[Info-vax] VAXCluster vs. VMSCluster?

[Bart.Zorn@gmail.com]

On Jan 7, 8:22 pm, AdeV <s... at solutionengineers.com> wrote:
> Bob Koehler may or may not have intoned:
>
> > In article <MPG.25b014e192746069989... at news.enta.net>, AdeV <s... at solutionengineers.com> writes:
>
> > > The licence is called VMSCLUSTER, not VAXCLUSTER - is that, technically
> > > speaking, a different product?
>
> >    The product was called VAXCLUSTER prior to the port of VMS to Alpha.
> >    Since then it has been called VMSCLUSTER, a more accurate name.
>
> >    Check your VAX-VMS license, and make sure it is set to
> >    /include=nodename, where nodename is the VMSCLUSTER node name of the
> >    MicroVAX.  This changes when you change the node's cluster node name,
> >    such as by introducing it a cluster for the first time.
>
> >    If the VAX-VMS license didn't load because of the /include, the other
> >    VMS product licenses may have a problem.
>
> I used LICENSE MODIFY/INCLUDE=ASTVAX vmscluster to add in the "main"
> (simh) node, but not the new microvax node - now corrected. However, the
> VMSCLUSTER licence still won't load properly on either node.
>
> On the MicroVAX:
>
>   $ SHOW LICENSE/FULL VMSCLUSTER
>
>   Active licenses on node MV0001:
>
>   VMSCLUSTER
>           Producer: DEC
>           Units: 0
>           Version: 0.0
>           Release Date: (none)
>           Termination Date: 12-JAN-2011
>           Availability: 0
>           Activity: 100
>
>   $_
>
> Exactly the same appears on the simh unit, except the node name is
> ASTVAX instead.
>
> If I do LICENSE LIST/FULL VMSCLUSTER, I get this:
>
>   License Management Facility  V1.2
>
>   License Database File:       SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB;1
>   Created on:                   1-JAN-2010
>   Created by user:             SYSTEM
>   Created by LMF Version:      V1.2
>
>   -----------------------------------
>   Issuer:                      OPENVMS_HOBBYIST
>   Authorization:               [cut]
>   Product Name:                VMSCLUSTER
>   Producer:                    DEC
>   Units:                       0
>   Version:                     0.0
>   Release Date:                (none)
>   PAK Termination Date:        12-JAN-2011
>   Availability:                0
>   Activity:                     000000100
>   Options:
>   Hardware ID:
>
>   Revision Level:              6
>   Status:                      Active
>   Command:                     MODIFY
>   Modified by user:            SYSTEM
>   Modified on:                  7-JAN-2010 18:34:52.90
>   Include:                     ASTVAX,MV0001
>
> So, it all looks OK, as far as I can tell; it just won't work...
>
> Also, periodically, I'm seeing this error on both consoles:
>
>   %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   7-JAN-2010 19:05:38.89  %%%%%%%%%%%
>   Message from user SYSTEM on ASTVAX
>   Event: Too Few Servers Detected from: Node LOCAL:.ASTVAX DTSS,
>           at: 2010-01-07-19:05:38.890+00:00Iinf
>           Number Detected=0,
>           Number Required=1
>           eventUid   A4BD7AA0-FBBF-11DE-BA31-08002BAABBCC
>           entityUid  9662F3A0-FBA0-11DE-8004-AA0004000104
>           streamUid  947617C0-FBA0-11DE-8003-AA0004000104
>
> The node name varies depending on which console generates the event.
>
> If I try to login to either ASTVAX or MV0001 on any normal terminal (not
> the operator's console), it barfs with "No license is active for this
> software product).
>
> --
> Cheers!
> Ade.

You do not have to specify /INCLUDE  for either the VAXCLUSTER or
VMSCLUSTER licenses. Both will load on all members of the cluster
without /INCLUDE. For OPENVMS-ALPHA and VAX-VMS you do need /INCLUDE
with only one nodename, because they have the NO_SHARE option. This
implies that you need to have a separate license for each system in
the cluster.

HTH,

Bart