ORACLE RDB ON OPENVMS
THE CHALLENGE
Your Oracle Rdb system has run reliably for years — often decades. Three pressures are now closing in at once.
VAX, Alpha, and Itanium systems get harder to source, service, staff, and insure every quarter.
Extended Support ends 31 December 2027. From 2028, Sustaining Support means existing patches only — no new ones.
The decision to move has effectively been made for you. The only question is how.
TWO ROADS
The real choice is whether you replace everything at once — or move onto modern hardware first and migrate in planned, reversible stages.
Single-step cutover
Upgrade straight to OpenVMS V9+ on VMware® in one step.
Phased & reversible
A runway, not a cliff.
HOW IT WORKS
Reach safe ground first, understand the system while it runs, then migrate on terms you control. Each stage stands alone and is engaged separately.
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Start here
Fixed-scope, fixed-fee look at your exposure, with a costed phased plan.
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Phase 1
Virtualize onto modern x86 — unchanged. Hardware risk gone in days.
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Phase 2
Map dependencies and data while it runs. Risk register and target plan.
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Phase 3
Incremental, parallel, reversible — to native Oracle on Windows or Linux.
Why Salem
Virtualization, long-term support, and migration come from a single team — so the people who learn your system are the people who move it.
You’re never forced to rip out the database just to get off old hardware.
A dead end on the rip-and-replace route — fully supported here.
Applications, 4GL, and native compilers run unchanged after stabilization.
Old and new run side by side; you cut over only once it’s proven.
Preserved and verifiable for audit — and opened up to modern SQL and BI.
Deep OpenVMS specialists and dual fluency in legacy and modern platforms.
Trusted where downtime isn’t an option
Manufacturing
Utilities & energy
Defense & Aerospace
Financial services
R&D & national labs
Common Questions
vtVAX / vtAlpha virtualization is production-proven and presents the exact hardware your software expects — nothing is rewritten. It typically improves performance on modern x86, and Salem supports it under LTSS.
A single cutover concentrates every risk — undocumented dependencies, data that won’t reconcile, downtime — into one event you can’t price in advance. Phasing turns that into a series of small, reversible steps.
Yes. Whether you’re on Oracle Rdb or Oracle Database (Oracle’s flagship RDBMS) on OpenVMS, the same controlled runway applies: stabilize on modern hardware first, then migrate on your timeline. Tell us what you’re running and we’ll scope it.
Tell us about your Oracle Rdb environment and we’ll map your exposure and a phased plan — beginning with the most urgent hardware risk.
