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The Question is: I'm going to upgrade DCPS to V2.1 for Alpha (I need support for Genicom mL450). At the moment, I have OVMS AXP V7.2-1 (with patches) and can't immediately upgrade to V 7.2-2. To my big surprise, OVMS AXP V7.2-1 is _NOT_ supported for DCPS V2.1 while V7.2- 2 _IS_ supported. Local Compaq support told me, that may simply be due to the fact that V7.2-1 is no longer supported and therefore nobody wants to spend time checking such combination. Is that so? Or there are some known DCPS V2.1 issues with V7.2-1 that don't apply to V7.2-2? The Answer is : HP and the OpenVMS Wizard are not in a position to describe why a configuration is not supported nor if a configuration was or was not tested, nor what might or might not be known to work (or fail), as that is entirely open-ended and entirely massive effort. Traditionally, only those configurations that are tested and are known to work -- and particularly configurations where support calls will be accepted and problems remediated -- are described as being supported. Other configurations may or may not work as desired and/or expected. The OpenVMS Wizard is not in a position to provide support statements for unsupported configurations. Why, you ask? Who would you likely contact for assistance if you should encounter a failure or a problem? (The OpenVMS Wizard?) You are obviously entirely free to try this or any other supported or unsupported configurations (assuming permitted by aggrements, local laws, and licenses), regardless of formal support status. In the event that you should find any problems, you will be encouraged to replicate the problems within a supported configuration, of course. As for the DCPS configuration, have at... You might get lucky...
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