[Info-vax] Reconfiguring VMS 6.2 - Shadow set question

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <50862a16$0$34202$c3e8da3$5e5e430d at news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes: 

> On 12-10-23 00:57, supervinx wrote:
> 
> > I ask a practical question: since system disk shadowing seems to happen
> > before any startup com file is executed, may I safely remove the
> > MOUNT /shadow... command DSA0: related ?
> 
> yes.
> 
> Early in boot, the shadow set is created with just one physical disk.
> In your procedure, the mount command was designed to add an extra disk
> to it.
> 
> Since you no longer need/ant to add a second disk to that system disk
> shadow set, you can remove the mount command. (or just comment it out
> because if you decide to add a disk to the system again later, you'll
> know how to make a 2 disk shadow set)

But EVEN THEN this command shouldn't normally be in the startup 
sequence.  If you want more members in your system-disk shadow set, add 
them by hand.  You always boot from a single PHYSICAL device (the 
console parameter can be a list, for failover purposes, independently of 
shadowing) and before the VMS startup runs the other members are found 
and added.