[Info-vax] OpenVMS servers and clusters as a cloud service

[DaveFroble]

Richard Maher wrote:
> On 01-Jan-18 1:01 PM, DaveFroble wrote:
>> Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article <p2bjfs$b3j$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman
>>> <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
>>>> You're creating a more complex variant of just part of what 
>>>> sandboxing and provisioning provide.
>>>
>>> Perhaps.  The question is how one can come up with a more efficient 
>>> upgrade mechanism without making it too difficult to adapt existing 
>>> configurations.
>>>
>>
>> Perhaps one just doesn't try to do that.  As Steve has perhaps 
>> mentioned once, or twice, or a million times, holding onto the past 
>> too hard can really screw up the future.
>>
>> If VSI comes up with some better stuff, I for one don't have a problem 
>> with a fresh install.  Come to think about it, every x86 VMS system 
>> will require a fresh install.
>>
> 
> Exactly. There is *no* common system disk save a Desired State image 
> copy. And, at least for IaaS, VMS Clusters are dead. The DLM is dead 
> unless you can tolerate the irony of licensing Oracle's.

I don't agree.  The DLM is alive and well, and if VSI uses a recommendation I 
sent to them, it would have numeric range locking.

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