[Info-vax] VAXCluster vs. VMSCluster?

[AdeV]

Bob Koehler may or may not have intoned:
> In article <MPG.25b10da8fcf1bd649898ff at news.enta.net>, AdeV <spam at solutionengineers.com> writes:
> > Bob - No, I didn't forget, I have the VAX-VMS licence too. That is fine 
> > on ASTVAX, but it won't share across to MV0001 (because of the NO_SHARE 
> > option...); but that's OK for now, I'd like to get the VMSCLUSTER sorted 
> > before I look at the VMS licence.
> > 

Hi Bob:

> 
>    So I've lost track.  You have two VAXen (one is SIMH?), and both have
>    VMSCLUSTER (or VAXCLUSTER) licenses, but only one has a VAX-VMS
>    license?

I have two VAXen: a real(tm) one, and a simh. However, I only have one 
(1) set of licenses, VAX-VMS and layered products (all hobbyist).

> 
>    Does the VMSCLUSTER license load on the system that does have a
>    VAX-VMS license?
> 

Yes, it did: But the system (simh) complained that it needed a 
VAXCLUSTER licence.  See below.

>    I suspect you won't get anywhere until you get a VAX-VMS license for
>    the second VAX.  I'd not be suprised if VMSCLUSTER won't load on that
>    system.

The VAX-VMS error was because I'd (stupidly) tried to add both nodes in 
using LICENSE MODIFY /INCLUDE; once I fixed that, the VMS error went 
away on the main node (simh); but not on the MicroVAX - for the 
perfectly acceptable reason that I didn't have a licence for that 2nd 
node...

ANYWAY... John Santos hit the nail on the head with my VAXCLUSTER 
licence issue; he stated he has both VAXCLUSTER & VMSCLUSTER as part of 
his hobbyist kit. So when I went back and looked at the e-mail, sure 
enough there are both VAXCLUSTER & VMSCLUSTER. Somehow, when I built my 
"load-licence.com" file, I missed out VAXCLUSTER...

SO: Now I've fixed that error. But, as per my witterings elsewhere, I 
used the ethernet-booted MicroVAX to install a fresh VMS image on a 
second hard drive; so that is now a standalone unit, not part of the 
cluster. And, as such, is cheerfully running with the original VAX-VMS 
licence. So now I can shut down the simh one, and just use the real 
hardware. 

FWIW, VMS cheerfully installed off the recordable disk - once I'd got to 
a $ prompt. It just couldn't boot AND install from a standing start.

-- 
Cheers!
Ade.