Re: VMS Upgrade Needed

From: Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER (peter_at_langstoeger.at)
Date: 09/20/03 

Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:52:24 GMT

In article <3F5FB547.4D851CB3@pacbell.net>, Don Sykes <anonymous@pacbell.net> writes:
>Hoff Hoffman wrote:
>> In article <bjo33t$l54u4$1@ID-120847.news.uni-berlin.de>, "John Travell" <john@jomatech.com> writes:
>> :"Don Sykes" <anonymous@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:3F5F8C36.D28312B2@pacbell.net...
>> :> Can anyone help?
>> :> I need to upgrade from my VMS 7.2 to VMS7.2-2.
>> :> I've been all over the HP site looking for a downloadable file to
>> :> accomplish this, but can't seem to find one. I see all kinds of
>> :> downloads in ftp://ftp.service.digital.com/public/vms/axp/v7.2-2/
>> :> like .CHECKSUM .README & layered products, but where's the file that
>> :> will do the VMS upgrade?
>>
>> Those are patches and patch kits, and not product kits. That's the
>> old OpenVMS Alpha patch FTP server address, too.
>
>Ouch. I thought I just needed a patch to bring it to the -2 level. It
>sounds like I may as well upgrade to 7.3. I didn't want to do this now.
>I'm a firm believer in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
>And all this just to install Java 1.3.
>AND the only reason I need to install Java 1.3 is because the Java based
>James SMTP facility requires it.
>AND the only reason to use James instead of HP/Compaq's TCPIP/SMTP is
>because I CAN'T MAKE THAT FACILITY SAY "NO SUCH USER" AND DROP THE
>CONNECTION, during the connect phase, when there really IS no such user
>anymore!

Don't upgrade for JAVA only.
VMS Upgrade is good for many reasons, but JAVA is a bad one.

Don't use a JAVA based mailer only because TCPIP's SMTP is not perfect.

JAVA is such a performance hog and mail is such an important service
in times of virus/worm attacks so that a good/fast mailer is essential.
Use MX (strongly recommended), PMDF or maybe TCPware/Multinet's SMTP
server if TCPIP's is not sufficient (which I still understand).

Upgrade to VMS V7.3-1 (don't forget the ECOs !!) or try E7.3-2 (it is
good enough for me so far) and upgrade to JAVA 1.4.1. I second this. But...

If you need additional help, drop me a line 

-- 
Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTOEGER
Network and OpenVMS system specialist
E-mail  peter@langstoeger.at
A-1030 VIENNA  AUSTRIA              I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist

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