OpenVMS – A guide to the strategy and roadmap

This page lists our milestones and plans in the development and support of OpenVMS.

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VSI OpenVMS Software Product Roadmap Highlights

VMS Software is moving the OpenVMS ecosystem to industry standard x86 servers that enables customers to deploy applications on widely used hypervisors and in the cloud. VMS Software provides services and support to keep mission critical environments operational and available.

Disclaimer

This information contains forward looking statements and is provided solely for your convenience. The below information is based on our current best estimates and is subject to change without notice.

When making plans for migration, please contact us directly on the Contact page or send us an email to sales@vmssoftware.com. We recommend you also to fill out this form to help us better understand your system requirements.

OpenVMS V9.X-X (Production Releases – x86-64)

Support for additional platforms, features, and enhancements will be provided in releases following V9.2.

VSI OpenVMS Software Rolling Roadmap

H1 CY2024

Layered Products (released)
  • C compiler V7.5-009 for x86 (first release)
  • VSI C++ compiler V10.1-1 (first release)
  • Pascal compiler V6.3-143 for x86 (first release)
  • VSI Fortran compiler V8.5-008 (first release)
  • VSI BLISS compiler V1.13-136 (first release)
  • VSI COBOL compiler X3.2-0002
  • OpenSSH 8.9-1H
  • OpenSSL 3.0-12
  • VSI Ant V1.7-1C
  • Axis2 V1.8.0
  • VSI SQLRelay V1.9-3-1
  • TCP/IP V6.0-24
  • VGit v1.4-1B
  • ActiveMQ V5.16-7
OpenVMS V9.2-2 (released)

This release contains multiple stability and performance improvements made over 6 months of development. It addresses the issues discovered after the release of OpenVMS V9.2-1. Fixes that were provided with Update 1 and 2 issued between the releases are also included.

In addition to fixes to OpenVMS itself, this release includes updates for several built-in products:

  • TCP/IP V6.0-23
  • SSL111 V1.1-1W
  • SSL3 V3.0-11
  • OpenSSH V8.9-1G
OpenVMS V9.2-2 Update 1
  • Base OS fixes
  • Debugger fixes
  • Fixes required for stable work of BASIC FT version
Layered and open-source products
  • BASIC compiler Field Test
  • Python and Wheels Field Test
  • C++ compiler A10.1-2 Field Test
  • OpenSSL V3.1-4
  • OpenSSH V8.9-1H01
  • DECnet-Plus V8.4-O
  • DECnet-Plus OSAK V3.1-2

H2 CY2024

OpenVMS V9.2-3
  • VMDirectPath I/O (FC Passthrough) support on VMWare ESXi
  • ACME agent
  • Guest console (eliminating dependency on legacy serial ports)
  • vMotion support and other virtualization enhancements
  • Signed execlets
  • A possibility of TCP/IP and OpenSSH automatic startup and configuration for new O/S installations.
  • Availability Manager Data Collector
  • Performance improvements
  • Security improvements
  • Bugfix
Layered and open-source products
  • ACMS field test (x86)
  • DECset SCA (Source Code Analyzer; x86)
  • OMNIAPI (OMNI API; x86)
  • OSAP (OSAP H1, S7, AP; x86)
  • WSIT (Web Services Integration Toolkit; x86)
Announcement

This roadmap will soon transition to a new, dynamic format that will reflect live updates from VMS Software’s task-tracking service. Our goal is to enhance transparency in our development process. This change will allow you to schedule your OpenVMS-related tasks with greater accuracy and confidence.

Prior VSI OpenVMS Releases

June 2023 V9.2-1
December 2022 V9.2 Update Kit 2
October 2022 V9.2 Update Kit 1
July 2022 V9.2 for x86
April 2022 E9.2 Field Test for x86
November 2021 V9.1-A Update Kit 1
September 2021 V9.1-A Field Test for x86
July/August 2021 V9.1 Update Kits 1 & 2
June 2021 V9.1 Field Test for x86
April 2021 V8.4-2L3 for Integrity
April 2021 V9.0-H Limited EAK for x86
February 2021 V9.0-G Limited EAK for x86
December 2020 V9.0-F Limited EAK for x86
October 2020 V9.0-E Limited EAK for x86
August 2020 V9.0-D Limited EAK for x86
July 2020 V9.0-C Limited EAK for x86
June 2020 V9.0-B Limited EAK for x86
May 2020 V9.0-A Limited EAK for x86
May 2020 V9.0 Limited EAK for x86

VSI OpenVMS Support Roadmap

VSI OpenVMS Integrity & x86 Support Roadmap:

Integrity and x86 Support Roadmap

VSI OpenVMS Alpha & VAX Support Roadmap:

Alpha and VAX Support Roadmap

Last reviewed: 09/05/2023