Legacy Systems including OVMS 

Your company may be dependent on the systems running on OVMS; the IT function needs to support these but may find that they no longer have the breadth or depth of skills required. Looking after the system may be consuming too much management time, and it is not getting easier. In reality, Legacy System support is a skilled and specialised area.  

Cantono provide a range of Consultancy and Managed Services for legacy systems including:

If you have systems which cannot be updated but the hardware is starting to fail we may be able to upgrade your systems to a newer platform

Cantono deliver a fully integrated VMS solution including hardware, software and services. The VMS system can be hosted at one of our data-centres or remotely managed with the system staying at the customer site.

The key elements of the Cantono VMS management solution are:

• System software and Hardware configuration reviews, installations and upgrades
• Advisory services for Digital/HP/Compaq equipment (VAX, Alpha, Storageworks) and operating systems (OpenVMS and Windows Server.)
• Software development to integrate OpenVMS applications with Windows interfaces
• Migration of systems and applications to new platforms including the Integrity platform
• Remote management or Server Hosting and Management Best Practices
• Cantono Technical Support (first, second and third levels)
• Storage Area Network Design and Management
• Managed backup and restore activities

The full managed service can include:

• Support of Operating Systems (OpenVMS 5, 6, 7 and 8, including HP OVMS)
• Database Administration
• Network administration of Routers, Switches and Firewalls.
• Review and implementation of operating system and third party software patches
• Disk and storage management
• Backup and Restore and ‘off-siting’
• VMS/OVMS Server Management
• System Administration
• Day to Day Problem Resolution
• Operating System – Installation, Patching
• Operating System – Patching, upgrades, tuning
• Clustering – Support , Implementation
• Hardware Upgrades
• Storage Management
• File System Management
• Storage Area Network (SAN) Management 
• System Monitoring