Services
- OpenVMS operating system installation and upgrades
- OpenVMS performance analysis, tuning and troubleshooting
- OpenVMS system installation - standalone, networked &
VMScluster environments
- VAXcluster/VMScluster performance analysis, tuning and
troubleshooting
- RMS file analysis, tuning and troubleshooting
- DIGITAL/Compaq/HP and third-party OpenVMS layered product
installation and upgrades
- DNS infrastructure design, deployment and troubleshooting
- NTP infrastructure design, deployment and troubleshooting
- SMTP infrastructure design, deployment and troubleshooting
- Microsoft Windows 2000 DNS, DHCP and WINS infrastructure
design, deployment and troubleshooting
- Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition configuration and
deployment
- Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 installation,
configuration and troubleshooting
- Anything else relating to our experience
Please note that our services are
not available on
Sundays
Experience
We draw on seventeen years' OpenVMS experience with a wide range
of VAX and Alpha OpenVMS systems. Our assignments have
included:
- OpenVMS Performance Analysis and Performance Tuning in
standalone, clustered and networked environments
- Version upgrades of large, heavily-customized ALL-IN-1
VAXclusters
- Design and produce ALL-IN-1 applications to facilitate
migration of thousands of users from ALL-IN-1 to Microsoft Exchange
[see our paper]
- Plan and implement upgrade of a client's
Australia/New Zealand DECnet systems from Phase IV to Phase V
- including DECdns and DECdtss integration
- Provide system management and technical consulting services for
a client's Year 2000 test environment
- Plan and implement upgrade of a client's Asia Pacific DECnet
systems to operate over an IP-only WAN. Configure to retain
transparent operation of DECnet applications in this environment
[see our paper]
...and to depart a little from the OpenVMS space:
- Migration of a merged corporation's internal networks across
Australia and New Zealand to a common (new) IP address space and
DNS domain space. This included:
- DNS service design and deployment (BIND on Compaq Tru64
UNIX)
- Upgrade WINS services from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to
Microsoft Windows 2000
- Migrate DHCP services to centralized Microsoft Windows 2000
DHCP cluster
- Integrate BIND and Microsoft Windows 2000 DNS into a common
architecture
- NTP service design and deployment (Compaq Tru64 UNIX)
- SMTP mail relay design and deployment (Sendmail on Compaq Tru64
UNIX) including anti-SPAM configuration and integration with realtime
blackhole list providers
- Deployment of Small Business Networks:
- Microsoft Small Business Server 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 (including Instant
Messaging)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000
- DNS, DHCP, WINS
- Modem Sharing, Fax Sharing
- Microsoft Windows 2000/XP Professional client machines
- Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition deployment
- Cisco Fast Ethernet switching
- Cisco Routers for intranet routing, Internet routing, firewall, NAT and PAT as appropriate
- ADSL, Broadband Cable and ISDN Internet connections
Papers
The following papers were delivered at DECUS symposia in Australia:
The following articles were written for the information of Telstra BigPond
Broadband Cable subscribers. Please note that these articles have no
endorsement from Telstra BigPond.
Migrating Corporate Mail Platforms
The Transition from ALL-IN-1 to Exchange
For many different reasons, corporations with established
minicomputer-based messaging platforms are deciding to switch to
Microsoft Exchange as their corporate mail platform. The object of
this paper is not to examine the reasons or merits of such a move,
but rather to examine what some of the issues are which have to be
addressed by the IS department when it is faced with the task of
implementing the change. Besides the obvious technical challenge of
designing and building the new messaging infrastructure, there is
the challenge of overcoming the resistance to change, winning
employee confidence in the new platform and ensuring that all mail
continues to be delivered reliably throughout the transition. These
issues are examined in the specific context of a large corporation
migrating from DIGITAL's ALL-IN-1 Office Server to Microsoft's
Exchange Server.
2001 DECUS Symposium - Sydney, NSW
Survival of the Fittest
DECnet in an IP-only World
Does the fact that your company has decided to move to an
IP-only WAN mean that your OpenVMS DECnet applications need to be
retired or re-written? No! DECnet-Plus (when configured properly)
allows existing DECnet business applications to function without
modification, oblivious of the fact that the link between the two
DECnet nodes is IP. This paper presents both high-level and
technical details of how this works as well as introducing a few
tips and tricks.
