[Info-vax] Clustering on VMS 4.7

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Robert Jarratt wrote:
> "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.
> 

Note that anything below V5.5-2 is not going to support Y2K!  I don't 
think anything really horrible happens but V5.5.2 is the oldest VMS 
version that you can get Y2K support for.