[Info-vax] VSI software

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-08-05 kl. 15:58, skrev Hans Bachner:
> Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) schrieb am 05.08.2020 um 07:53:
>> In article <houaskFpnp5U1 at mid.individual.net>, Hans Bachner
>> <hans at bachner.priv.at> writes:
>>
>>>> Can I cluster VSI VMS with versions of VMS from DEC/Compaq/HP?  If so,
>>>> which ones?
>>>
>>> Yes, clustering Alpha and Integrity 8.4[-*] from VSI and HP works. Don't
>>> know off my head how far you can go back with HP versions - I believe
>>> 8.3 and even 7.3-2 should work as well, but you want to check with VSI
>>> documentation. In any case, you need an LMF patch for VSI OpenVMS.
>>
>> Hopefully that's true.  Other responses have indicated that it is NOT
>> possible.  That's why I asked.  :-|
>>
>>> Things will change when 9.x comes into the play. Changes to/improvements
>>> of cluster communication (at least) will require special patches for
>>> 8.4, which will exist for VSI versions of OpenVMS only. In other words,
>>> OpenVMS V9.x on any platform can no longer cluster with HP[E] versions.
>>
>> So I could have a mixed HPE/VSI Alpha cluster, then after it is all VSI
>> have a mixed Alpha/x86 cluster?
> 
> To the best of my knowledge this is VSI's plan.
> 
>>>> How does one get the software onto the system?  CDs delivered by mail is
>>>> probably too oldschool.  Download an image?
>>>
>>> Yes. Burn the image to a DVD or provide it with Infoserver software on a
>>> VMS system to boot/install over the network.
>>
>> In the past, I've had a bootable image on a hard disk.  Is there any
>> reason that won't work, i.e. it has to be a DVD?
> 
> No. You can mount the ISO on a VMS system with the LD driver and BACKUP 
> /IMAGE the contents to a hard disk. I assume this is what Jan-Erik did in 
> his environment.

Yes, that sounds right.
And for LP's, I just run any installes from the LD device
that had the LP ISO file mounted.