[Info-vax] New VSI Community license PAK

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-10-20 kl. 23:19, skrev Phillip Helbig (undress to reply):
> In article <rmneg4$luc$1 at dont-email.me>, "Robert A. Brooks"
> <FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> writes:
> 
>> On 10/20/2020 3:25 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article <rmna5j$mg6$1 at dont-email.me>, "John H. Reinhardt"
>>> <johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> VSI OpenVMS V8.4-2L1 which is what VSI gives to the CLP users is
>>>> compatible with EV56 and up Alphas.  It's V8.4-2L2 which is EV6 and up
>>>> so you should be okay.
>>>
>>> But I need V8.4-2L2 to cluster Alpha with x86, right?
>>
>> You will need patches to V8.4-2Lx to cluster with X86.
>>
>> We are planning on making incompatible changes to the cluster protocol
>> that will require a cluster compatibility kit in order to join
>> a cluster with V9.2.
>>
>> That will prevent any HPE version of VMS from clustering with V9.2, but
>> that's not the reason for the change.
> 
> OK.  So I have the following steps:
> 
>     1.  Move all nodes in Alpha cluster to EV6 or better.
> 
>     2.  Upgrade all nodes in Alpha cluster to V8.4-2Lx + patches.
> 
>     3.  Add x86 nodes to cluster.
> 
>     4.  Add shadow-set members served by x86 nodes to cluster.
> 
>     5.  Adapt startup to x86 if necessary.
> 
>     6.  Compile code on x86 and test.
> 
>     7.  Remove shadow-set members connected to Alpha nodes.
> 
>     8.  Remove Alpha nodes from cluster.
> 
> Step 6. could be moved to between steps 3. and 4.
> 
> Did I miss anything?
> 
> The unknown (at least to me) point at the moment is whether the x86
> community license will include HBVS and clustering and compilers.  :-|
> 
> I need to get as far as 2. before hobbyist licenses expire, but that
> shouldn't be a problem.  Of course, the goal is to move to x86, which I
> would want to do even if the community license for Alpha were
> perpetually available (or had no termination date).  However, before
> starting on this amazing journey it would be good to know if I can have
> all the features I use via the hobbyist license now via the community
> license on x86 (and, for the transition period, Alpha).
> 

Why step 1? V8.4-2L1 runs on more or less any Alpha. To make it easier,
use 8.4-2L1 on all Alphas, even if 8.4-2L2 *could* run on some.