[Info-vax] Idiots Guide To Clustering

[Robert Jarratt]

"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote in message 
news:0015e86e$0$16166$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com...
> 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)
>

I am now succeeding in getting NISCS_LOAD.EXE transferred to the MicroVAX 
II, but I immediately get a ?4F SCBINT ("Unexpected SCB exception or machine 
check"). I need to try reseating boards, removing unnecessary ones etc. 
However I think this may have something to do with the fact that the 
MicroVAX II is using a DEQNA and I seem to remember reading that VMS 7.3 
does not support DEQNA. Could the DEQNA be the cause of this error?

Thanks

Rob