OpenVMS requirements

Supported platforms

Synergy/DE 12.1 is supported on the following HP and VSI OpenVMS platforms.

Platform	System code	Version	Patches
HP Alpha	200	8.4	VMSversion_ACRTL-V#### VMSversion_RMS-V#### VMSversion_UPDATE-V#### where version is the OpenVMS version and #### indicates the version of the patch. You should install the most recent version of the patch available for your version of OpenVMS. For example, for OpenVMS 8.4, the patches might be VMS84_ACRTL-V0600, VMS84_RMS-V0400, and VMS84_UPDATE-V0300.
HP IA64	202	8.3 or highera	For OpenVMS 8.3 only, download and install the most recent version of the C++ runtime patch VMSversion_ICXXL-V####, where version is the OpenVMS version and #### indicates the version of the patch, for example, VMS83I_ICXXL-V0500. You will not be able to install Synergy/DE without first installing this patch!
VSI Alpha	200	8.4-2L1 or higher	N/A
VSI Integrity	202	8.4-1H1 or highera	N/A

Patches

The OpenVMS patches listed in the table above are available for download from the Hewlett-Packard website. To find the most recent version of a patch, do a partial search on the patch name (e.g., search on VMS84_ACRTL).

TCP/IP (Alpha)

TCP/IP version 5.0a ECO2 or higher is required on OpenVMS Alpha. We recommend using the most recent version of TCP/IP available for your version of OpenVMS.

To check the TCP/IP version on your machine, execute this command:

$ tcpip show version

Sample output:

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.4 - ECO 5 
on a AlphaServer DS10 617 MHz running OpenVMS V7.3-2 

If you’re having problems resolving an IP address in a subnet, install the most recent ECO (patch) for your version of TCP/IP. These patches are available on the Hewlett-Packard website. For example, for TCP/IP version 5.4, the most recent is ECO 7, which is named DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP-V0504-15ECO7-1.

Environment setup

In a default installation, you must ensure that the system start-up command procedure invokes SYS$MANAGER:SYNERGY_STARTUP.COM to set up the environment each time the system starts up.

In an alternate installation, you must run the command file DBLDIR:ACTIVATE_SDE.COM manually every time you log on to set up the environment.

Licensing

The OpenVMS License Management Facility is used to license Synergy/DE on OpenVMS instead of Synergy/DE License Manager. The runtime supports cluster-wide licensing. Synergy/DE 12 license PAKs must be installed and loaded before installing Synergy/DE. To obtain Synergy/DE PAKs, use the online Synergy/DE Product Order Form in the Products area of the Synergex Resource Center. For more information about PAKs, see the OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual or your system administrator.

Memory requirements

The Synergy/DE compiler is designed to take advantage of memory to increase performance. If your development machine has less than 64 MB of memory, we recommend that instead of dbl, you use the compiler distributed as dbl8. (See The dbl8 compiler for details on using dbl8.)

For maximum performance and to avoid “exceeded quota” errors, you must ensure that the account quotas for developers using the new compiler are set correctly. We recommend the following account quotas in the Authorize utility:

Authorize parameter	Recommended value
BYTLMa	300,000 bytes
ENQLM	2,000 locks or higher
FILLMb	500 files or higher
PGFLQUOTA	200,000 pagelets or higher
WSEXTENT	64,000 to 120,000 pagelets
WSQUOTA	32,000 pagelets up to the value of WSEXTENT