[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS V9.1 Field Test beginning.

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2021-07-02 kl. 12:44, skrev Phillip Helbig (undress to reply):
> In article <sbm5to$131v$2 at gioia.aioe.org>,
> helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply))
> writes:
> 
>> In article <sblhlo$hor$1 at dont-email.me>, "Zane H. Healy"
>> <healyzh at avanthar.avanthar.com> writes:
>>
>>> John H. Reinhardt <johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org> wrote:
>>>> Missed this:
>>>>
>>>> V9.1 Field Test Release Notes:  <https://vmssoftware.com/docs/VSI-X86V91-RN.pdf>
>>>
>>> On pg. 21 I noticed the following, "VSI OpenVMS x86-64 V9.1 can be
>>> clustered with any OpenVMS system running Version 7.3 or above."  Does this
>>> mean that OpenVMS x86-64 can be clustered with a VAX?
>>
>> Or non-VSI VMS?
>>
>> What about the first regular release?  Will that require VSI VMS on
>> Alpha to cluster?
> 
> Glad I haven't upgraded yet.
> 
> The message has always been that a) clustering with Alpha (but not VAX,
> though it might "just work") would be supported with x86, at least for
> migration, but that that would require a version of VMS from VSI on
> Alpha.  Has that changed, are the rules different for the field test, or
> is the above information wrong?
> 

What os it with you guys? :-)

The quoted text says "VSI OpenVMS x86-64 *V9.1* can be clustered..."
It says nothing about V9.2 or later. I guess you need to wait for the
formal release of V9.2...

And it has clearly been said before that a VSI version *is* needed and
that VAX will *not* be supported by the production rel (V9.2 and later).
I have not seen anything changing that so far.

It can even by that the above text is slightly wrong. But does it matter?
How many are in need for a cluster with VAX and x86-64?