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

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2012-10-24 16:13:29 +0000, supervinx said:

> Hmmm ... my last message was informational only.
> The remaining error messages are something I can face and solve.
> Only the shadowing was a bit new to me.
> 
> May I ask (kindly, of course) why do you seem so ... can't find the right
> word ... (may be) irritated, disapproving my behaviour ?
> It's not a "production machine", I own other DEC systems.
> If I pave and nuke every machine, I will end having a set of almost-identical
> things ... a bit boring.
> I learn always something new, digging and looking at already configured 
> machines.
> I can learn from the errors, also.
> 
> Pave and nuke is fast, clean, safe ... I respect your POV.
> I prefer to solve problems, instead. Troubleshooting, problem solving is
> challenging, from maths to archaic gears. Another POV ;)

Because you're probably going to learm a shed-load of bad ideas, bad 
code, bad messes - before you learn how to do this stuff per the docs; 
right.

And most annoyingly, your present plan will leave these poor boxes 
mute, silent and misconfigured and somewhere between non-functional and 
unused.

Servers unloved and frozen in their existing and misconfigured pain.  
Forever.  Screaming.  Unused.  Locked.  In silence.

Duh.

If you want to learn about running VMS, then nuke and pave and 
configure and open these servers to more general user access.  You'll 
learn a whole lot (more) about running VMS in production, and in a real 
hurry, and just as soon as the gremlins arrive.  You'll risk 
overloading your Ennui Gauge.

But these are your boxes, your quest, and I really don't care what you do.



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