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Conference leddev::vet

Title:VET
Notice:See notes 4 & 6 for kits, note 11 for documentation
Moderator:LEDDEV::SOKARI
Created:Tue Jan 22 1991
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:187
Total number of notes:652

186.0. "decvet for 6.2-1h3" by KAOT01::JP_CORRE () Thu May 22 1997 11:49

    Hi,
    
    Is Decvet a supported product or a tool.
    I am working for the canadian Csc and have a customer
    who has a question.
    Who I should talk to.
    
    Decvet 3.5 for vms is on the firmware cd 3.8 (no kit for unix or nt)
    
    My customer read a note that this version has not been
    qualified for 6.2-1h3 .Is it qualified now ?
    
    In the release notes (feb 1996) ,there is a statement that this
    version is supported only with 7.0.
    
    I am quite confuse
    
    Can somebody help me
    
    
    jean-pierre corre
    Canadian CSC/Vms
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186.1retired product ?KAOT01::JP_CORREThu May 22 1997 13:373
    According to our call management people,decvet is a retired product .
    is it true ?
    jean-pierre
186.2PROXY::ALLENFri May 23 1997 14:3113
    DECVET is not a "product" in the way that most other software that
    Digital provides to customers is. By this I mean we don't sell it, it
    doesn't have license PAK issues, etc. It is a tool that was developed
    to help ensure that a system is basically installed correctly, and that
    devices are functioning OK. At some point in its life, it was decided
    to give VET away to Alpha system users, and bundle it with the firmware
    releases.
    
    Is it supported? Yes. We intend to get up-to-date, and then keep it
    current with operating system releases. We also intend to fix problems,
    make sure it works on new platforms, and support new options. 
    
    - Roger
186.3PROXY::ALLENFri May 23 1997 14:3922
    Woops, I missed a couple of points that were asked in .0.
    
    There are VET images for all three operating systems on the CD, you
    just can't see them all at the same time. If the CD is mounted as a
    files-11 volume, you'll see the VMS pieces. If mounted as an ISO9660
    volume you'll see the UNIX and NT pieces if you look within the \cdrom\
    subdirectory..
    
    The VET for VMS on the V3.9 CD is supported on any V6.2 base. It will
    also install on V7.x, but with installation warnings. As far as we
    know, it works OK on V7.
    
    There are versions of VET for UNIX V3.2x and V4.0x. I don't think the
    sub-versions of UNIX are an issue (but I'm sure someone will prove me
    wrong).
    
    There's a version of VET for NT V3.51.
    
    The next CD will have VET for NT V4.0 and VMS V7.x.
    
    - Roger
186.4from the source...PROXY::HUTCHESONthe revolution will not be televisedFri May 23 1997 15:3822
Jean-Pierre,

Your firmware cd has two "sides". DEC VET/vms is on the vms/files=11 side.
DEC VET/unix/nt is on the ISO side and can only be read from the device that
reads that format, e.g., your NT workstation or UNIX server. So all three VETs
are really there.

The release notes certainly supercede whatever info your customer has. DECVET 3.5
supports VMS V7.0. You can get older version from earlier firmware CDs or:

	    proxy::"$7$dus258:[vet$public.v3_x]

The release notes contain a table showing version compatibility between VET and
each supported operating system. Use that to determine which VET you need.

The latest releases are available from the firmware cd, vet$public or:

           ftp://imzppy.eng.pko.dec.com/decvet/



Susan
186.5thanksKAOT01::JP_CORREFri May 23 1997 16:376
    Thanks for your answers.
    I finally found the table of supported versions for firmware
    CD 3.9.
    
    thanks again