On 20/04/2019 01:13, Zane Healy wrote: > Very exciting! Especially the InfoServer support, and potentially very > timely for what I am planning to do this weekend. Does the InfoServer > simulation support backing up a system disk on a VAX or Alpha to InfoServer > tape? Actually does it even support tape? > https://www.itec.suny.edu/scsys/vms/ovmsdoc073/v73/6017/6017pro_051.html#info_ex > > Also, I assume I need to use the images found here? > ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/openvms/freeware/infoserver/freeware_readme.txt > > Thanks, > Zane >
There is some preliminary support for SCSI tape but only basic reading commands have been implemented so far. You could backup to an InfoServer disk though. One other thing to take note of is that I've found the LANCE Ethernet to be a bit slow compared to real hardware. This might be because the operating system does not notify the controller when there are new packets to be transmitted. Instead the controller has to check for new packets on each poll interval. This can result in a delay up to 20mS between packets whereas on real hardware it's more like 2mS. Yes, the images from the freeware are the ones you need. It's been a while since I last did the installation but I seem to remember something about devices having to be at specific SCSI IDs. I'll have to experiment. Matt _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh