OpenVMS Migration Software for VAX to Alpha Systems

This manual, 'OpenVMS Migration Software for VAX to Alpha Systems: Translating Images', provides comprehensive guidance on using the VAX Environment Software Translator (VEST) utility. VEST allows users to convert OpenVMS VAX executable or shareable images into equivalent images that run natively on OpenVMS Alpha systems. The guide is divided into three parts:

• Part I: User's Guide introduces the migration process, tool usage, and execution of translated images.
• Part II: Developer's Guide focuses on performance enhancement, analyzing images, using information files (.IIF, .HIF, .SIF, .LIF), and creating interoperable shareable images.
• Part III: Reference Information provides detailed command summaries for VEST, VEST/DEPENDENCY, DSTGRAPH, and FLOWGRAPH, alongside comprehensive lists of error messages and VAX instruction handling.