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OpenVMS Multi-Platform Integration

In today's environment, nearly every computing center is made up of multiple operating systems running on hardware from multiple vendors. This allows companies to take advantage of the best features of each environment. This also means that there can be more issues trying to maintain those environments and make them work together.

PARSEC Group can help you integrate your OpenVMS systems with the rest of your systems. By doing this, you may simplify user maintenance, increase application compatbility, gain efficiency in storage, and require fewer printers.

File Sharing

The Network File System (NFS) is available on most operating systems. This uses TCP/IP to communicate between the systems to provide access to files that are on remote systems as though they reside on the local system. PARSEC Group can configure NFS, RPC and user mapping on your OpenVMS systems to share files with other OpenVMS, UNIX, Linux or any other operating system supporting NFS. This way, users and applications may access the remote files without having to use FTP to copy from a remote host, do their work, and FTP them back to the remote system. This decreases storage requirements and increases the users productivity.

The Common Internet File System (CIFS) provides systems the ability to work in cooperation with Microsoft Windows using the SMB protocol. HP's implementation of CIFS is based on Samba. We can install, update and configure CIFS on your OpenVMS systems. With this, your OpenVMS systems can provide its data to Microsoft Windows systems, or other systems running the CIFS or Samba software.

Authentication

OpenVMS V8.2 and later support OpenVMS logins being authenticated by LDAP or Active Directory. With this, your users have a single password to remember for their windows domain and their OpenVMS accounts. When it is time to change their password, it only needs to be changed once for the domain. This can simplify the day-to-day management of user accounts and free up time for the system administrators to handle other tasks.

Printer Sharing

Multiple systems, even those running different operating systems, may share the same printers. OpenVMS may use UNIX based printers with the LPD protocol and Microsoft Windows and other systems running CIFS or Samba may use OpenVMS printers. PARSEC Group can configure your printers for maximum utilization by OpenVMS and other operating systems.

Networking

VMS is not the only operating system capable of using the DECnet protocol. DECnet is available for Tru64 UNIX, multiple Linux platforms and Microsoft Windows. Let us help you complete your integration of OpenVMS in your network by installing and configuring DECnet on those systems needing to manage files and provide access to DECnet objects.

Contact PARSEC Group about your OpenVMS integration needs by calling us at 888-4-PARSEC, send e-mail to experts@parsec.com or use our inquiry form.