Migration OpenVMS to CHARON-AXP for Windows
Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Creating CHARON Virtual Machine
- 3 Collecting information about the source OpenVMS system
- 4 Creation of the CHARON-AXP configuration file
- 5 Making disk images
- 6 Installation of Alpha operating system
- 7 Making remote backups
- 8 Restore backups to CHARON-AXP disks
- 9 Alternative ways of data transfer
Introduction
This section describes how to migrate your Alpha system to CHARON-AXP. We will use a sample AlphaServer ES40 system running OpenVMS to demonstrate the migration procedure. The process is similar for all CHARON-AXP models.
Creating CHARON Virtual Machine
As a first step it is required to create a CHARON Virtual Machine (VM) using the CHARON Virtual Machine Manager in the following way:
Press the "Create VM from Template" button:
Specify the Alpha model to be emulated and the name of the VM then press the "Create" button:
The VM will be created:
Select the VM from the left pane and switch to the "VM Configuration" tab.
In order to reproduce the target Alpha configuration, press the "Edit Configuration file" button:
Alternatively it is possible to select the target CHARON VM and press the "Edit Configuration" button.
Collecting information about the source OpenVMS system
The purpose of this step is to collect the exact configuration of the Alpha hardware in order to create the CHARON VM configuration file.
Turn on the source Alpha system. At the ">>>" prompt, issue the "show device" command:
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To get more detailed information, boot OpenVMS and issue the "show device /full" command:
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