We are pleased to announce version 4.4 of our Alpha/VAX virtualization products. This new version includes functional updates, many of which have been requested by our customers, as well as support for the latest software security standards.

For a detailed overview we refer to the v4.4.0 release notes and the Reference Manual of this version, available upon request.

Here is a summary of the most important changes:

  • New vtServer kernel, implementing the latest Software Security Standards
  • New version of Samba en SSH
  • Added cancel option for long storage operations
  • Support auto-start priority sequence setting
  • Secure boot supported
  • Allow multi-path device names for single-path devices
  • Added support for incompatible SCSI devices
  • New version of Alpha Tools Disk
  • TAPEMGR utility now includes copy, move and directory commands
  • Autostart of emulators at system boot are done in alphabetic order
  • Increased maximum number of luns from 255 to 65535 for Emulex fibre channel controllers
  • Allow virtual tape container files on readonly volume (vtAlpha)
  • Improved performance of pbxda serial line emulation (vtAlpha)
  • Added support for scsi luns (vtVAX)
  • Added support for generic SCSI devices (vtVAX)
  • Added scsi options to the VAX SCSI adapters
  • Added functionality to cancel certain long running tasks (e.g. copy, move, create, zip of files) (vtMonitor)
  • Added informational status bar for serverlist and file explorer (vtMonitor)

Please contact your AVTware solution provider for more information about this new version.

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