[Info-vax] VAXCluster vs. VMSCluster?

[Bob Gezelter]

On Jan 8, 5:16 am, AdeV <s... at solutionengineers.com> wrote:
> H Vlems may or may not have intoned:
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> > On 7 jan, 18:03, AdeV <s... at solutionengineers.com> wrote:
> > > AdeV may or may not have intoned:
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> > > > AdeV may or may not have intoned:
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> > > > [snippage]
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> > > > Hmm, thought I'd see what would happen if I just added it in anyway....
> > > > and it booted, hurrah!
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> > > > Mounted the CDROM, which seems to be quite readable; it's currently in
> > > > the process of restoring vms073.b/save_set; hopefully, I can then unplug
> > > > it from the network & have it boot standalone.....
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> > > Nope, it didn't like that - ?42 NOSUCHFILE
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> > > Back to the old drawing board...
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> > > --
> > > Cheers!
> > > Ade.
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> > Ade,
> > try the backup command again and add the /VERIFY qualifier. That way
> > you'll know whether the on disk structure
> > on the target disk is valid. There's no need to run WRITEBOOT,
> > restoring the .B saveset produces a bootable disk.
> > The error ?42 NOSUCHFILE seems to indicate that you either boot from
> > the wrong volume or that the volume is bad.
> > Boot the 3100 again in the cluster and run ANALYSE/DISK on the
> > intended boot device.
> > The backup command you used was:  $ BACKUP/IMAGE DKA500:[000000]
> > VMS073.B/SAVE $3$DKA100:
> > Or something similar? When you boot the 3100 in the cluster, run a
> > directory of  [000000] just to check that there's not just
> > a copy of the .B saveset sitting there...
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> I wasn't able to use the /IMAGE parameter, as DKA0 (the hard disk) is
> not mounted as foreign. As it's in use (page file), I can't unmount &
> re-mount it...
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> I do have a second HDD handy, I will try adding that to the system later
> today, maybe I can restore onto that instead, then change it to be the
> boot drive...
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> --
> Cheers!
> Ade.

Ade,

For historical reasons, licensing still uses the name VAXCLUSTER
(Verified against HOBBYIST PAK collection issued recently for an Alpha
system).

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com