RE: FreeAXP 435

FreeAXP/Avanti 2.2.0.435 Released

FreeAXP and Avanti 435 are now available. FreeAXP 435 includes the 32-bit disk corruption fix that was released as FreeAXP 422. This patch applied to the 32-bit version of FreeAXP only. The problem did not impact 64-bit FreeAXP or Avanti.

The big news for Avanti users is virtual tape and Avanti as a service updates. Avanti now supports virtual tapes devices. The virtual tape format is compatible with the SimH tape format, allowing easy exchange of tapes between the two emulators. Avanti 435 also provides the /INSTALL and /UNINSTALL qualifiers, which allow Avanti to be installed and de-installed as a Windows service.

The Avanti and FreeAXP kits include updated documentation. Review the current Virtual Alpha Release Notes and User Guide for full details on the new features. Both documents can be downloaded from the FreeAXP page ( www.FreeAXP.com )

FreeAXP 2.3 is now available. This kit provides EV56, EV6, and EV67 instruction support. See the current Virtual Alpha Release Notes for details.

Avanti 2.3 Kit: www.migrationspecialties.com/FreeAXP.html
Release Notes: www.migrationspecialties.com/pdf/VirtualAlpha_ReleaseNotes.pdf
User Guide: www.migrationspecialties.com/pdf/VirtualAlpha_UserGuide.pdf

For those of you considering deployment of FreeAXP or Avanti under Microsoft Hyper-V, the following change first appeared in FreeAXP 453 and has been incorporated into FreeAXP and Avanti 2.3. In the past, the Virtual Alpha Configuration Utility has filtered non-NIC Microsoft network device entries from the NIC list. In order to support Hyper-V virtual NICs, we have had to remove this feature. Devices that are not technically NIC's, such as the Tunnel Adapters, may now show up in the Configuration Utility NIC list.

FreeAXP 2.4 is now available at the links provided below. This release provides the following improvements:

- A revised system timer to improve cluster and NFS stability under heavy I/O loads.
- Ability to reserve host CPUs for other processes.
- Large disk support for VMS 6.n.

See the current Virtual Alpha Release Notes for additional details.

Note: If you are running both Avanti and FreeAXP on a single host system, you will need to update to FreeAXP 2.4. Older versions of FreeAXP cannot co-exist on the same system with Avanti 2.4.

FreeAXP 2.4 Kit: www.migrationspecialties.com/Customer/freeaxpsetup_502b.exe
Release Notes: www.migrationspecialties.com/pdf/VirtualAlpha_ReleaseNotes.pdf
User Guide: www.migrationspecialties.com/pdf/VirtualAlpha_UserGuide.pdf

Please use this forum if you have any questions or need additional information.

Migration Specialties has released a FreeAXP 2.4 update. The update can be downloaded from the the links provided below.

This release coincides with an Avanti update that enhances physical serial support. There have been no major changes to FreeAXP. See the current Virtual Alpha Release Notes for additional details.

Note: If you are running both Avanti and FreeAXP on a single host system, you will need to update to FreeAXP 2.4. Older versions of FreeAXP cannot co-exist on the same system with Avanti 2.4.

FreeAXP 2.4 Kit: www.migrationspecialties.com/Customer/freeaxpsetup_502b.exe
Release Notes: www.migrationspecialties.com/pdf/VirtualAlpha_ReleaseNotes.pdf
User Guide: www.migrationspecialties.com/pdf/VirtualAlpha_UserGuide.pdf

FreeAXP: 11,630 downloads and counting. Thank you for your support!

Migration Specialties has released a FreeAXP 2.4 update. This update provides the following improvements:

- Enhanced Configuration Utility with TCQ option for quorum disk support in OpenVMS clustered environments.
- Enhanced raw device display in Configuration Utility.
- Documentation updates.

See the current Virtual Alpha Release Notes for additional details.

FreeAXP: 14,210 downloads and counting. Thank you for your support!

Migration Specialties has released FreeAXP 3.0. This update provides the following improvements:

- TCQ bug fix: Avanti 3.0 fixes a problem with TCQ support under OpenVMS 6.1-1H3 thru OpenVMS 7.0. The driver checks for TCQ are difference for versions of OpenVMS prior to 7.1.

- FreeAXP as a service: FreeAXP 3.0 adds the option to install FreeAXP as a service. See Section 8.14.1: Service Creation in the Virtual Alpha User Guide for details.

- Documentation updates: Quick Start and FreeAXP Transitioning sections added. Installation log section updated.

[b:]Important Notice[/b:]

FreeAXP 3.0 is built using the latest Windows Visual Studio and Intel C++ compiler. This development environment does not support the following legacy Windows O/S:

· Windows XP
· Windows Vista
· Windows Server 2003
· Windows Server 2008 Std

See the current Virtual Alpha Release Notes for additional details.

FreeAXP: 24,350 downloads and counting. Thank you for your support!