The following table summarizes the differences between the PATHWORKS v6.1 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) and Advanced Server v7.3B for OpenVMS product
| Feature |
v6.1 Support |
v7.3B Support |
| OpenVMS
version: |
Alpha:
|
6.2, 7.2-1, 7.2-2, 7.3, and 7.3-1 |
Alpha only: |
7.3-2,
8.2, and
8.3 |
| VAX:
|
6.2, 7.2, 7.3 |
| Software installation
utility: |
VMSINSTAL |
POLYCENTER Software
Installation utility |
| Installation options:
|
- PATHWORKS Advanced Server
- Standalone License Server
- Upgrade utility only
- External Authentication images only (except OpenVMS v6.2)
|
- Advanced Server for OpenVMS
- Standalone License Server
- External Authentication images only
- Both standalone License Server and standalone external
authentication
|
| File systems: |
- ODS-2
- ODS-5 (supported as an ODS-2 device)
|
- ODS-2
- ODS-5 (with OpenVMS Extended File Specification support)
|
| Extended character
support for file names: |
Limited support for
ISO Latin-1 character set only |
Support for ISO 8859-x character
sets associated with languages fully supported by the server
(see
latest SPD) |
| Unicode characters or extended character
sets foreign to the Western Europe character set: |
Not supported |
Supported (Unicode characters
supported are those that are contained in the supported extended
character sets) |
| Server configuration parameters
repository: |
LANMAN.INI file |
OpenVMS Registry |
| Microsoft Windows printer management:
|
Not supported except
minor functions such as management of print jobs |
Supported |
| XQP support: |
Must be enabled |
Enabled automatically
on OpenVMS 7.2-2 and higher |
| RMS file formats supported for shares: |
Sequential stream, sequential
fixed-length, sequential undefined, sequential stream_LF |
Sequential stream, sequential
fized length, sequential undefined |
| Opportunistic locking to allow clients
to cache data locally |
Not supported |
Supported |
