[Info-vax] Clustering on VMS 4.7

[H Vlems]

On 16 apr, 21:54, Bob Gezelter <gezel... at rlgsc.com> wrote:
> On Apr 16, 12:14 pm, "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
>
> Rob,
>
> I would have to check my old (very old) documentation sets, but are
> you SURE that 4.7 did clusters?
>
> And not simply sharing the use of an HSC50 (with each volume dedicated
> to a single system).
>
> - Bob Gezelter,http://www.rlgsc.com

On a V4.6 system:

$ mc sysgen
SYSGEN>  SHO /CLU


Parameters in use: Active
Parameter Name             Current   Default   Minimum   Maximum Unit
Dynamic
--------------             -------   -------   -------   ------- ----
-------
VAXCLUSTER                       0         1         0         2 Coded-
value
QUORUM                           1         1         1     32767
Votes
VOTES                            1         1         0       127
Votes
RECNXINTERVAL                   60        60         1     32767
Seconds     D
DISK_QUORUM     "                "    "    "    "    "    "ZZZZ"
Ascii
QDSKVOTES                        1         1         0       127
Votes
QDSKINTERVAL                    20        20         1     32767
Seconds
ALLOCLASS                        0         0         0       255 Pure-
number
LOCKDIRWT                        1         1         0       255 Pure-
number
SYSGEN>