[Info-vax] New VSI Community license PAK

[Dave Froble]

On 10/20/2020 5:19 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> 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.

You just ain't getting it, are you Phillip?

As long as the patches are for both 2L1 and 2L2, as Robert has indicated 
with "2Lx", EV6 is irrelevant.

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