[Info-vax] Availability Manager, was: Re: Production VMS cluster hanging with lots of LEFO

[Simon Clubley]

On 2009-03-20, G Cornelius <cornelius at eisner.decus.invalid> wrote:
> Simon Clubley wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, I run a Linux desktop because it's much more functional and
>> efficient than a Windows desktop, and I am not going to switch to Windows
>> just to run one secondary application.
>
> Can you type
>
>  $ SET DISPLAY/CREATE/NODE=mynode/TRANSPORT=TCPIP ?
>
> That's all it takes, at least for the original, non-Java,
> management interface.
>
> Plus a VMS node that is not in the cluster.
>

I may eventually try that, but I'd like to have the interface running on
just one machine. When I (eventually :-)) get the time, I will try the
Wine approach - I've had pretty good luck with it with other applications.

> In my situation, I still do not use my Linux workstation
> for AMDS - I use a VAXstation in another office = because
> I can't figure out how to blast thru Linux security.
>
> This helps not the least:
>
>  bash$ xhost +amds00.mayo.edu
>  amds00.mayo.edu being added to access control list
>  bash$
>  bash$ xhost
>  access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect
>  INET:amds00.mayo.edu
>

Have you tried using X over SSH ?

I normally do this Linux to Linux, but it may be worthwhile seeing if
you can get it to work on VMS as well (depending on your stack and it's
version).

Simon.

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