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This section describes how to migrate your VAX system to CHARON-VAX. We will use a sample MicroVAX 3600 system to demonstrate the migration procedure. The process is similar for all CHARON-VAX models.  

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If CHARON-VAX based virtual system needs to be created from scratch, refer to this Application Note describing how to find proper Qbus addresses and Vectors for each virtul device.

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The first step is to determine the exact configuration of your VAX hardware in order to create the CHARON-VAX configuration file.

 

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Turn on your source VAX system. At the ">>>" prompt, issue "show qbus" and "show device" commands:

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>>>show device
UQSSP Disk Controller 0 (772150)
-DUA0 (RZ23)
-DUA1 (RZ24)

UQSSP Disk Controller 1 (760334)
-DUB2 (RZ25)
-DUB3 (RZ26)

UQSSP Tape Controller 0 (774500)
-MUA0 (TK50)

UQSSP Tape Controller 1 (760444)
-MUB3 (TK50)

Ethernet Adapter 0 (774440)
-XQA0 (08-00-01-02-D3-CC)

 

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The source VAX configuration in this example is:

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Creation of CHARON-VAX configuration file

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