVMS

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Texiwill · ‎03-12-2008

Hello,

HP has/had its own virtualization software for OpenVMS running on integrity hardware, I believe it is/was called HP VM. You will want to look at that as a possible solution to your virtualization concerns with OpenVMS.

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MZ11 · ‎03-12-2008

Hi,

if you have OpenVMS 7.3 for VAX you can use SIMH to emulate an vax-cpu on a linux system. We are running a debian vm with 500MHz and 256MB ram to host OpenVMS. I cant tell you the version at the moment, but it running pretty good.

HowTo: http://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html

MZ1

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