[Info-vax] VSI software

[Dave Froble]

On 8/5/2020 1:48 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <rgcpdd$rhh$1 at dont-email.me>, "John H. Reinhardt"
> <johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org> writes:
>
>> Does this mean you've gotten some response to your VSI Community
>> License Program application?  It's been exactly a week for me and all
>> I've heard is crickets.
>
> I haven't applied yet.  Since a rolling upgrade within a cluster appears
> not to be possible, even if I upgrade to the latest HPE VMS, it's MUCH,
> MUCH, MUCH more work.  Not only does one have to have two clusters
> running at the same time, one has to make sure that when the switch
> happens, everything works.
>
> If Alpha, Itanium, and x86 can be clustered together, why not the latest
> VMS from HP(E)?  My guess is that for those running clusters, they've
> been doing rolling upgrades for decades.
>

Well, if I needed an answer on this, I'd go directly to VSI.  Perhaps 
that would require VSI support.

Hans mentioned that HPe VMS and VSI VMS can be clustered on Alpha and 
itanic.  I don't know, but if this is currently possible, then one 
should be able to do a rolling upgrade to VSI VMS on those platforms. 
One would then think that if you're totally on VSI VMS, inclusion of x86 
VMS in that cluster might work.

However, what's wrong with doing a fresh install.  Contrary to your 
claims, it is just not that much more work.  Say you're running ODS2 
disks.  That is still supported.  Any non-system disks are not an issue. 
  Anything on system disks not part of VMS can be easily copied.  One 
would hope that you've not intermingled non-VMS data and VMS files in 
the same directories.  Your custom command procedures, after a good 
vetting, could then be used on the new cluster.

One thing a fresh install will do is hopefully get rid of any issues 
that have crept into your systems over many years.  Based upon past 
posts by you it seems likely that such has occurred.

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