[Info-vax] VSI and Process Software announcement

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf
> Of Hans Bachner via Info-vax
> Sent: 23-Sep-16 11:01 AM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: Hans Bachner <hans at bachner.priv.at>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] VSI and Process Software announcement
> 
> Bob Koehler schrieb am 23.09.2016 um 16:31:
> > In article <mailman.9.1474490123.24380.info-
> vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>, "Kerry Main"
> <kemain.nospam at gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> In terms of ease of testing, I currently have installed both
> Multinet
> >> V5.5 and TCPIP V5.7 stacks on my VSI OpenVMS V8.4-2L1
> >> rx2600 lab system. While I cannot speak to how the VSI
> product will
> >> behave or what it will look like, today, I can flip from one
stack
> to
> >> the other by simply enabling /disabling the appropriate
startup
> file
> >> in the systartup_vms.com file and then reboot.
> >
> >     Is it that simple if you're clustering over IP?
Clustering means
> >     the IP stack gets loaded before the startup scripts are
run.
> 
> I don't think so - afaik IP as a cluster interconnect is only
> supported with the HP TCP/IP stack.
> 
> This will certainly change with the arrival of VSI TCP/IP; but
I
> doubt that third party stacks will be supported in the
foreseeable
> future.
> 
> But without IP as a cluster interconnect I don't see why this
> configuration should give you problems.
> 
> Hans.

Reference:
http://www.process.com/docs/multinet5_4/MULTINET054_RELEASE_NOTES
.txt (sect 2.1)
"MultiNet V5.4 can be used to provide transport services for an
OpenVMS IP cluster on Integrity systems running VMS V8.4. The
user of this should first familiarize themselves with the section
on Cluster over IP in the OpenVMS Guidelines for Cluster
Configurations manual."

While we will need to wait until the VSI TCPIP stack docs are
available to see what differences there might be, here is a
pointer to the latest Multinet V5.5 (and V5.4) docs:
http://www.process.com/psc/service-support/multinet-support/multi
net-documentation/


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com