[Info-vax] Clustering on VMS 4.7

[DJ]

On Apr 16, 1:12 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
wrote:
> Bob Gezelter 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
>
> I think that clustering was available with late V3.x or early V4.x.
> ISTR that V3.7 had clustering support.

Hello:

Clustering started with V4 of the operating system. This is when sys*
was used on the system disk for clustering.

I use to work on a V4.7 clustered system with a 8800, 8600, and 8550.

Regards,
Daryl Jones