[Info-vax] Third node into 2-node cluster

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <b825c9f2-542c-4f3b-9d0c-67fdd3614f6e at googlegroups.com>,
Richard B <richard.brock57 at gmail.com> writes: 

> I currently have 2x 2-node VMS clusters running v8.4 on rx2600 i2 boxes. It
> is configured as an NI cluster.
> 
> My company purchased 2x rx2660 boxes to add to the existing clusters to 
> make each a 3-node cluster.

> When I want to add this third node to the mix, should I run CLUSTER_CONFIG 
> or CLUSTER_CONFIG_LAN?  I ask because I've always build clusters using one 
> system disk so this is sort of new to me.  

This depends on whether DECnet is installed (no, clusters don't need 
DECnet---it's a long story).

The easiest way is perhaps to set up the new machine as a satellite, 
then clone the system disk, then change MODPARAMS.DAT to make it boot as 
a bootserver rather than satellite.