DECmigrate for OpenVMS AXP Systems

The DECmigrate Version 1.1A Release Notes provide essential information for users migrating OpenVMS VAX applications to OpenVMS AXP systems using the VAX Environment Software Translator (VEST). This maintenance release includes critical bug fixes and details various operational constraints, including:

• General Restrictions: Details on image compatibility, VEST limitations with DECnet, and specific OpenVMS AXP version requirements.
• Interoperability: Guidance on managing mixed-mode environments where native and translated images interact.
• Language-Specific Issues: Known challenges and necessary workarounds for applications written in VAX Ada, VAX BASIC, VAX COBOL, VAX DIBOL, and VAX C.
• Known Problems: Documentation on floating point behavior, instruction atomicity, and VEST/DEPENDENCY anomalies.
• Documentation Updates: Clarifications on system quota requirements for large image translations and guidance on specific error messages (e.g., ISDCONFLICT, PRIVSS).

Additionally, the document introduces the GIRDLE Information File Compressor as an unsupported feature for managing image information files.