[Info-vax] Time to turn DECUServe into a mixed VMScluster?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-06-01, terry-... at glaver.org <terry-groups at glaver.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 6:33:17?PM UTC-4, Dave Froble wrote:
>> If my feeble memory still works, I think that has already been answered. 
>> 
>> x86 cluster communications will be modified, and to include Alpha and/or itanic, 
>> a patch for either will be required. No patches for VAX, since VSI does not 
>> have a VAX release to which patches can be provided. 

Correct. If you are going to show off VMS clustering then it has to be
secure clustering, which means the VSI changes and which means no VAX.

>
> As a reminder, the VSI FAQ still says "Clustering of VSI OpenVMS for x86-64 with VAX/VMS systems is still under investigation at this time." See: https://vmssoftware.com/about/v9-qa/

That will be unencrypted clustering because otherwise VSI would have to
create a clustering compatibillity kit for existing VAX versions, which
they are not allowed to do.

Simon.

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