[Info-vax] Distant Cluster?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/6/2012 11:09 AM, Christoph Gartmann wrote:
> I have a few Alphas, all booting from a common system disk, running OpenVMS
> 7.3-2 and connected via LAN.
>
> Next, there are two Itanium boxes in a different building, each having its own
> system disk. These are members of the cluster as well.
>
> There is a shadowed disk consisting of a physical disk connected to one of the
> Itaniums and a physical disk connected to one of the Alphas. The common cluster
> files reside on this disk.
>
> Now it is possible to shutdown all the Alphas, the Itanium boxes continue to
> run and vice versa. But if the network connection between the two sites drops,
> the Itaniums crash. Why?

How many votes does the various cluster members have?

And do you have a quorum disk?

And how is that disk you mention shadowed?

Arne