OpenVMS remains reliable, but aging VAX and Alpha hardware doesn’t. Salem Automation migrates your environment to vtVAX or vtAlpha virtualization, preserving your applications, data, and workflows while eliminating scarce parts, retiring expertise, and integration barriers. We handle the full transition, from infrastructure to application layer, ensuring zero disruption and long-term operational continuity.
vtAlpha and vtVAX create a software replica of your legacy hardware, presenting identical interfaces so your OpenVMS system and applications run unchanged. Migration involves mapping your current configuration, transferring disk images to the virtual platform, and resuming operations, often with zero downtime via phased cutover. Once virtualized, your environment runs on modern, warrantied x86-64 infrastructure with updated storage, backup, and networking.
Aging VAX and Alpha hardware poses escalating risk: unpredictable failures, scarce parts, retiring expertise, and recovery times measured in days. Virtualization eliminates these vulnerabilities while protecting your irreplaceable OpenVMS applications.
Most virtualization providers stop at the platform. Salem Automation goes further—ensuring your legacy OpenVMS applications (FORTRAN, C, Pascal, VAX BASIC) run correctly in virtualized environments alongside modern infrastructure.
Moving your OpenVMS environment to a virtual platform on modern hardware produces measurable improvements across several dimensions.
Faster Performance
Modern x86-64 CPU and 1/10 Gbps networking surpass legacy Alpha/VAX limits
Higher Reliability
Reduced failures, rapid recovery, no vintage parts hunting
Seamless Integration
Connect OpenVMS to modern enterprise, OT, and quality systems
Lower TCO
Cut energy, cooling, and legacy hardware maintenance costs
Salem Automation deploys vtVAX and vtAlpha on bare metal x86-64, VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Xen, and cloud environments. vtVAX offers four configurations, from single-CPU workstations to six-CPU VAX 76X0 server emulation, while vtAlpha provides six variants, ranging from single-CPU AlphaStation systems to 32-CPU GS-class servers.
Both platforms support OpenVMS VAX versions 4.3 through 7.3 and OpenVMS Alpha through version 8.4.
Salem Automation is recognized as a leader across multiple industries, including Legacy IT Infrastructure Solutions, Systems Integration, IT Analytics, Business Intelligence, Custom Software Programming, and Process Control Automation.
Largest vtAlpha reseller in the Americas
Proven expertise in complex Alpha environments
Tailored migration strategies
Full lifecycle support — from planning to optimization
Deep understanding of legacy system challenges
We deploy vtVAX and vtAlpha on bare metal x86-64 hardware, VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Xen, and major cloud environments, giving you flexibility to match your existing infrastructure strategy.
Absolutely. Once virtualized, your OpenVMS environment runs on standard networked infrastructure, making integration with enterprise systems, production tracking platforms, quality management tools, and modern OT/IT architectures a practical reality.
Salem Automation specializes in application-level migration support, not just platform virtualization. We have direct experience modifying and testing legacy VMS code to function correctly in virtualized environments—ensuring your unique configuration and custom integrations work as intended.
Organizations see immediate cost avoidance by eliminating vintage hardware maintenance, reducing energy and cooling expenses, and avoiding catastrophic downtime. Most achieve full ROI within 12–18 months while protecting millions in legacy application investment.
Salem Automation helps you migrate from aging VAX and Alpha hardware to vtVAX or vtAlpha virtualization—with minimal risk and zero disruption.
