[Info-vax] Clustering on VMS 4.7

[Robert Jarratt]

"H Vlems" <hvlems at freenet.de> wrote in message 
news:d5f99808-85f8-4722-9a19-def78a5a1b97 at o11g2000yql.googlegroups.com...
> On 16 apr, 19:14, "Robert Jarratt" <nos... at nosp.am> wrote:
>> I have set up a VMS 4.7 machine on SIMH (using the 3900 emulation) but I
>> can't see how to set up clustering. The only cluster-related procedures I
>> have in SYS$MANAGER are MAKEROOT.COM, BOOT_CONFIG.COM and
>> SATELLITE_CONFIG.COM. They all tell me "This system disk is not set up as 
>> a
>> cluster system disk." I cannot see how to get started to make the system
>> disk a cluster system disk, can anyone tell me what the first step is?
>>
>> NB For those of you following my MicroVAX II saga, while I wait to see if 
>> I
>> can get a replacement CPU and memory, I want to get 4.7 going on my
>> simulated 3900 so that I am 100% sure that the DEQNA is supported when I 
>> try
>> to net boot off it.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rob
>
> When you installed 4.7, did the installation procedure prompt you with
> the question whether the system would be part of a cluster?
> Later VMS versions did do that and since V5.something, even if you
> answered NO, the system may be converted afterwards as a
> clustermember.
> But IIRC this was not so easy in V4.7 and earlier releases. It had to
> do with directory backlinks, I'm guessing here.... Anyway, once the
> question was answered, you were stuck with the result or reinstall.
> Hans


No it did not ask me. I saw these prompts when installing 5.4, but I need to 
install something prior to 5.4 and the next latest I have is 4.7. I will 
take a look at cluster_config.com on 5.4 to see if that offers some clues.

Regards

Rob