New Orleans DECUS VMS V4.1 -------- o SUPPORT FOR HSC50 TAPES o RUX50 - UNIBUS RX50 CONTROLLER MICROVMS V4.1 ------------- o SUPPORT FOR ADD ON RC25 (26MB FIXED/26MB REMOVABLE) New Orleans DECUS VMS V4.1A --------- o VAX 8600 SUPPORT o SUBMITTED TO THE SDC MID-MARCH 85 o ONLY SHIPPED WITH VAX 8600'S o WILL BE FOLDED INTO VMS V4.2 o CAN BE RUN WITH OTHER NODES RUNNING VMS V4.1 IN A VAXCLUSTER o VMS RECOMMENDS THAT VMS V4.1A BE RUN ON ALL VAXCLUSTER NODES o FUTURE VMS UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED ON MAGTAPE New Orleans DECUS MICROVMS V4.1M -------------- o MICROVAX II AND VAXSTATION II SUPPORT o SUBMITTED TO THE SDC FIRST WEEK OF MAY o SHIPPED TO ALL NEW MICROVAX AND VAXSTATION CUSTOMERS BEYOND SDC SUBMISSION o WILL BE FOLDED INTO MICROVMS V4.2 o PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING DEVICES ON MICROVAX II o BEGINNING WITH MICROVMS V4.1M, MICROVMS IS DISTRIBUTED ON RX50'S AND ONE TK50 o BEGINNING WITH MICROVMS V4.1M, THERE IS ONLY ONE FULL MICROVMS MEDIA AND DOCUMENTATION KIT. o HOWEVER, STILL CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE SUB-KITS (BASE, SECURE USER, COMMON UTILITIES, PROG, SYSP ) o MAJOR CHANGES IN LICENSING STRATEGY New Orleans DECUS NEW MICROVMS LICENSING POLICY ----------------------------- o NEW LICENSING PROCEDURE BEGINS WITH MICROVMS V4.1M AND ONLY APPLIES TO MICROVAX II o MICROVMS IS LICENSED AND CHARGED BY NUMBER OF USERS o THE LICENSE LEVELS ARE: 1 - 2 USERS 1 - 8 USERS 1 - 16 USERS 1 - N USERS o A DIFFERENT LICENSE IS REQUIRED FOR EACH LEVEL o A LICENSE KIT INCLUDES: - SOFTWARE "KEY" ON RX50 OR TK50 - "PROOF" OF PURCHASE LICENSE - COVER LETTER o LICENSE UPGRADE KITS ARE AVAILABLE o ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO CHOOSE LICENSE LEVEL BASED UPON REQUIRED NUMBER OF CONCURRENT USERS AND SYSTEM CAPACITY o WHAT IS A "USER"? - A PHYSICALLY CONNECTED TERMINAL - A TERMINAL CONNECTED VIA LAT - A "VIRTUAL TERMINAL" CONNECTED VIA DECNET o ONCE LOGGED ON A "USER" IS NOT RESTRICTED AND MAY CREATE DETACHED PROCESSES, SUBPROCESSES, BATCH JOBS ETC ETC, UP TO HIS ALLOWED VMS QUOTA'S New Orleans DECUS NEW MICROVMS LICENSING POLICY ----------------------------- o A VAXSTATION, WHICH BY DEFINITION IS A SINGLE USER SYSTEM, IS TREATED AS A SPECIAL CASE o A VAXSTATION USER MAY CREATE AS MANY VT100 WINDOWS AS DESIRED WITH NO RESTRICTIONS, OTHER THAN THE USUAL SYSGEN AND QUOTA RESTRICTIONS o THE MICROVMS LICENSE IS INCLUDED IN THE VAXSTATION HARDWARE SYSTEM PACKAGE New Orleans DECUS VMS V4.2 -------- o REMASTERED RELEASE o BUT WILL BE AN UPGRADE o NEW FUNCTIONALITY INCLUDES: - TPU, A NEW PROGRAMMABLE EDITOR - ASYNCH DECNET SUPPORT TO RSX SYSTEMS - VAX ADA DEBUG SUPPORT - NEW DEVICE SUPPORT o APPLIED FOR DOD C2 SECURITY RATING WITH THIS RELEASE - ACL'S ON GLOBAL SECTIONS AND LOGICAL NAME TABLES o WHAT'S NOT IN VMS V4.2? - VOLUME SHADOWING - JOURNALING o HOWEVER, BOTH UNDER ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT New Orleans DECUS GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- o VAX ENCRYPTION V1.0 IS NOW AVAILABLE - REQUIRES SPECIAL EXPORT LICENSE FOR SHIPPING OUTSIDE U.S. o RETIREMENT OF LOW CAPACITY SYSTEM DEVICES - AT VMS V4.3, THE RL02 WILL NO LONGER BE SUPPORTED AS A SYSTEM DEVICE, ONLY A DATA DEVICE - THE RD51, 10MB FIXED WINCHESTER DISK IS SUPPORTED ONLY AS A DATA DISK ON THE MICROVAX II - THE RD51 WILL STILL BE SUPPORTED AS A SYSTEM DISK ON THE MICROVAX I