[Info-vax] Idiots Guide To Clustering

[JF Mezei]

Robert Jarratt wrote:

> Actually, how does this work for the satellite? I have to enter the license 
> on the boot server but what node name would I give it as the node does not 
> have a name at that point.

$DIR SYS$SYSTEM:LMF$LICENSE.LDB

If it is in [SYS0.SYSEXE] then:
	RENAME SYS$SYSTEM:LMF$LICENSE.LDB SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE] /LOG

Once the license database is in the common area, you can pre-enter
licences for any nodes that boot off that system disk. You specify
/INCLUDE=node to restrict it to a particular node.

When that satellite boots off, it loads its SYSGEN parameters (which
includes the cluster nodename (SCSNODENAME) and much later on does VMS
attempt to load its licences from the licence database.

So you can use LICENSE commands on node1 to enter/modify licences meant
to be used by node2.

You can also define the logical; LMF$LICENSE to point to your licence
database. ( look at the file SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGICALS.COM for its
definition which you can change)