[Info-vax] Problems detected with analyze/disk

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Michael Moroney wrote:
> "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
> 
>> I'd be inclined to suspect that some application or DCL script is 
>> playing fast and loose with the rules.  This sort of thing is quite rare 
>> on most systems.  If I WANTED to multiply allocate blocks I'd really 
>> have to work at it.
> 
> The quickest way to scrozzle a disk like that is a SCSI cluster
> configuration with two hosts and the drive on a SCSI bus, with both hosts
> mounting the disk without belonging to the same (or any) cluster, such as
> VAXCLUSTER=0 or mis-set EXPECTED_VOTES and no cluster communication
> between them.

One COULD do it that way.  To do it in ignorance of the consequences 
would be pretty damned ignorant!  What can I say about doing it on 
purpose with full awareness of the probable consequences.