[Info-vax] Clustering V9.2 with V7.3, was: Re: VSI OpenVMS V9.1 Field Test beginning.

[Zane H. Healy]

Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-earth.ufp> wrote:
> It's not that simple Zane and Phillip.
> 
> The cluster communications protocol is changing to now support secure
> communications.
> 
> Does 9.1 contain the old cluster protocol or the new secure protocol ?
> 
> If 9.1 contains the old cluster protocol then it's possible it will
> work with 7.3 but will stop working in 9.2 (or whenever the new protocol
> is shipped) because there will not be compatibility kits for VAX 7.3.
> 
> What I do not know is, when the new cluster protocol is shipped, if
> the old insecure protocol will continue to available and hence if the
> old protocol will continue to work with 7.3 clustered with a 9.2 or
> later node.
> 
> Simon.

Thanks for that explaination!  It will be interesting to see what happens. 
Based on this, I tend to suspect that they don't have the new cluster
protocol in place for 9.1.  It would be really nice if, when they ship 9.2,
you can choose which version of the protocol to use.

Zane