[Info-vax] Clustering on VMS 4.7

[H Vlems]

On 16 apr, 21:10, "Robert Jarratt" <nos... at nosp.am> wrote:
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> > 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$MANAGER are MAKEROOT.COM, BOOT_CONFIG.COM and
> >> SATELLITE_CONFIG.COM. They all tell me "This system disk is not set up as
> >> a
> >> cluster system disk." I cannot see how to get started to make the system
> >> disk a cluster system disk, can anyone tell me what the first step is?
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> >> NB For those of you following my MicroVAX II saga, while I wait to see if
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> >> can get a replacement CPU and memory, I want to get 4.7 going on my
> >> simulated 3900 so that I am 100% sure that the DEQNA is supported when I
> >> try
> >> to net boot off it.
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> >> Thanks
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> >> Rob
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> > When you installed 4.7, did the installation procedure prompt you with
> > the question whether the system would be part of a cluster?
> > Later VMS versions did do that and since V5.something, even if you
> > answered NO, the system may be converted afterwards as a
> > clustermember.
> > But IIRC this was not so easy in V4.7 and earlier releases. It had to
> > do with directory backlinks, I'm guessing here.... Anyway, once the
> > question was answered, you were stuck with the result or reinstall.
> > Hans
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> No it did not ask me. I saw these prompts when installing 5.4, but I need to
> install something prior to 5.4 and the next latest I have is 4.7. I will
> take a look at cluster_config.com on 5.4 to see if that offers some clues.
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> Regards
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I just installed 4.6 on simh and the question about a cluster member
was asked.
On your 4.7 system, do you have a SYS$SYSDEVICE:[V4COMMON] directory?
It's there on 4.6