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Compaq and accelerate JulyJuly - September - September 2001 2001 Volume 2/Number 3 enterprise server roadmaps...... 1 OpenVMS in the news...... 2 CompaqCompaq DEF CON 9 Hacker’s Convention declares OpenVMS “cool” and “unhackable” ...... 3 Announcing C++ version 6.3 for OpenVMSOpenVMS OpenVMS Alpha ...... 3 Terry Shannon on OpenVMS ...... 4 Mark your calendar! DECUS France Symposium ...... 5 TimesTimes OpenVMS IPv6 Starter Kit now available...... 5 New EV68 CPU adds even more punch to OpenVMS AlphaServer systems ...... 5 5GM Ltd. announces New! Compaq Availability Compaq and Intel accelerate Manager v2.0 ...... 6 enterprise server roadmaps Working together: BMC Software and Compaq OpenVMS...... 7 On 25 June 2001, Compaq Computer Corporation and Intel® Corporation announced a multi-year agreement that accelerates 5GM Ltd. announces availability of next-generation enterprise servers based on the Intel telex and fax support for Itanium™ processor family. Compaq will transfer key enterprise ALL-IN-1/Office Server ...... 7 processor technology to Intel and consolidate its entire 64-bit OptimalJ supports OpenVMS...... 8 server family on the Itanium™ architecture. Hits on OpenVMS Times Web site growing exponentially...... 8 The companies will work together to expand marketplace adoption of the Itanium™ processor family. Compaq will build on that high- New partner Twobyfour Software volume platform to provide its customers with unparalleled enables genuine 24 x 7 price/performance. Service Level Agreements ...... 8

OpenVMS Portal makes This technology and marketing agreement joins Compaq’s advanced software shopping easier...... 9 systems engineering expertise and large installed base with Intel’s Future looks good for leading microprocessor design and world-class volume manufacturing OpenVMS and PowerTerm capabilities. Compaq will develop the broadest family of server products Host Publisher...... 10 — from to Web servers — that all operate on a single Oracle questions of the month...... 10 microprocessor architecture: the Itanium™ architecture. Compaq Tip #1 from the OpenVMS customers will benefit from the Performance Expertise Center ...... 11 most advanced system designs at Tip #2 from the OpenVMS the lowest possible cost with Performance Expertise Center ...... 12 complete investment protection.

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OpenVMS strategy going forward:

> Core Compaq OpenVMS™ strategy remains unchanged OpenVMS in the news

> Continued development and enhancements Northrop Grumman, one of our key government of OpenVMS partners, issued a press release 6 August 2001 announcing the ahead-of-schedule delivery of the > OpenVMS development tools and binary compatibility Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System will be available to ISVs prior to volume release of (Joint STARS) production aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. OpenVMS on Itanium-based systems. All OpenVMS OpenVMS AlphaServer systems were part of this recognized leadership features and characteristics announcement: planned for 2004 “Northrop Grumman Delivers 11th Joint STARS > Compaq AlphaServer™ system clustering capabilities Aircraft, The First With Commercial-Off-The-Shelf and benefits today will be compatible with Compaq Technology.” See www.irconnect.com/noc/press/ Itanium-based servers tomorrow for the press release.

> Continued full support of all AlphaServer platforms At the same time, Compaq issued a press release announcing the Joint STARS effort as well as other > Long planning window to ensure that customers Compaq government wins: maximize their investments moving forward “Off-the-Shelf Compaq AlphaServer Systems Power “The bottom line is we are creating great customer Sophisticated Military Airborne Surveillance System.” value,” said Michael Capellas, Chairman and CEO of See press release at: Compaq.“Our move to the Itanium architecture www.compaq.com/newsroom/pr/2001/pr20010806 provides customers and independent software vendors 02.html with the most compelling roadmap to next-generation server technology. Customers Press coverage on this exciting announcement included: get increased performance, price/performance and appli- Informationweek.com, 8 August 2001 cation support. This www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010808S0007 reinforces our commitment to customer investment protec- The Telegraph Online, 8 August 2001 tion as well as providing the www.nashuatelegraph.com/Main.asp?SectionID=27 best path for future growth.We &SubSectionID=357&ArticleID=37912 believe Intel’s architecture is the best choice for the enterprise, In other news: and for our customers this is On 26 July 2001, Raxco Software, an OpenVMS system truly the best of both worlds.” management partner, announced the release of its latest version of Performance Suite and Raxco AlphaServer roadmap Support Suite for OpenVMS. Their press release, Compaq will continue implementing the AlphaServer “Raxco Software Announces New Compaq OpenVMS roadmap per the current plan-of-record, delivering Release of Its Leading System Management Software” improved performance and faster implementations details this announcement and can be found at: of the Compaq Alpha™ microprocessor with EV7 and www.raxco.com/new/show_details.cfm?NewsItemID EV79 versions. In July, Compaq announced the upgrade =134&type=1 of the current high-end AlphaServer GS series with a 1 GHz Alpha processor (see the following article.)

For more information on the AlphaServer roadmap and OpenVMS plans, please view the presentation, Building Your Business’ Future with Compaq OpenVMS, delivered by Mark Gorham, Vice President of the OpenVMS Group at CETS2001: www..compaq.com/presentations/ openvmsstrategy.htm

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contest. The rest of the hacker teams also gave the DEF CON 9 Hackers’ server “props” (kudos) as well because they were not Convention declares able to “root” the system or break in. Steve Smiley of the DFWCUG delivered a security white OpenVMS “cool” and paper on what was learned about the hackers’ attacks “unhackable” at CETS 2001 in Anaheim, California this month. For more information, see the DFWCUG Quadwords DEF CON, a military term that refers to escalating mili- newsletter at www.dfwcug.org/ tary conflict conditions, is also the name of a computer Also visit www.defcon.org/, www.pointsecure.com/ hackers’ group that meets every year in Las Vegas. At the and www.cets2001.com/ DEF CON 9 convention, hackers from around the world get together to swap ideas, test and hone their hacker skills, and learn new techniques by playing a game Announcing C++ version 6.3 called Capture the Flag. for OpenVMS Alpha systems To many professionals in the computer business, taking an OpenVMS system to a place where 4,300 hackers can Compaq Computer Corporation is pleased to announce try to break in for two and a half days is analogous to the availability of Compaq C++ version 6.3 for OpenVMS walking into a back street bar and flashing money Alpha systems, which began shipping to customers on around before stepping into the alley for some night air! 20 August 2001. Three members of the Dallas Ft. Worth Compaq User Compaq C++ v6.3 is the most ANSI/ISO compliant C++ Group (the DFWCUG) decided to take an OpenVMS system implementation in the industry.This new version contains to DEF CON 9 and play Capture the Flag. The contender many new features to improve both programmer produc- was a Compaq AlphaStation™ 4/233 system with 512 tivity and application performance. megabytes of memory, OpenVMS v.7.2-1H1 , TCP/IP 5.0a, Apache, and Point Secure security Highlights of this new version include: software. All software was standard and installed out-of- the-box. Also loaded onto the system were a few added > Conformance to all elements of the ANSI/ISO C++ services such as WEBserver pages, interactive Telnet international standard, with the exception of sepa- accounts for any hackers who logged into the OpenVMS rate compilation of template definitions using the system to hack from the inside, and a public “Games” keyword “export” account for hackers who got tired of hacking! > Improved performance for multi-threaded applications For two and a half days, the hackers bombarded the server with different TCP/IP attacks and some internal attacks > Support for the GNU dialect for developing portable — but none of them was able to break the security or applications hack into the OpenVMS server. Throughout the event, Point Secure Software’s System Detective Product recorded > 64-bit pointer support every attack and every keystroke, and gave the system an extra layer of protection from the hackers! The following documentation is available for Compaq C++ v6.3: On the last day of the event, during the last half hour of the Capture the Flag contest, the judges put a note > The C++ Programming Language, Third Edition on the scoreboard that they thought the “OpenVMS system was virtually unhackable.” Immediately, all hack- > Compaq C Runtime Library Reference Manual ing attempts against the AlphaStation system ceased. For the last half hour of the contest, the OpenVMS system > Compaq C++ Install Guide coasted across the finish line with not one of the hackers bothering to waste their time on the OpenVMS server! > DEC C++ Class Library Manual At the DEF CON 9 wrap-up session, the judges declared > Using Compaq C++ Manual the OpenVMS server “cool” because its services were continuously available and never hacked during the > Compaq C++ Read Before Installing

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Compaq C++ v6.3 is available on a CD-ROM containing A 60-day software loan is available for Compaq C++. the software and documentation, or on the Compaq Please see the Web location below for more information. CD-ROM Software Library for Compaq OpenVMS Alpha Various support options are available for Compaq C++. systems. Browser-based documents are provided on the Contact your local Compaq office for more details. Layered Products Documentation CD-ROM. Documentation in hardcopy format can be ordered separately. To order Compaq C++ for OpenVMS Alpha systems in the U.S. and Canada, call toll-free, 1-800-344-4825. Part Number Description To order in other countries, contact your local Compaq QL-0HQAE-AA Unlimited-Use License, Workgroup class sales office. QL-0HQAG-AA Unlimited-Use License, Department class QL-0HQAQ-AA Unlimited-Use License, Enterprise class For more information on C++, visit www.openvms. QL-MJ1AA-2B Personal Use License, one user compaq.com/commercial/cplus/cplus_index.html QL-MJ1AA-3B Concurrent Use License, one user QL-0HQA9-LD 60-day Software Loan QL-0HQAA-H8 CD-ROM Kit containing software and documentation QL-0HQAA-GZ Documentation Kit

Terry Shannon on OpenVMS Be careful what you wish for...

For well over a decade, an architec- on the operating system front. team already has ordered Itanium™ ture-independent OpenVMS port OpenVMS will at last shed its hardware. According to a senior has ranked high on the OpenVMS dependence on the Alpha developer, engineers are making customer wish list. While the architecture. good progress on figuring out how OpenVMS Group has conducted to handle the Itanium™ port:“We several feasibility studies, the last Migrations are never fun, and are digging into the Intel processor serious effort to develop an archi- never pretty. That said, the road to and console primitives in order to tecture-independent port of Compaq IPF may be the best path forward figure out how to use them to VMS™ took place almost 15 years for OpenVMS. Implicit in the implement the things we currently ago and was never completed. DEC Itanium™ consolidation is Compaq’s get from the Alpha architecture.” last revisited the portable VMS recognition that the Alpha “sus- scheme in 1994, but the firm ulti- tained performance advantage” In other words, the OpenVMS team mately decided to reinvigorate the value proposition would be is grappling with the issue of using OS through the Windows Affinity marginalized over time, and that a new set of architectural building Program rather than via portability. continued Alpha development blocks while continuing to present would be economically unviable. the current OpenVMS paradigms Accordingly, OpenVMS and the of IPL, software interrupts, page Alpha architecture remained inex- Fortunately, there is little question protection, PTEs, stack switching, tricably intertwined — until quite about the technical viability of an granularity hints, and so forth to recently. Compaq’s 25 June OpenVMS port. During the Compaq the upper layers of software. It’ll announcement of its decision to VAX™-to-Alpha transition almost take a while to come up with better consolidate all 64-bit enterprise a decade ago, OpenVMS developers answers to these questions, but server development on the Itanium™ re-coded a number of OS compo- chances are good that additional processor family architecture not nents including device drivers information will be forthcoming. only came as a surprise to the and executive modules in C, thus marketplace, but the initiative rendering a subsequent port a less presages some profound changes daunting exercise. The OpenVMS

Terry C. Shannon, consultant and publisher of Shannon Knows Compaq (SKC), has more than 25 years’ experience in the IT industry as an OpenVMS system manager, programmer, analyst, journalist and consultant. Mr. Shannon’s opinions are his own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Compaq Computer Corporation. — Editor

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applications or enhance existing ones. Compaq networking Mark your calendar! DECUS solutions allow you to specify IPv4-only, IPv6-only, or dual-mode IPv4/IPv6 networking environments. The France Symposium AlphaServer system can support any of these three modes of networking. 23-25 October, Paris DECUS France and FTUG invite you to participate in the The OpenVMS Starter Kit is IPv6-enabled, which means next French Symposium for Compaq users, which will it includes the hardware and software to develop IPv6 take place in Paris from 23 to 25 October 2001 at the Les applications on the highly available, reliable and scalable Salons Etoile St Honoré 21-25 rue Balzac 75008 Paris OpenVMS platform. It also has the software necessary to develop IPv6 applications on an OpenVMS system, including: For more information about this exciting event in the City of Lights, visit www..fr > OpenVMS operating system version 7.3

> E-business applications licensed with the operating Customers comment system including Secure Web Server, Java SDK, Fast VM, Attunity , XML Technology, RTR, on OpenVMS Enterprise Directory, COM and Bridgeworks

“Part of our strategy, and our success as well, is to rely > Enterprise Integration Package (EIP) with licenses for on the OpenVMS operating system — which I still TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS (which includes the IPv6 consider one of the best systems in the world.” capability), Office Server, DECprint Supervisor, ABS, DS NT, DECnet-Plus End System, and DECwindows MOTIF Jürg Spillmann, Member of the Management Board, SWX Swiss Exchange and Eurex, Chief Information Officer > Licenses for C++

For the complete story, visit www.openvms.compaq > Media for all of the above products .com/openvms/brochures Order your OpenVMS IPv6 Starter Kit, part number CT-SKVMS-A1 now! CSA members should order part number CT-SKVMS-A1 from the CSA Web site, OpenVMS IPv6 Starter Kit www.compaq.com/csa.Standard discounts apply.

now available For more information on IPv6, see www.compaq.com/ipv6/next_gen.html As part of the Compaq Telecommunications Group Silver Partner Program, the OpenVMS organization and Compaq Telecom Group are pleased to introduce the OpenVMS New EV68 CPU adds even IPv6 Starter Kit. The kit will help customers and partners prepare for the next generation of software and services more punch to OpenVMS that will be developed with the advent of new, enabling technologies such as IPv6 and Mobile IP. AlphaServer systems The OpenVMS Starter Kit provides a basic test and the Compaq recently announced AlphaServer GS series and latest development system, including all necessary AlphaServer DS20E systems powered by the new EV68 hardware and software. It includes an AlphaServer DS10 (Alpha 21264A) CPU. system preloaded with OpenVMS v.7.3 and TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS v5.1, which includes both IPv4 and the lat- The new AlphaServer GS series systems running the est Internet Protocol, version 6 (IPv6). OpenVMS operating system offer the same high availability, scalability and resilience to failure as the original You can use the AlphaServer DS10 system as a router AlphaServer GS series — only they’re much faster. These and create your own IPv6 enterprise environment. You systems feature: can also use it as a development system and take advantage of the features of IPv6 — such as extended IP > Up to 32 EV68 CPUs at 1001 MHz with 8 MB address size, multicast and anycast, and more efficient on-board cache per processor Mobile IP and autoconfiguration as you develop innovative

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> 7 percent increase of central system clock speed

1 > 256 GB ( /4 TB) Very Large Memory (Compaq VLM™) OpenVMS Tech Tip support In a cluster with heavy locking, you can experience > Enterprise-class I/O: up to 64 PCI buses with delays due to credit waits between nodes. This 224 PCI slots can be checked with $show cluster/cont then add conn,cr_waits and looking for large cr_w values after > Online servicing, expansion and upgrades through VMS$VAXcluster. Starting in OpenVMS v7.1, there is hot-swap and hot-add of major components a sysgen parameter to increase the credit values on a node; Cluster_credits with a default value of 10. > Up to eight dynamic hardware partitions capable Increasing Cluster_credits will consume npagedyn. of running different operating systems and versions See OpenVMS v7.1 new features manual and SYSGEN (such as OpenVMS v7.3, OpenVMS v7.1, Compaq help on Cluster_credits for details. Tru64™ UNIX, Linux)

> Up to eight dynamic OpenVMS instances (OpenVMS Galaxy) with the ability to move CPUs between New! Compaq Availability instances to get EV68 power to critical applications when and where it’s needed Manager v2.0

The new AlphaServer DS20E system running OpenVMS Released in May 2001, the Compaq Availability Manager is equally impressive from a performance and availability version 2.0 is a valuable tool for OpenVMS system man- standpoint. In addition, Compaq’s fastest two-way agers — especially those who must maintain high server is extremely affordable. Features include: availability across large data centers.

> Up to two EV68 CPUs (Alpha 21264A) at 667 or 833 MHz Availability Manager is a real-time monitoring and diag- nostic software application that is free to all users of > 4 GB ECC memory support OpenVMS. By using this tool on either an OpenVMS or Windows NT system, you can examine data for multiple > I/O: up to six PCI slots OpenVMS systems simultaneously.

> Hot-swap and hot-add power, fans and drives Here’s what’s new:

> Support for Compaq OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX and Linux > Group status at a glance — A new color scheme operating systems displays the status of all nodes in a group, whether or not that group has been selected. Commenting on the new EV68 processor, Dietlinde Kellner, IT Manager, Bank Austria/iT-Austria, says, “Based > More support for new operating system features — on a recent evaluation of an OpenVMS AlphaServer GS160 New support has been added for OpenVMS managed system with EV68 chip technology, we see the potential objects, which provide additional details and new for an approximately 30 percent performance improve- data. Managed objects are currently available only on ment for our treasury application that runs on OpenVMS OpenVMS v7.3. AlphaServer systems. This increase in performance will allow us to continue to be there and be fast for our traders.” > New switched LAN displays — When monitoring OpenVMS v7.3 nodes with managed objects enabled, Specifically designed to handle the most demanding additional cluster data and fixes are available for LAN e-business applications and customer environments, virtual circuits, including enhanced LAN virtual circuit AlphaServer GS series and AlphaServer DS20E systems summary data in the Cluster Summary and LAN are available now through Compaq and Compaq Virtual Circuit Details (NISCA) windows. authorized enterprise resellers.

For more information on Compaq AlphaServer systems, visit www.compaq.com/alphaserver/

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> New user-defined event notifications — You can now PATROL for OpenVMS is an availability solution that auto- enable user event notifications, similar to those avail- matically monitors and manages OpenVMS systems and able in DECamds, on both Windows and OpenVMS related resources. In addition to monitoring, PATROL for platforms. Users can specify scripts to be executed OpenVMS can take corrective actions when things are when events occur, and these scripts can perform about to — or do — go wrong. PATROL quickly determines actions such as sending e-mail or phoning a pager. and ensures the availability and performance of OpenVMS servers. PATROL for OpenVMS — Perform and Predict — > Preliminary AlphaServer GS series/OpenVMS Galaxy is the performance solution that combines data analysis support — When you monitor OpenVMS Alpha v7.3 and prediction based on OpenVMS with data storage and nodes, the software provides new information to graphical display based on Windows. It also has support NUMA or OpenVMS Resource Affinity an analysis component that uses standard operating per- Domains (RADs). formance measurement data from OpenVMS MONITOR to provide business-process relationships between under- > Built-in browser for display of online documentation lying computer resources. This solution provides a perfor- mance-modeling component, which uses what-if analysis > Built-in Java run-time environment on OpenVMS to evaluate the impact of changes on the system — without affecting the current configuration. > ODS-5 file system support Other BMC Software solutions for OpenVMS,which For more information, visit www.openvms.compaq.com/ run on both Alpha and VAX servers, include: openvms/products/availman/ > PATROL for Oracle — database management Working together: BMC Soft- > CONTROL-M — job scheduling and production management ware and Compaq OpenVMS > CONTROL-SA — security administration

By Kurt King, BMC Senior Product Marketing Manager > CONTROL — output management

BMC Software, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise For more information about BMC Software’s OpenVMS management, has been a strategic partner with Compaq solutions, visit www.bmc.com/openvms or contact BMC for years. This relationship is based on BMC Software’s directly at 1-800-291-4262. support of all Compaq platforms, and the depth and breadth of application availability solutions for complex, heterogeneous enterprises. 5GM Ltd. announces BMC Software and Compaq are telex and fax support for working closely together to enhance the management sup- ALL-IN-1/Office Server port for OpenVMS.BMC Software offers advanced per- Textel Relay, a unified messaging application from formance management OpenVMS ISV 5GM Ltd., allows companies to send capabilities for the OpenVMS and receive e-mail, fax, telex and EDI messages from platform with the PATROL for OpenVMS. The application allows both terminal and OpenVMS Performance Solutions. PC users using Microsoft Outlook, Compaq TeamLinks The PATROL solutions are a suite or Web browsers to integrate seamlessly with Compaq of management products that Office Server or ALL-IN-1 servers. Textel Relay provides provide the ability to monitor the ability to: and manage applications, data- bases, middleware, Internet > Integrate with WPS-PLUS and WordPerfect platforms and operating sys- tems across the enterprise. > Send from e-mail and word processing index screens

> Send telex text validation at source

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> Use nicknames and distribution lists

> Have natural and seamless extension of usual Hits on OpenVMS Times ALL-IN-1 facilities Web site growing > Receive confirmation of message status delivered into ALL-IN-1 exponentially

> Obtain modifiable and default transmission details The OpenVMS Times is enjoying a continually wider readership. Check out these numbers. In January 2000, > Automatically generate fax header pages the site had approximately 4,000 hits. In June 2001, that number was 18,000 — a growth of more than > Accommodate attachments and cover notes 400 percent!

> Use queue inquiry and message removal facilities Actual readership is even higher since these numbers don’t include the readership of partners who post the > Automatically deliver incoming fax and telex OpenVMS Times on their own sites. We’re delighted to mailboxes to help spread the good news about OpenVMS > Address fax and telex messages from any around the world! MAILbus gateway

> Send directly from VMS Mail, MAILworks and ALL-IN-1

> Use standard MRGATE addressing mechanism and New partner Twobyfour confirmation of message status to originators Software enables genuine For more information, contact Dennis Armstrong at [email protected] 24 x 7 Service Level Agreements OptimalJ supports OpenVMS Twobyfour Software, a new Compaq partner, provides At the JavaOne conference in June, Compuware tools and products that make it possible to ensure announced OptimalJ, a visual Java modeling and application management on any platform and generation tool for Java development. This high-end Enterprise Management System (EMS). As a result of Java development tool supports OpenVMS. customer requests, Twobyfour Software has developed an OpenVMS surveillance kit and is developing a soon- OptimalJ is an advanced development environment to-be-released RTR probe. enabling the rapid design, development and deployment of J2EE applications. With OptimalJ, developers interact The company’s application management solutions take with a visual model of the application and automatically an application-centric view of how to meet the growing generate the code needed to implement a complete n-tier demand and increased usage of Service Level Agreements application. Using this visual paradigm, developers are (SLAs). Today, customers are increasingly aware of the shielded from the complexity of coding to the distributed importance of performance, scalability, availability and J2EE environment. Less experienced Java developers can security of applications in order to run a business suc- quickly build or modify business applications. Advanced cessfully. Because Twobyfour Software’s application developers are freed from many repetitive coding tasks and management tools are available for any platform and can focus on architecture refinements and customization. EMS, investments already made in hardware and devel- opment are protected. Any application developed in-house For more information, visit can be managed by Twobyfour Software’s tools to ensure www.compuware.com/products/optimalj/ that business-critical applications meet the reliability and performance demanded by today’s business climate.

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July - September 2001 Volume 2/Number 3 OpenVMS surveillance kit OpenVMS Portal* makes Some OpenVMS customers asked for a management tool for the OpenVMS operating system that was easy to use software shopping easier and could be managed from existing EMSs, such as BMC The OpenVMS Portal recently celebrated its first birthday! PATROL, HP OpenView and IBM Tivoli. With Twobyfour OpenVMS launched the portal to help customers find Software’s surveillance kit, now they have it. information, get online training, ask questions and locate people with OpenVMS expertise. In keeping with our RTR probe promise to enhance the portal, we’ve recently added a few new features. Other customers requested a way to manage Compaq Reliable Transaction Router (RTR) within their current First, in response to requests for an online catalog, we EMS. Twobyfour Software’s RTR Probe was developed introduced a catalog of software from the Compaq to allow for just that. The RTR Probe has been tested OpenVMS Group with part numbers, U.S. prices and links by Compaq partner OM Technology of Sweden — the to Software Product Descriptions (SPDs) for CETS 2001. industry’s leading provider of exchange technology — By the end of 2001, we expect to have a complete listing and was released in August. The first release integrates of all active software products from the OpenVMS Group. with BMC Patrol. Integration with other EMSs will be made available on a case-by-case basis. Next, we added a significant number of products to the OpenVMS Portal eStore. The top-selling OpenVMS software For additional information, visit www.twobyfour.com — software and licenses — can now be ordered in the eStore. These software products include: ABS, ACMS, C, COBOL, DECforms, DECnet, DECram, DECset, DECwindows, Disk File Optimizer, Enterprise Directory, FMS, FORTRAN, Customer perspective OpenVMS Galaxy, Graphic Software, Office Server, OpenVMS Alpha, OpenVMS Clusters, OpenVMS VAX,PATHWORKS on the Compaq and Intel Client, PATHWORKS Server, TCP/IP,Volume Shadowing, and X.25. Customers and partners will be able to find June 2001 announcement the software, get the license, order and pay online! “At Rolfe & Nolan, we are very encouraged by Compaq’s In addition, we’re constantly adding new “cool” items announcement about the plan to port OpenVMS to with the Compaq and OpenVMS logos, including hats, Itanium™. This announcement adds further support to mugs and pens. We add new logo products to the eStore our belief in OpenVMS Alpha as one of the key platforms throughout the year — so check early and often. for our software in the next few years, and we will be working closely with Compaq OpenVMS engineering Finally, we also made it easier to pay for eStore purchases. to see how best to harness this technology.” In the past, the eStore accepted only credit cards. Now the John Lodge, CEO, Rolfe & Nolan, London eStore also accepts purchase order numbers. There’s also a field for your Digital Business Agreement (DBA) number, which allows Compaq to track and apply all discounts.

If you haven’t visited the OpenVMS Portal lately — or if you’ve never visited before — check us out at www.openvms.compaq.com/portal and see how we’re growing!

*Available in the U.S. only

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applications, Web-enabling of existing corporate applica- Future looks good for tions and added functionality. Achieving these goals is crucial for organizations to get the most from their OpenVMS and PowerTerm existing software and hardware assets.

Host Publisher PowerTerm Host Publisher offers a non-invasive approach, requiring no modifications to the existing PowerTerm Host Publisher from Ericom Software helps applications or additional software installation on either organizations Web-enable existing applications running the host computer or the individual client. on any host computer. Now OpenVMS platform customers can have the best of both worlds — unprecedented For more on PowerTerm Host Publisher and Ericom’s performance and stability offered by OpenVMS, coupled e-business solutions, visit http://ebusiness.ericom.com with the tremendous opportunities offered by or e-mail [email protected] PowerTerm Host Publisher.

PowerTerm Host Publisher quickly integrates and Web- Oracle questions enables existing OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX and Compaq of the month NonStop™ Kernel™ (NSK) applications into powerful Q: Will Oracle on OpenVMS offer Real Application e-business solutions. With Clustering (RAC)? PowerTerm Host Publisher’s Web-enabling technology, A: Oracle9i Real Application Clusters run a single Web-enabling and redeploy- database on a group of servers that are clustered ment of existing applications together to provide increased scalability and has become even more reliability — without any change to applications. cost-effective. Oracle plans two versions of RAC. The first version, PowerTerm Host Publisher breathes new life into corpo- 9i RAC, will ship on all Compaq platforms. It is now rate assets by extracting business procedures from available on OpenVMS — far exceeding the goal of existing applications and immediately exposing their shipping 90 days after Tru64 UNIX. RAC is essentially functionality for reuse in new application environments. the renaming of Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) with With PowerTerm Host Publisher, a Web-based front-end some performance enhancements. incorporates the stable business logic from the existing system and presents information in intuitive HTML format The second version, called Extended RAC, further with click-through navigation. The XML presentation improves scalability and reliability by incorporating layer is also possible. Compaq TruCluster™ technology. Present plans are to ship this exclusively on Tru64 UNIX in the fourth Process-oriented rather than screen-oriented, PowerTerm quarter of 2001. Host Publisher is ideal for the application integration needs of any size organization. One major advantage is the Q: What are the plans for certifying Oracle Rdb similarity in which both block-mode and character-mode on new versions of the Alpha processor? host applications can be quickly redeployed for the Web. A: Oracle is presently in the process of certifying PowerTerm Host Publisher provides programmatic Rdb 7.0.6.2 on Alpha EV68. This was released in access to the core business functionality implemented September. by the existing robust OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX and NSK applications via an Application Program-ming Interface (API). This allows integration between disparate corporate

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Tips from the OpenVMS Performance Expertise Center Scaling for E-Business: a review

Over the years, the authors’ work in reference model discussion gives a In addition, special attention is the capacity planning/performance good overview of the architectural paid to the performance aspects analysis field has led them to the components of an e-business site. of authentication protocols and conclusion that understanding the secure electronic transactions. context from which the customer Next, the book introduces Customer views the system is paramount to Behavior Models and Client/Server The next major section of the book showing the customer the effects, Interaction Diagrams. Customer presents a capacity-planning negative or positive, of system Behavior Models capture the various methodology for e-business, and performance on their business paths that an e-business customer though some of this section will be problems. The brave new world of will take through the site. Client/ a review for experienced analysts, e-business is no exception. This Server Interaction Diagrams capture there are a good number of well article reviews a book that can the client server interactions thought-out examples to illustrate provide the performance analyst necessary to perform e-business the main points. The last section with this needed context. functions. Both of these techniques presents some good case studies. offer value to the e-business capac- The book is Scaling for E-Business ity planner. In summary, this is an excellent by Daniel A. Menasce and Virgilio book for the capacity planner who A. F. Almeida, published by Prentice The next section discusses the wishes to develop a context for Hall PTR, ISBN 0-13-086328-9. prototypical aspects of e-business capacity planning in an e-business infrastructure, along with examples environment. The book begins by stressing that for capacity planning. This discus- only controlled and methodical sion includes an examination of approaches to capacity planning typical Web site components, result in success, and then develops multi-tier architecture implemen- an e-business reference model. The tation and dynamic load balancing.

Customer perspective on the Compaq and Intel June 2001 announcement

“This announcement has all the earmarks of a very good decision. It allows Compaq to focus on its strengths. I remain very comfortable using OpenVMS on Alpha today and see no technology constraints on our future plans.”

Danny Friel, Chief Information Officer International Securities Exchange

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July - September 2001 Volume 2/Number 3 Customer perspective on the Compaq and Intel June 2001 announcement

“The alignment of Intel and Compaq 64-bit servers on Intel’s Itanium™ chip architecture is very good news for us. OpenVMS has always been a stellar operating system and this announcement puts OpenVMS back in the mainstream.”

Cliff Pedersen, Manager, Operational Support Systems, Process Control and Information Technology, Suncor Energy, Inc.

Tips from the OpenVMS Performance Expertise Center An end user view of scalability

For OpenVMS customers with grow- Methods of adding resources include: Design changes may be required ing workloads, scalability is a key for best results. consideration. The term “scalability” > Flexible configuration — the has different meanings and can ability to plug a maximum > Feeds and speeds scaling — sometimes be a source of confusion. number of CPUs, controllers, replacing slower components adapters, memory, etc. into a with faster components (for End-user scalability is the ability given system model. Configur- example, replacing an EV67 to achieve substantial increases ability is one way of adding processor with an EV68). End- in the capacity to do real work by resources, but by itself does not user scalability is not necessarily adding resources systematically. guarantee any particular level linear with the increase in Scaling is achieved if completed of end-user scalability. component speed. user work increases with each resource increase. The larger the > Scaling up — replacing a less Here’s the bottom line: For cus- increase in completed work — and powerful system model with tomers with growing workloads, the larger the number of possible a larger, more powerful model. many choices are open to achieve incremental steps — the better the The actual end-user scalability scaling to match that growth — end-user scalability. achieved when adding resources including using empty slots, by scaling up will vary. upgrading to a larger system, Through experience with each adding more systems and employ- of the four following methods of > Scaling out — growing by ing faster components. In all cases, adding resources, we find that installing additional physical it is the delivered scalability that end-user scalability varies widely. systems. The actual scalability really counts to the customer. Factors include application type, achieved when scaling out is Next month we will discuss how software architecture, the resources not necessarily linear with the to assess scaling results achieved used and the investment made in number of systems added. as resources are added. tuning. The best way to estimate Software architecture and design potential scalability is by bench- typically are the key factors that marking individual applications determine achievable capacity similar to the workload in question. growth when scaling out.

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June-August 2001 Volume 2/Number 3

Customer perspective on the Compaq and Intel June 2001 announcement

“We were very pleased to hear that Compaq plans to port OpenVMS to Itanium™ as this further strengthens the business case for global banks to rely on the Montran Global Payments System and OpenVMS to drive their payments and messaging business. “We’re working with Compaq to define our porting plans for Itanium™ with the aim of offering GPS on OpenVMS/Itanium™ after 2004 and plan to continue marketing and supporting GPS on Alpha for the foreseeable future.” Marty Walsh, VP,The Montran Corporation

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