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The TOY, ROM and EEPROM containers have to must be configured. Their presence depends on the VAX/PDP11 model. It is always recommended to enable Stromasys recommends enabling them. If a container file of the given name does not exist, starting the CHARON VM will create it.
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Note that additional parameters for the CHARON VM serial lines configuration can be added. Follow this link for details.
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F6
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It is recommended to set a hot key to stop the VM from the console (when the console is accessed remotely for example):
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keypress
The following directive configures the emulator to exit immediately when the F6 key sequence is sent to the emulator console.
set OPA0 stop_on = F6 |
This means that if the F6 key is pressed in the terminal emulator being used to connect to the console (PuTTY, for example), the emulator will exit immediately.
Stromasys does not recommend enabling this feature. It means that any person (or software) which connects to the console port on the emulator host can stop the emulator and thus "pull the virtual power cable" from the OpenVMS guest. In particular, many organizations have deployed automated port scanners in their datacenters to discover open ports on the systems in the network. Many such port-scanning solutions, if they are able to connect to an open port, will next try to send data to the port. In many cases this data can be interpreted as the stop sequence and cause the emulator to exit.
If you must allow incoming connections to the console port, you should configure the Windows firewall with a "whitelist" of IP addresses from which such connections are allowed, and disallow all other addresses.
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- Mapping to the file representing a physical disk of the VAX/PDP11 system (disk image).
"<file-name>.vdisk"
These files can be created from scratch with "MkDisk" utility. Data and OS disks backups are transferred from the original system via tapes or network and restored into these container files.Mapping may also include the full path (recommended), for example: "C:\My disks\my_boot_disk.vdisk"
Example:
set DUA container[0]="my_bootable_disk.vdisk"
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UsingWarning Important note: using compressed folders to store virtual disks and tapes is not supported.
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- Mapping to physical disk.
"\\.\PhysicalDrive<N>"
Be careful not to destroy all the information from the disk dedicated to CHARON VM by mistake. These disks must not be formatted by the host OS.
Example:set DUA container[1]="\\.\PhysicalDrive1"
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- Mapping to physical disk by its WWID.
- "\\.\PhysicalDrive(DevID = <XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX>)"
Be careful not to destroy all the information from the disk dedicated to CHARON VM by mistake. These disks must not be formatted by the host OS.DevID addresses the target physical disk by its WWID (hexadecimal 128-bit identifier assigned to the disk drive by its manufacturer/originator).
Example:
Div class small set DUA container[2]="\\.\PhysicalDrive(DevID= 6008-05F3-0005-2950-BF8E-0B86-A0C7-0001)"
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- "\\.\PhysicalDrive(DevID = <XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX>)"
Mapping to iSCSI disks.
"\\.\PhysicalDrive(iScsiTarget = <iSCSI target>, LUN = <LUN number>)"
iScsiTarget addresses the disk by its iSCSI target name. LUN specifies LUN on connected iSCSI disk.Example:
Div class small set DUA container[3]="\\.\PhysicalDrive(iScsiTarget= iqn.2008-04:iscsi.charon-target-test1, LUN= 1)"
Mapping to CD-ROM device.
"\\.\CdRom<N>"
Example:
set DUA container[4]="\\.\CdRom0"
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- Mapping to an ISO file for reading distribution CD-ROM image.
"<file-name>.iso"
Mapping may also include the full path (recommended), for example: "C:\My disks\vms_distributive.iso"
Example:
set DUA container[5]="vms_distributive.iso"
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- Mapping to Floppy drive.
"\\.\A:"
Example:
set DUA container[6]="\\.\A:"
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- Mapping to some other type of drive, for example magneto-optical drive.
"\\.\<N>:"
Example:
set DUA container[6]="\\.\H:"
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virtual_scsi_disk | Mapping to a file representing VAX/PDP11 disk (disk image) on the host physical disk:
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physical_scsi_device | Mapping to a host SCSI device:
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virtual_scsi_cdrom | Mapping to a host CD-ROM (not only SCSI) or to ISO image:
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virtual_scsi_tape | Mapping to a file representing tape (tape image). It may contain a path, for example: "C:\M y tapes\backup.vtape " | |
floppy_scsi_device | Mapping to a host floppy drive:
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Follow this link for more details of (T)MSCP controllers configuration.
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Important note: using compressed folders to store virtual disks and tapes is not supported
TQK50 controller
Example statements to configure a TQK50 controller are shown below:
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CHARON supports VLAN adapters. If used, proceed with their installation and configuration according to the network adapter vendor User's Guide and then use the resulting VLAN interface the same way as the regular network interface.
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After few seconds the chosen interface will be assigned to CHARON:
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